Fred Eaglesmith - Alcohol And Pills lyrics

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Hank Williams, he came up from Montgomery

With his heart full of broken country songs

Nashville, Tennessee, didn't really understand him

'Cause he did things differently

Then the way that they were done

But when he finally made it to the Grand Ole Opry

He made it stand still

He ended up on alcohol and pills

Elvis Presley, he came up from Jackson

With a brand new way of singing, Lord

And a brand new way of dancing

And even from the waist up, Lord

He gave the world a thrill

He ended up on alcohol and pills

Alcohol and pills

It's a crying shame

You'd think they might have been happy with

The glory and the fame

But fame doesn't take away the pain

It just pays the bills

And you wind up on alcohol and pills

Janis Joplin, she was wild and reckless

And then there was Gram Parsons

And then there was Jimi Hendrix

The story just goes on and on

And I guess it always will

They ended up on alcohol and pills

Alcohol and pills

It's a crying shame

You'd think they might have been happy with

The glory and the fame

But fame doesn't take away the pain

It just pays the bills

And you wind up on alcohol and pills

Sometimes somebody

Just doesn't wake up one day

Sometimes it's a heart attack

Sometimes they just don't say

They pulled poor old Hank Williams

Out of a Cadillac Coupe de Ville

He ended up on alcohol and pills

Alcohol and pills

It's a crying shame

You'd think they might have been happy with

The glory and fame

But fame doesn't take away the pain

It just pays the bills

And you wind up on alcohol and pills

And you wind up on alcohol and pills