Best song about "drunkeness."

I choose: Tom Waits' "Bad Liver And A Broken Heart"

best line: "someone pour me a cab I can't drink no more"

[Edited on Dec 20, 2003 by awhitepony]

woah, i was gonna say anything by tom waits.

but now i guess i'll specify and say "jockey full of bourbon." mmm. bourbon.

hmmm, many many songs by shane macgowan

mmm... shane mcgowan... tom waits... bourbon....

Many songs by Awol-One.

the piano has been drinking by tom waits....i guess when I think of drinking I think of him...

Bloodhound Gang - You're Pretty When I'm Drunk

Alkaline trio "Cooking Wine"

"Sorry I'm late, I was out spoiling my liver"

Drinking & Driving - The Business

You drink, you drive, you spill-NOFX
"35% of accidents are caused by pixilated
the other 65% are not alcohol related"

Drink by The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy

I'm broken-hearted
With all that this entails
It takes some concentrated drinking
To keep me on the rails
I have to hide my face
I have to hide my shame
I don't wait 'til I'm sober
'Til I get drunk again
I drink at home
I drink out
I drink in cocktail bars
Falling down
Seeing stars
It suits me
It suits me
Going astray
In all the bars from here to Mandalay
They never close
We never pay

Chorus:
My oh my
We can't compete
It's only heavy drinking that keeps us on our feet
My oh my
I can't complain
If it weren't for heavy drinking
We'd never play Sweet Jane (Reed)
My my my, oh my
The days go by
I never quite forget her
But goodness how I try
Believe me
Believe me
Falling apart in bars
I like to suffer for my art
Just one more before we part

Don't want to think
About how much I drink
It's a habit that's out of control
Hope I never get dry before I get old.

where to fucking begin-this is thread after my own heart.....or liver.....
Anything by these bands:
Gallon Drunk
Hank Williams SR
Flat Duo Jets
Birthday Party
John Zorn ( when the people next door refuse to turn down trance crap at 3 am)
ENNIO MORRICONE
Sonny Rollins
all of the Black Flag songs that are against drinking
Wayne "the Train" Hancock
Bad Livers
the above mentioned talents of Tom Waits and Shane Mcgowan
Frog Holler
Pawtuckets
The Guthries
and that awful sound that comes out of my guitar when I am one eyed and pissed
and last but not least
Robert Johnson
feel the burn

Too Drunk to Fuck - Dead Kennedys

the story as i heard it... monkey wrench

Between the Bars - Elliott Smith
Whiskey in Your Shoes - Frank Black
Tom Waits has been covered......

"Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw?"- by... well, shit I can't remember who, I must be drunk on the New Year's champagne already...

Oh yeah, I forgot "Let's Get Drunk" by the late lamented Two Lane Blacktop.

Dropkick Murphy's - Good Rats

"Beer, Graffiti Walls" by The Lowest of the Low

My Pants Are Falling Down - The Dead Milkmen

probably "the one" by the levellers, or "all american badass" by the mad caddies

Jimmy Buffet.

Okay, anyone who denies "Drunken Sailor" can't board me ship.


Other good ones;
Fear - More Beer
Murphys Law - Beer Blast
The Service - Man's Ruin
Splogenessabounds - 2 Pints of Lager

Try Songs About Drinking Compilation.

St.Ides Heaven-Elliott Smith

Aren't all his songs about drinkin'? Anyway this song is about drinkin' and bein' high on meth. go figure.

Everything is exactly right
When i walk around here drunk every night
With an open container from 7-11
In st. ides heaven
I've been out haunting the neighborhood
And everybody can see i'm no good
When i'm walking out between parked cars
With my head full of stars
High on amphetamines
The moon is a lightbulb breaking
It'll go around with anyone
But it won't come down for anyone
You think you know what brings me down
That i want those things you could never allow
You see me smiling you think it's a frown
Turned upside down
Cos everyone is a fucking pro
And they all got answers from trouble they've known
And they all got to say what you should and shouldn't do
Though they don't have a clue
High on amphetamines
The moon is a lightbulb breaking
It'll go around with anyone
But it won't come down for anyone
And i won't come down for anyone