Brad Paisley – Alcohol Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

Alcohol Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I can make anybody pretty
I can make you believe any lie
I can make you pick a fight
With somebody twice your size

[Verse 2]
Well, I've been known to cause a few break ups
And I've been known to cause a few births
Well, I can make you new friends
Or get you fired from work

[Chorus 1]
And since the day I left Milwaukee
Lynchburg and Bordeaux, France
Been making the bars
Lots of big money

And helping white people dance

[Chorus 2]
I got you in trouble in high school
But college, now that was a ball
You had some of the best times
You'll never remember with me

[Post-Chorus]
Alcohol
Alcohol
[Verse 3]
I got blamed at your wedding reception
For your best man's embarrassing speech
And also for those
Naked pictures of you at the beach

[Verse 4]
I've influenced kings and world leaders
I helped Hemingway write like he did
And I'll bet you a drink or two
That I can make you
Put that lampshade on your head

[Chorus 3]
Cause since the day I left Milwaukee
Lynchburg and and Bordeaux, France
Been making a fool out of folks just like you
And helping white people dance

[Chorus 4]
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

[Post-Chorus]
Alcohol
Alcohol
[Chorus 1]
Yeah since the day I left Milwaukee
Lynchburg and Bordeaux, France
Been making the bars
Lots of big money

And helping white people dance

[Chorus 2]
I got you in trouble in high school
But college, now that was a ball
You had some of the best times
You'll never remember with me

[Post-Chorus]
Alcohol
Alcohol

[Outro]
Alcohol
(Na, na, na, na, na na na)
Alcohol
(Na, na, na, na, na na na)
Alcohol
(Na, na, na, na, na na na)
Alcohol
(Na, na, na, na, na na na)
Alcohol
(Na, na, na, na, na na na)
Alcohol
(Na, na, na, na, na na na)
Yeah!

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Released in May 2005 as the first single from Time Well Wasted, “Alcohol” is told from the perspective of everyone’s favorite alcoholic beverage – whatever that may be.

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