I'm going to the storenTo get myself some beernAnd if they canned up sanitynWould they sell it here?nI'd buy myself a truckloadnAnd drink away the nightnMaybe then my babynYou and me would be all rightnCos you load me downnYou load me downnYou load me down with my regretsnI'm like a ship about to sinknI'm just drinking to forgetnAnd I don't forget to drinknI don't forget to drink it downnYou load me downnnThinking how it used to benTo be alone with younTelling any lies we couldnTo steal an hour or twonIt ain't like that now, babenWe're together and you're minenWith a silent rhetoricnWe wish away our time.nnYou load me downnYou load me downnYou load me down with my regretsnI'm like a ship about to sinknI'm just drinking to forgetnAnd I don't forget to drinknI don't forget to drink it downnYou load me down