One Last Glass

I said today that I'm gonna stop,
Don't need no one to say that I've had too much,
But I just kept pouring one last glass,
'Coz the wine that I had was never enough.

I laugh, "Drinking's part of the past!"
As I drink this one slowly to make sure it lasts,
My tongue was in hunger of every last drop,
Every precious taste of my one last glass.

And so I savor the taste of my drink,
Now I set my glass down on the kitchen sink,
But my shaking hands cannot stop themselves,
From taking one more bottle on top of the shelf.

I wanna quit but I'm feeling sick,
I feel I'll get sicker the moment I quit,
The doctors keep saying that I drink too much,
But I feel what I drink was never enough.

They tell me to stop but it just isn't fair,
How when I leave the booze, I'm gasping for air,
And I try to sleep but I sneak one last drink,
Coz drink one more glass is all I can think.

I'm in want or a need, I cannot be sure,
I'm trapped in an illness that nothing can cure,
I said this is the last, I've said that before,
But with every last glass, I keep wanting more.

I hold back the tears as I try not to think,
Of that one fateful dare back one college eve,
"Drink up! Bottoms up!" they were yelling at me,
It was the start of an end I was too young to see.

My wallet was wasted on booze and on wine,
And now I have nothing, not even a dime,
I flunked all my classes and suffered a fine,
Coz spending on drinking was what filled all my time.

My baby has left me and called me insane,
She yelled I was a drunk and that I'll never change,
I said I was sorry, I swore I would stop,
She said she still loves me but she never came back.

Been left out of dinners for Thanksgiving day,
Been told I'm not their kid and that I am a shame,
I can't count the days I've been behind bars,
The nights of arrest 'coz I hit someone's car.

I said today that I'm gonna stop,
I need to quit drinking coz I've had too much,
But I open the bottle for just one more last,
One last precious taste of one last glass.