Topical Tyranny: Round 1 - Battle 1 : Verses

Hello, I’m Steve Jones, let me tell you the story of my life
had a good business, great kids and a glorious wife…
but soon she became depressed…..turned to a bottle of jack
the hatred, the arguments, I wish I could take a lot of it back
local families and neighbours, wishin’ they hadn’t befriended
they heard, and where shocked, couldn’t believe the marriage had ended
when I’d see the drink. Id pull out my hair, it wasn’t fair
see the more that was consumed…the more she wasn’t there..
it was tough on the family, the fightin’ is hell
n’ the pain of a parent, spending a drunken night in the cell…
the humiliation I couldn’t take, the rejection of my wishes it seems
the embarrassment of it all, puttin’ an end to my politician dreams….

”why would she do this…”

no love was shown, so I  felt all alone
the kids seemed to visit mum, more than they'd stay at home
"see before it all happened, I would have said I had it all
so why did my wife's suicide....... lead me to alcohol"

Alcoholic? Nah, I just drink to the depths of night,

Rejected life, beer cans in my left and right,

Family and friends... well, they're just not around,

Just couldn’t stand the fact, I never put the bottle down,

A blurry haze, I struggle to see what’s in front of me,

I’m not totally alone; Jack (Daniels) & Jim (Bean) keep me company,

Endless damage to my liver, it’s cast as abuse,

The drink comes in a bottle; a glass has no use,

Vodka on my breath, it’s true that I stink son,

My only worry in life? Where I'll get my next drink from,

I’m a total joke, now in deep depression,

Then have a few drinks, a normal mans weekly session,

And I keep ingesting, I never cease to persist,

Like a Siren it calls me, I’m too weak to resist,

Now this addiction's become me, I’m a victim of gluttony,

I'll put a gun to my head and end this sickness abruptly!