Terry D. Sutherland

ESCAPE

Another drink poured down the spout
Another smoke put out
Drink ‘till there is no doubt
There’s relief when you pass out

This is the life we live day in
This is the life we live day out
Drink to life my friend, drink to the bitter end
Drink to your only way out

Whiskey is the devil’s drink
But it numbs war’s haunting hold
Drink till every memory sinks
Well beyond your threshold

Dead soldiers haunt us most
Their families follow next
We always entertain their ghost
What the hell comes next?

First your liver stops
You yellow before your time
Thank heaven you found the Schnapps
You hid at Christmas time

One last drink, then I’m home
I drink for the final last time