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.

“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.

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!

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.

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?

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!

“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.

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.

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!

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!

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!

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!

I drink so that I suffer

twice as much

(Oh Oh Oh)

(Oh Oh Oh)

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!

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.

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?

(Oh Oh Oh)

(Oh Oh Oh)

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!

“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.

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.

(Oh Oh Oh)

(Oh Oh Oh)

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!

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!

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!

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!

I drink so that I suffer

twice as much

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!

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!

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!

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!

I drink so that I suffer

twice as much