Cocktails - Bill Anderson

Cocktails tore up my family

Cocktails tore down my home

One to wake me up every morning

One with a buddy at noon

One for the road every evening

'Til I found out pretty soon

It took two to wake me up every morning

Two with my buddy at noon

Two for the road every evening

'Til guess what happened pretty soon

Cocktails tore up my family

Cocktails tore down my home

I cheated and I lied, I swallowed my pride

(And then) washed it down with cocktails

I had a house on a hillside

The car I was driving was new

I had money in my pocket

But look what liquor made me do

I started runnin' 'round with a woman

Turned my back on my wife and my kid

Wonder how Momma’s gonna tell them

The awful thing that Daddy did

Cocktails tore up my family

Cocktails tore down my home

I cheated and I lied, I swallowed my pride

(And then) washed it down with cocktails

Cocktails tore up my family

Cocktails tore down my home

Cocktails tore up my family

Cocktails tore down my home

Cocktails tore up my family

Cocktails tore down my home

Cocktails tore up my family

Cocktails tore down my home