I drink,
A little, little by little, up until
I can't hold my head up on my shoulders and I will drink
Up until I find out who can tell me
How much I should drink to feel just right.
First verse:
As I slowly try to straighten up
My knees fall by my chest
I wasn't ware that when you get drunk
You suddenly become an acrobat.
May everyone sit like i sat,
May everyone see what I saw
May everyone oil their throats
As I have carefully oiled mine plentifully.
I hold on to everything in the bar
But mostly to the glass.
I still manage to pour
Even though I am almost asleep;
But if I'm not sleeping, that means
That I'm still awake and that out there, it's still today
I can even stand on one leg
On one hand, as long as I'm on the pitcher
Chorus:
But I keep drinking...
I drink little by little, up until
I can't hold my head up on my shoulders and I will drink
Up until I find out who can tell me
How much I should drink to feel just right.
Second verse:
How interesting, everyone's watching me
As I teach my right hand
To reach my chest pocket.
It's true that the more I drink, the more
I am tempted to smoke, I smoke, and then again,
After I smoke, I start drinking more.
I don't know how
All this vodka and liqueur manages to fit in
And I don't know why everyone's watching
As if I had put it on their tab
But I pretend I don't see anything
And that i don't know they notice me
And when i will be like them
I will be like them too.
Chorus:
But now I keep drinking...
I drink little by little, up until
I can't hold my head up on my shoulders and I will drink
Up until I find out who can tell me
How much I should drink to feel just right.
Third verse:
I don't know what "good" means to others,
But I know:
When i drink what I want, eat what i want,
I sleep with whoever I want and I am alive.
And if anyone were to tell me
How it could be better
I will leave everything, I will go there,
I will come back, I will bring myself too
But I remain, wherever I feel like it
Down where I look out, but see nothing, though everyone can see me
As I drink a little bit, but often and most of all
I drink what I want.
And if I forget to check
What I'm drinking, I'll start again.
But I keep drinking...