Joel Plaskett - The Park Avenue Sobriety Test lyrics

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This is the Park Avenue Sobriety Test

It's a kick in the teeth, it's the hornet's nest

It's the Park Avenue Sobriety Test

It's the cold hard light of day

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It's the pain in ur heart, it's the look in ur eyes

When all of ur friends are droppin' like flies

It's the hole in the sky when a young man dies

And u just want to go to sleep

When u finally sleep, u imagine a world

It's a beautiful world, filled with beautiful girls

And the girls in ur world, the one u imagined

They all want to know ur name

So u tell them ur name & they give u their number

As u're callin' them up, u awake from ur slumber

Cos' ur landlord's outside, he's drivin' a hummer

And you're startin' to catch a cold

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(Verse 2)

It's the kid on the street, he's havin' a ball

And you're watchin' his feet, cos' he's kickin' a ball

And he don't need a phone & he don't need the mall

And a tear rolls down ur cheek

It's the guy at the bank, he's cashin' a check

That the government sent cos' he's out on the deck

Some words will not auto-correct

Like whodaf*ck'll pay our rent?!

Some people are wealthy, others are rich

Some people complain, others just bitch

It might take a second to tell which is which

But the devil is in the details

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(Verse 3)

It's the girl at the bar, she's pourin' a drink

She's takin' ur dough & u think that she winks

So u ask her ur name & she tells u a lie

Cos' Frank's not a woman's name

Last call has been called & now Frank's closin' down

You're out on the street & there's no one around

And it's rainin' outside, in whiskey you've drowned

Now you're walkin' across a bridge

And you're soberin' up & u get to the park

And it's sketchy as hell & it's totally dark

When you're one of a kind u can't get on the Ark

So zip up ur jacket & go home

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