Loudon Wainwright III - Drinking Song

Loudons Drinking Song from Album 2 - Listed wrongly as Cook that dinner Dora on my vinyl copy!?

Drunk men stagger, drunk men fall,
Drunk men swear and that's not all,
Quite often they will urinate outdoors.
Like widowed women, drunk men weep,
Like children curled up, drunk men sleep,
Like a dog, a drunk will crawl around on all fours.

Be he broke bum or rich rake, his dinner be it bread or cake
His beverage be the worse of whiskey, finest wine.
Puke it stinks and so it seems that drunkards go to great extremes
But there has yet to be a perfectly straight line

Drunks talk strong when drunks are weak,
It's easy for a drunk to speak -- straight from the heart
Yeah, drunks will fight they're not afraid
To kiss the mistress, make the maid
It's a manly art.

Oh but big toll will take, blood vessels in nose will break
Bags beneath the eyes another sign

Drunks get ugly, so it seems that drunkards go to great extremes
But there has yet to be a perfectly straight line.

Drunks are friendly when they're drunk and
Drunks are hostile when they're drunk
Which drunk it is, it all depends upon.
When drunks aren't drunk, they thirst for drink,
The elephants are grey not pink
And the drink evaporates the man is gone, gone , gone, gone

Back to the yachts and the subway cars
The hip-flasks and fruit jars
Flat on the face and flat on the behind

Oh, drunks get drunk and so it seems that drunkards go to great extremes
There has yet to be a perfectly straight line.

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[mightyBRB]

Trying to find out which LWIII song says something about "Mary McGuire and Big Frank Clark got drunk again last night." Google listed album II or III with those lyrics but I've played those albums and still haven't heard that line. Any help would be appreciated--I heard the song on the radio way back around 1971 or '72.

[hanman1]

Its called Central Square Song from Album III

[gefriolsaeme]

A totally underrated genius!

[clovrmay]

His voice is so pretty in a comforting way:)

[CAinfowarrior]

@sxlof we hate to hear the truth sometimes. LOL

[CAinfowarrior]

I listen to this song drunk.

[pamicocci60]

This song appears on Album III, not II; but this is slightly different than the album version.

[Ypipable]

Thanks for the tunes and visit Loudon. Your a star.

[LizzyFatana]

I just recently heard him for the first time on 28 days. He is so talented and beyond hilarious. I just like the throatier sound he had when he got older!

[sweetmonkeylove1]

@sweetmonkeylove1 album 2 my bad

[sweetmonkeylove1]

This is not the same version as I have on album 3. Do you what album this version is from. Anyone?

[rose60612]

"Central Square Song" is on his first album.

[netty758]

the song is cook that dinner dora ,, . not that hard to find,, not up for debate,, check the album.

[netty758]

the song is cook that dinner dora,, this post is not on original allbum.