We Used to Vacation

I kissed the kids at noon

Then stumbled out the room

I caught a cab, ran up a tab

On 7th and flower

Beth's recital, I had to run

Missed my son's graduation

Punched the Nichols boy

For taking his seat

He gets all that anger from me

Still things could be much worse

Natural disasters on the evening news

Still things could be much worse

We still got our health

My paycheck in the mail

I promised to my wife and children

I'd never touch another drink, as long as I live

But even then, it sounds so soothin'

This will blow over in time

This will all blow over in time

I'm just an honest man

Provide for me and mine

I give a check to tax-deductible charity organizations

Two weeks paid vacation won't heal the damage done

I need another one

Still things could be much worse

Natural disasters on the evening news

Still things could be much worse

We still got our health

My paycheck in the mail

I promised to my wife and children

I'd never touch another drink, as long as I live

But even then, it sounds so soothin'

To mix a gin and sink into oblivion

I promised to my wife and children

That accident left everyone a little shook up

But at the meetings I felt so empty

This will blow over in time

This will all blow over in time