I pour my brain into a can And beer swamps my mind Turning me from a man Into something less defined An open wound With raw emotions bleeding forth The night becomes a swamp As the brew takes its course I'm falling down into A black lagoon Pour me a pint of my best friend And set them up again. A melancholy anger weeps In shadows of lost hope The mutant climbs inside my eyes And sanity is soaked. The taste is sweet and satisfies A midnight afternoon I am sinking slowly In the potion's black lagoon I'm falling down into A black lagoon Pour me a pint of my best friend And set them up again. Pour me a glass of cold dark beer And don't ask me to smile at you, my dear There's no answer in the bottle However hard I look There's no wisdom in that cocktail However hard it's shook