DRINK AND DRIVE

He woke up in the hospital 

Not knowing why he was there

He couldn't move his legs at all 

And it hurt to take in air

He saw his wife beside the bed

Tried to ask her why she cried

And he couldn't back away from

The accusation in her eyes

She held something in her hands

Shook it out in front of him

The past came back, like a vicious slap

The room spun, as the lights dimmed

~~~*Chorus*~~~

You don’t shove your hand in boiling water

Use your foot to spring a trap

You don’t dance out on a busy freeway

Shake a Grizzly from his nap

You don’t buy a box of rat poison 

Sit and eat it like popcorn

Poor yourself a nice glass of bleach

And then drink it till it’s gone

You don’t walk up to a total stranger

Say I’m going to take your life

Well you might as well go and do it all

If you’re going to drink and drive

~~*~~

She heard the sirens, raised her head

Tried to climb out of her car

She'd only had a couple drinks

With her girlfriends at the bar

When she could finally stand alone

When the dust, and her mind cleared

She saw a smashed-up vehicle

And was sobered by her fear

The driver of the ambulance

Looked at her with unveiled hate

Said, lady she was just sixteen

Pulled a sheet over her face

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

He lost his Son, he can’t get him back

Ended up a fool, with no second chance

And she killed someone else’s little girl

He’ll never walk again, all she does is cry

The consequence of when you drink and drive

Is the total turning over of your whole world

Finding out that you’re a monster

They’re the sacrifice

Don’t drink and drive

~~*~~

~~~*Chorus*~~~

You don’t shove your hand in boiling water

Use your foot to spring a trap

You don’t dance out on a busy freeway

Shake a Grizzly from his nap

You don’t buy a box of rat poison 

Sit and eat it like popcorn

Poor yourself a nice glass of bleach

And then drink it till it’s gone

You don’t walk up to a total stranger

Say I’m going to take your life

Well you might as well go and do it all

If you’re going to drink and drive

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson
Wrdspnr@aol.com
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