Lyrics to The Anonymous Alcoholic

This version of The Anonymous Alcoholic was released by 10Cc in 1978.

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You walk in the room
The folks are all there
With glasses in hand
But you can’t take the band
So you head for the bar
The barman’s well stocked
He knows where you’re at
He offers a drink
But you can’t take none of that
(No you can’t take none of that)

Everybody’s having fun
So why be the one
Who’s out in the cold
It’s not good enough
You made a deal with yourself
You said you’d never take another drop
Your craving’s big, your livers shot
You’d give a million for a solitary drop

You take your first belt
It tastes like pure hell
The second one drops
Intentions are shot
Well you think you might as well
You take another sip
You get to likin’ it
The music sounds hip
So you head for the floor
(So you head for the floor)
Yea yea yea yea yea

Well you step out on the dance floor
And you grab at your boss’s wife
You’ve been longing to hold her close
For the whole of your working life
And the band played on

Move your ass

Well your hostess is lookin’ mad
As your hands start to wander
And your boss is gonna get you now
He’s gonna put you six feet under
You get walked out the door
And your feet don’t touch the floor
You’re never gonna see ’em no more

The dawn starts to break
Your heads a big ache
You’re lyin’ in bed
You’re back from the dead
And your mouth feels like old leather
(Old leather)
Never do it again
(You’ll never do it again)

Everyone was havin’ fun
But you were the one
Kicked out in the cold
You slept in your clothes
You let ’em down
Down at the club
You know your confidence got to take the rub
Your boss is sore
You’ve had your chance
He says he never wants to see you again
Don’t wanna see you again
(Don’t wanna see you again)

You’ve got to dry out
The boys have found out
It’s the end of the line
But it’s martini time
So you head for the bar..r…r..r..r..r

Oh where am I now

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About Lyrics and The Anonymous Alcoholic by 10Cc

The lyrics to The Anonymous Alcoholic are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that 10Cc used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to The Anonymous Alcoholic have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only 10Cc and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to The Anonymous Alcoholic by 10Cc. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to The Anonymous Alcoholic" means the words set to the music of The Anonymous Alcoholic, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by 10Cc. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to The Anonymous Alcoholic and the lyrics to The Anonymous Alcoholic are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of 10Cc who came here looking just for the lyrics to The Anonymous Alcoholic, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.