Ministers of religion have visited me many times to talk about it
They say to me, I gotta leave it I gotta leave it
It's a bad habit for a man but when I try to leave it
My friends keep telling me, I'm a fool amongst fools
Now I'm a slave, a slave
I'm a slave, I'm a liquor slave
I'm a slave, a slave, slave
I'm a slave, just a liquor slave
I have lost my [A]dignity I had before, tɾying to [C7]please everybody
Some say to [C7]me, yo yo, I look better when I'm drunk
Some say, no, no, no, I look bad you [A7know
Sometimes I cry, I cry but my [A]crying never helps me none
'Cos now I am a slave, a slave
I'm a slave, I'm just a liquor slave
I am a slave, a prisoner
I'm a slave, just a liquor slave
Every night when I'm coming back home
My wife gets worried 'cos she knows
She's got [Fm7]double tɾouble coming home
Sometimes I cry, I cry Lord, I cry
But my [A]crying never helps me
Now I'm a slave, a slave
I'm a slave, I'm a liquor slave
I'm a slave, a slave, slave
I'm a slave, just a liquor slave
Now I'm a slave, a slave
I'm a slave, I'm a liquor slave
I'm a slave, a slave, slave
I'm a slave, just a liquor slave
Now I'm a slave, a slave
I'm a slave, I'm a liquor slave
I'm a slave, a slave, slave
I'm a slave, just a liquor slave
