I Drink-Charles Aznavour

[ti:I Drink] [ar:Charles Aznavour] [al:You and Me] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Drink - Charles Aznavour [00:16.53]I drink to drive away all the years I have hated [00:19.31]The ambitions frustrated that no longer survive [00:23.21]I drink day after day to the chaos behind me [00:27.10]As I drink to remind me that I still am alive [00:30.35]So I give you a toast to the endless confusions [00:34.57]To the lies and delusions that have swallowed my life [00:38.06]Yes I give you a toast to the wine and the roses [00:41.74]To the deadly cirrhosis that can cut like a knife [00:45.90]I drink to catch a glimpse of the love we degraded [00:49.62]Of a life that has faded like the vanishing moon [00:53.54]I drink I see the dream to my waiting desire [00:57.15]To the passionate fire that has burned out so soon [01:01.36]I drink and I drown in a promise you made me [01:05.05]All the times you betrayed me in your anger and spite [01:08.59]When you took on the town when you looked for the [01:12.01]Action [01:12.65]When you took satisfaction like a whore in the night [01:16.75]I drink to make believe that my life is worth living [01:20.08]That the Gods are forgiving at the end of the day [01:24.22]I drink because I grieve for dreams when we started [01:27.55]For the innocent hearted who got lost on the way [01:31.71]For the children unborn for their dead phantom faces [01:34.97] [01:35.58]For our sterile embraces in the tomb of your bed [01:39.37]I drink and I mourn for the harvest that failed [01:43.30]For the ship that has sailed for the hope that is [01:46.57]Dead [01:47.62]I drink to find the place where the darkness can hide [01:50.92]Me [01:51.18]Till the terror inside me can at last disappear [01:54.78]I drink to my disgrace till oblivion claims me [01:58.21]Till there's nothing that shames me till I'm blind to [02:01.70]My fear [02:02.24]Yes I drink till I burst till my own degradation [02:06.13]Till the edge of damnation that is waiting below [02:09.88]Yes I drink with a thirst that destroys and depraves [02:13.21]Me [02:13.99]Engulfs and enslaves me and will never let go [02:18.07]I drink until I'm lost and the street is my hideout [02:21.77]Where I will beat my pride out till I'm gasping for [02:24.32]Breath [02:25.57]I drink to count the cost of a life I despair for [02:29.03]Until God hears my prayer for a compassionate death [02:32.85]So I spit up my bile at the Gods who demean us [02:36.38]At the silence between us at the love none can save [02:39.78]For a life that is vile for a soul that is ailing [02:43.95]For a body that's failing as it heads for the grave [02:47.89]I drink without a care [02:50.12]Drink because I must [02:51.90]Drink for my despair [02:53.40]I drink to your disgust [02:55.52]I drink drink drink by God I drink [03:01.56]Yes I drink