Uploaded February 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Mary Gauthier performs "I Drink" live at Blue Rock
Written by Mary Gauthier and Crit Harmon
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LYRICS
He’d get home at 5:30, fix his drink,
And sit down in his chair,
Pick a fight with mama,
Complain about us kids getting in his hair.
At night he’d sit alone and smoke
I’d see his frown behind his lighter’s flame
Now that same frown’s in my mirror
I got my daddy’s blood inside my veins

Fish swim birds fly
Daddies yell mamas cry
Old men sit and think
I drink

Chicken TV dinner 6 minutes on defrost, 3 on high
A beer to wash it down with
Then another, a little whiskey on the side it’s not so bad alone here
Don’t bother me that every night’s the same
I don’t need another lover hanging round, trying to make me change
Fish swim birds fly
Lovers leave by and by
Old men sit and think
I drink

I know what I am
But I don’t give a damn

Fish swim birds fly
Daddies yell mama’s cry
Old men sit and think
I drink