Cocktails tore up my family. Cocktails tore down my home. One to wake me up every morning. One with a buddy at noon. One for the road every evening. Till I found out pretty soon. It took two to wake me up every morning. Two with my buddy at noon. Two for the road every evening. Till guess what happened pretty soon. Cocktails tore up my family. Cocktails tore down my home. I cheated and I lied. Swallowed my pride. And then washed it down with cocktails. I had a house on a hillside. The car I was driving was new. I had money in my pockets. Look what liquor led me to. I started running round with a woman. Turned my back on my wife and my kids. Wonder how mama's gonna tell them. The awful thing that daddy did. Cocktails tore up my family. Cocktails tore down my home. I cheated and I lied. Swallowed my pride. And then washed it down with cocktails. Cocktails tore up my family. Cocktails tore down my home. Cocktails tore up my family.