One drunken night of Thom Self

Drunk and staggering I arose to my feet
walking cautiously down the empty street

heat searing off my head and my clothes a tattered mess
last night's alcohol bing was because of stress

don't know where I am I look all around
trying desperately to find someone but noone could be found

I keep walking as fast as my drunken self could go
and believe me I am that drunk so I walked slow

passed two gas stations and someones garage
and a man in the street selling some art collage

he couldnt help me because he was blind as a bat
and he was deaf so the only thing he did was sat

I kept going the heat was 101 in the shade
as I walked I keep thinking what a mistake I made

finally I see a place but the sign was down
I walk in and had to check it out and look around

to my dismay the one thing that I didnt want to see
I walked in to a bar and the bartender offered a drink to me

oh whatever so I continued what started last night
I drunk so much liquor that I started a bar fight

when it was all said and done I was the last man standing
until the liquor took over and I fell over the landing

passed out and bloody I awoke an hour later
my arms looked like they went through a cheese grater

the bartender gave me some water to chase the alcohol
and then he asked me if their was someone whom I could call

but alas all my friends were all out of town
and I had no family so I have no one around

so he let me leave as soon as my arms were bandaged
and somehow I made it home into bed with no mor damage

how does one become so consumed to drink relentlessly
I don't know and don't care because I just worry about me