Drunk Before Lunch

Music: Felix Clement
Lyrics: Felix Clement

I’m not a prudish man, so I think you’ll understand

If you see me and my love drunk in the park

But spare me your snobbish remark, from one who only drinks after dark

Their joy a shameful thing that they’re happy concealing

But you still look down on me, you think we’re not classy

But we’ve had the finest of wines available to humanity

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And my love for her is such, and if she thinks I don’t say it much

It’s cuz I don’t drink nearly enough before lunch

A beer at work’s a very fine thing, for I think a man’s a king

If he can expand his business whilst he’s pissed

You’ve got to use solid bricks when building a relationship

As hard as the ones that keep us from breaking into Londis late at night

But avoid words like wino though and alcoholic definitely no

Choose words like colourful, charming and of course, high functioning

[chorus]

And my love for her is such, and if she thinks I don’t say it much

It’s cuz I don’t drink nearly enough before lunch

When everyone’s gone, back home

And the party is beyond resuscitation

Only drunken fools are here now

Unable even to lace up a shoe oh wait that’s me and you my dear

But I’d rather be drunk and drunk enough to say

“If I was sober I’d be saying the same thing anyway”

[chorus]

And my love for her is such, and if she thinks I don’t say it much

It’s cuz I don’t drink nearly enough before lunch

[chorus]

And my love for her is such, and if she thinks I don’t say it much

It’s cuz I don’t drink nearly enough before lunch

Yes I don’t drink nearly enough before lunch!