[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
I drink, my friend, I drink again,
For what else soothes a wretch like me?
A man disgraced, cast in the rain,
Bound to his fate, eternally.

[Verse 2]
“I am a pig,” I cry aloud,
“My heart weeps tears that vodka drains.”
Yet still I stagger, lost and proud,
A beggar steeped in self-made chains.

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Chorus]
I drink and I drink and I drink a gain
I drink for the suffering - and the pain!
My fate is sealed, my soul lost its touch
I drink so that I suffer twice as much!

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 3]
Her hands grow rough, her soul turns grey,
Yet still she walks the streets alone.
For Sonia’s bread, for debts to pay,
Her virtue sold, her childhood flown.

[Verse 4]
Oh, who will pity such a man,
Who begs for suffering divine?
Who stumbles home, though none dare stand,
And seeks redemption in his wine?

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Chorus]
I drink and I drink and I drink a gain
I drink for the suffering - and the pain!
My fate is sealed, my soul lost its touch
I drink so that I suffer twice as much!

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 5]
“Let Him have pity,” thus I wail,
“For He is merciful and just.”
Yet even mercy, cold and pale,
Can scarce revive a life of dust.

[Verse 6]
And so, I fall, my final hour,
Beneath the wheels, my end is nigh.
A wretched drunk, whose soul did cower,
Yet still I hope, yet still I cry.

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Chorus]
I drink and I drink and I drink a gain
I drink for the suffering - and the pain!
My fate is sealed, my soul lost its touch
I drink so that I suffer twice as much!

[Chorus]
I drink and I drink and I drink a gain
I drink for the suffering - and the pain!
My fate is sealed, my soul lost its touch
I drink so that I suffer twice as much!

[Chorus]
I drink and I drink and I drink a gain
I drink for the suffering - and the pain!
My fate is sealed, my soul lost its touch
I drink so that I suffer twice as much!

[Chorus]
I drink and I drink and I drink a gain
I drink for the suffering - and the pain!
My fate is sealed, my soul lost its touch
I drink so that I suffer twice as much!

[Outro]
I drink so that I suffer
twice as much

[Pre-Chorus]
(Oh Oh Oh)
(Oh Oh Oh)

[Chorus]
I drink and I drink and I drink a gain
I drink for the suffering - and the pain!
My fate is sealed, my soul lost its touch
I drink so that I suffer twice as much!

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 3]
Her hands grow rough, her soul turns grey,
Yet still she walks the streets alone.
For Sonia’s bread, for debts to pay,
Her virtue sold, her childhood flown.

[Verse 4]
Oh, who will pity such a man,
Who begs for suffering divine?
Who stumbles home, though none dare stand,
And seeks redemption in his wine?

[Pre-Chorus]
(Oh Oh Oh)
(Oh Oh Oh)

[Chorus]
I drink and I drink and I drink a gain
I drink for the suffering - and the pain!
My fate is sealed, my soul lost its touch
I drink so that I suffer twice as much!

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 5]
“Let Him have pity,” thus I wail,
“For He is merciful and just.”
Yet even mercy, cold and pale,
Can scarce revive a life of dust.

[Verse 6]
And so, I fall, my final hour,
Beneath the wheels, my end is nigh.
A wretched drunk, whose soul did cower,
Yet still I hope, yet still I cry.

[Pre-Chorus]
(Oh Oh Oh)
(Oh Oh Oh)

[Chorus]
I drink and I drink and I drink a gain
I drink for the suffering - and the pain!
My fate is sealed, my soul lost its touch
I drink so that I suffer twice as much!

[Chorus]
I drink and I drink and I drink a gain
I drink for the suffering - and the pain!
My fate is sealed, my soul lost its touch
I drink so that I suffer twice as much!

[Chorus]
I drink and I drink and I drink a gain
I drink for the suffering - and the pain!
My fate is sealed, my soul lost its touch
I drink so that I suffer twice as much!

[Chorus]
I drink and I drink and I drink a gain
I drink for the suffering - and the pain!
My fate is sealed, my soul lost its touch
I drink so that I suffer twice as much!

[Outro]
I drink so that I suffer
twice as much

[Chorus]
I drink and I drink and I drink a gain
I drink for the suffering - and the pain!
My fate is sealed, my soul lost its touch
I drink so that I suffer twice as much!

[Chorus]
I drink and I drink and I drink a gain
I drink for the suffering - and the pain!
My fate is sealed, my soul lost its touch
I drink so that I suffer twice as much!

[Chorus]
I drink and I drink and I drink a gain
I drink for the suffering - and the pain!
My fate is sealed, my soul lost its touch
I drink so that I suffer twice as much!

[Chorus]
I drink and I drink and I drink a gain
I drink for the suffering - and the pain!
My fate is sealed, my soul lost its touch
I drink so that I suffer twice as much!

[Outro]
I drink so that I suffer
twice as much