Story Behind The Song
Thinking about the reasons why we drink sometimes- to escape the misery of the world perhaps?
| Song Length |
2:30 |
Genre |
Folk - Alternative, Folk - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
In High Spirits, Cheerful |
Subject |
Alchohol, Beer, Wine, Philosophy |
| Similar Artists |
Gogol Bordello, Tom Waits |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
London bridge is falling down
And none of us can swim
The politicians lie to us
To the moon and back again
I can't take it anymore
It makes you stop and think
The whole wide world is going to hell
So this is why I drink
Children in the sandbox
We teach them to play nice
While we send missiles overseas
We are not men but mice
All of this hypocrisy
Well whose shit doesn't stink
We're all liars thieves and fools
And this is why I drink
What's the matter, what's the use?
Why bother even try
When corporations run the world
While starving children die
Just to think our meager lives
Are over in a wink
We contemplate mortality
And this is why we drink