Just the Alcohol

 

I’m going to take a chance and say

You’ve never danced the way you danced

With me at the Mardi Gras Ball

Our feet never even touched the ground

As you let me twirl you round and round and round

That parking lot dance hall, and

You said you trusted me, you said you trusted me

Not to let you fall

But was it trusting me or just the alcohol

Oh, was it trusting me or just the alcohol

 

Earlier in the day the Pinstripe Pasquinade Parade

Had made its way down Mechanic to The Strand

You climbed upon my shoulders

To see over all the costumed masqueraders

 ‘Cause you love the marching bands, and

You said you trusted me, you said you trusted me

Not to let you fall

But was it trusting me or just the alcohol

 

Oh, was it me, oh, was it me, oh, was it me, oh, was it me

Oh, was it me or was it just the alcohol

 

That evening you came home with me

Upstairs out on the balcony so we

Could throw beads to the crowd

But the rowdy rabble down below

Seemed more enchanted by the show

When you stood on the rail and opened up your blouse

You said you trusted me, you said you trusted me

Not to let you fall

But, was it trusting me or just the alcohol

 

Oh, was it me, oh, was it me, oh, was it me, oh, was it me

Oh, was it me or was it just the alcohol

Was it ‘cause of me or was it just the alcohol

 

NOTES ON THIS SONG
Because it’s fun! I wouldn’t be surprised if my swan song, thirty years from now, has something to do with Mardi Gras.