I can make anybody pretty

I can make you believe any lie

I can make you pick a fight

With somebody twice your size.



Well, I've been known to cause a few break ups

And I've been known to cause a few births

I can make you new friends

Or get you fired from work.



* And since the day I left Milwaukee

Lynchburg and Bordeaux France

Been makin' the bars lots of big money

And helpin' white people dance

I got you in trouble in high school

College, now that was a ball

You had some of the best times

You'll never remember with me

Alcohol alcohol.



I got blamed at your wedding reception

For your best man's embarrasing speach

And also for those naked pictures

Of you at the beach.



I've influenced kings and world leaders

I helped Hemmingway write like a did

I'll bet you a drink or twothat I can make you

Put that lampshade on your head.



'Cause since the day I left Milwaukee

Lynchburg and Bordeaux France

Been makin' a fool out of folks just like you

And helpin' white people dance

I'm medicine and I am poison

I can help you up or make you fall

You had some of the best times 

You'll never remember with me 

Alcohol, alcohol.



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