"Used to Depend on the Person I See"

This probably is my last blog post until October 1. I leave early tomorrow to visit my daughter in Colorado. I hope you will then tune in to corkingthebottle.blogspot.com again. Stay sober, one day at a time.

I thank the Lord my mom was no drinker, so the lyrics below don't apply to her. Most of those apply to me, however; they're the things my wife sadly said to me. I share this with you because I think it is on the mark -- and I don't mean Makers Mark!

Cosmo Jarvis - Mummy's Been Drinking

Mummy's been drinking,
Mummy's been drinking,
Mummy's been drinking,
Drinking again.
Mummy's been drinking,
Mummy's been drinking,
Mummy's been drinking,
Go tell a friend.

Now I can see every one of your flaws,
All of the things I could not see before.
You come in stinking and slurring your words,
You don't stop talking and ironing shirts.

Where did you put the bottle this time?
Better be somewhere I won't find,
'Cause you know it's going down the sink,
Even your sister says you shouldn't drink.

Used to depend on the person I see.
Well look at you now, you can't even speak.
And then you tell me to go fix my life.
Well what about yours, you can't even write.

And you bitch about how you don't get work done.
It's not my fault, it's because you're drunk.
And you're whining to me about how hard it is
Being a single mother and raising two kids.

Well shut the **** up, I don't care anymore,
And I can't turn back to when it was before.
And I know you've had your fair share of abuse
But that's in the past so you've got no excuse.

Mummy's been drinking,
Mummy's been drinking,
Mummy's been drinking,
Drinking again.
Mummy's been drinking,
Mummy's been drinking,
Mummy's been drinking,
Go tell a friend.

Acting like a person I hate,
"Just go to bed now" is all I say.
Don't talk to me when you are this way.
It just makes me sick and I'll lose it one day.

And I'll do something that I swear that I will regret,
So stop it. Okay? And never forget
The way it was when we were all fine,
Just sort out your head, and I'll fix mine.

It's nobody's fault, so don't try and blame
Anyone else for all your pain.

No one can help you except for yourself,
So put down the glass and get some **** help.

Or a boyfriend, I don't know, whatever you need,
How 'bout a better son or some friends maybe?
Once again I'm sorry for my part in this,
At least you learnt a lesson though: children are ****.

They take your money, they kill your dreams,
They cry when you don't buy them ice creams.
They age you and they make you shout,
But sober thoughts will help you out.

Mummy's been drinking,
Mummy's been drinking,
Mummy's been drinking,
Drinking again.
Mummy's been drinking,
Mummy's been drinking,
Mummy's been drinking,
Go tell a friend.

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