I  can  make  anybody  pretty.
I  can  make  you  believe  any  lie.
I  can  make  you  pick  a  fight  with  somebody  twice  your  size.
Well,I ’ve  been  known  to  cause  a  few  break-ups,
An'I ’ve  been  known  to  cause  a  few  births.
Well,I  can  make  you  new  friends,or  get  you  fired  from  work.
And  since  the  day  I  left  Milwaukee,
Lynchburg  an'Bordeaux,France,
Been  making  the  bars  lots  of  big  money,
An'helpin'white  people  dance.
I  got  you  in  trouble  in  High  School,
But  College,now  that  was  a  ball.
You  had  some  of  the  best  times  you ’ll  never  remember  with  me:
Alcohol;Alcohol.
I  got  blamed  at  your  wedding  reception,
For  your  best  man ’s  embarrassing  speech.
And  also  for  those  naked  pictures  of  you  at  the  beach.
I ’ve  influenced  Kings  and  world  leaders,
I  helped  Hemingway  write  like  he  did.
And  I ’ll  bet  you  a  drink  or  two
that  I  can  make  you  put  that  lampshade  on  your  head.
'Cause  since  the  day  I  left  Milwaukee,
Lynchburg  and  Bordeaux,France,
I  been  making  a  fool  out  of  folks  just  like  you,
An'helping  white  people  dance.
I  am  medicine  and  I  am  poison,
I  can  help  you  up  or  make  you  fall.
You  had  some  of  the  best  times  you ’ll  never  remember  with  me:
Alcohol.
Yeah,since  the  day  I  left  Milwaukee,
Lynchburg  an'Bordeaux,France,
Been  making  the  bars  lots  of  big  money,
（Helpin'white  people  dance.）
Yeah,I  got  you  in  trouble  in  High  School,
But  College,now  that  was  a  ball.
You  had  some  of  the  best  times  you ’ll  never  remember  with  me:
Alcohol;Alcohol.