Alcohol Beast

from Drive All Night by HOVORKA

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Alcohol Beast

I got kicked down the street by the alcohol beast
Was toasted by half-baked companions
A failed architect trust-funder lush
And a coked-out contractor from Cleveland

You'd be surprised how green money is
When a dog walks away from its dinner
You'd be surprised how tender a brain can feel
When it's occupied by a sinner

I was thrown down some stairs
by my close friend Kaye,
She snorted in derision and stood there
I looked up at the landing and without understanding
I said, Kaye, you look 'specially good there

I was surprised how soft a body can feel
When it's inches from death on a rug
I was amazed how mean Special Kaye was
She stepped on my brain like a bug

I got kicked down the street by the alcohol beast
Her mood was changed like the weather.
She filled me with dread, but the last words she said were,
Let's stay together

And the rest followed fast though it could never last
Morning's light filtered through to us
So we tried to be nice, next time I'll think twice
We tried. What good did it do us?

I've got one thing to say when things get this way
It's time to head home and forget them
And the friend you need least is the alcohol beast
Or her friends so don't ever let them in

And don't poison yourself 'cause you've got nothing else
Just shut up and finish your dinner
‘Cause it's bad how soft a brain can get
When it's occupied by a sinner

I got kicked down the street by the alcohol beast
Was toasted by half-baked companions
A failed architect trust funder lush
And a coked-out contractor from Cleveland

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from Drive All Night, released December 6, 2021
Music and lyrics by John Hovorka, Jr.

John Hovorka - vocals, guitars, bass guitar, programming

Engineer - Craig Randall

Produced by John Hovorka and Broz Brosnan

Photography - Alan Chin

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John Hovorka played guitar and bass guitar in bands first in Geneva NY but mostly in Boston then in New York City. After he started writing songs he was the leader of The 2x4's (1978 - 1980), then Noise Pencil (1982), Turbines (1983 - 1987), Hovorka (1988 - 2002), John Hovorka And The Dawn Of Mechanized Farming (DOMF) (2003 - 2016), and also made solo albums. He is now in Massachusetts. ... more

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