A Drinking Song Lyrics - Divine Comedy

Back at the house 

A bottle is found 

And opened in honour of those who have drowned, 

While we who have not are stricken with guilt 

And dutifully see that not one drop is spilt; 

We're drinking to life, 

We're drinking to death - 

We're drinking 'til none of our livers are left! 

We're wending our way down to the spirit store, 

We'll drink 'til we just can't drink anymore! 

Raise your glasses high, 

Drink the cellar dry! 

Well, bloody my nose 

And blacken my eye! 

If it ain't some young Turk in search of a fight - 

And Chanticleer's chest is sagging with pride, 

For honour has yet to be satisfied. 

Well, heaven be thanked 

We live in an age 

When no man need bother 

(Except on the stage) 

With 'Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori' - 

And definitely not tonight! 

I can still remember 

When I was just a kid - 

I was free to do what I wanted to, 

But I never, ever did... 

So now with years of discretion reached, 

May we not forget 

Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité 

For there's life in the old world yet! 

There'll always be an England (oh yes there will), 

An Ireland and a France (indubitably), 

A Liechtenstein and Finland (absolutely right, completely undeniable), 

And we have only one chance... 

Earnest young man with an unhealthy tan 

Puts a drink in my hand and says: 

"I understand 

You're in search of the place 

To continue the chase 

Of the heavenly taste? 

I suggest in that case 

You all come with me 

To my place by the sea 

Where the glasses shall be overflowing with free 

Alcoholic delights - 

And free love if you like - 

For what point has this life 

If you can't realise you're dreams?!" 

Oh, raise your glasses high, 

And drink the town dry! 

We'll drink beyond the boundaries of sense! 

We'll drink 'til we start to see lovely pink elephants 

Inside our heads, inside our beds - 

Inside the threads of our pyjama legs - 

So don't shoot til you see the reds of our eyes 

And an army of elephants marching behind! 

>From the day I was born 'til the night I will die 

All my lovers will be pink and elephantine! 

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