I DRINK TO FORGET

Oh the joy of my life
My sweet loving wife
I brought her but sorrow
Heartache and strife

"Hush my dear" she said
"It's all in your head
Just cherish the good
And purge the bad"

So I drink to forget
All the worries
All the pain
That I caused you
My sweet Loraine

I have many friends
Who's whims don't extend
Beyond making merry
A perilous romance

With every glass they raise
That hollow phrase
That drunken singing
"Remember the days"

But I drink to forget
All the worries
All the pain
That I caused you
My sweet Loraine

Oh cursed the place
Where the devil lays
Where he rests his head
And makes his stay

Now Loraine don't know
How to still my throes
Or of my looming
Final repose

So I drink to forget
All the worries
All the pain
That I caused you
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