I’m under her influence It’s not the way I wanted it The rain that heaves don’t seem to leave And the pain just won’t quit So I sit myself down in an old cafe I order a couple of Margaritas I don’t know what’s in it, it takes like **** And I sit next to some senoritas. I go and talk to a fellow Oakie So I just say to him how’s your day? He looked bemused, and then confused And said can’t you see the pain won’t go away So we sat and toasted to The women who had done us wrong We threw it down, be it green or brown And laughed that it had been so, so long Since we’d felt this good Descending into a drunken state It didn’t really matter; we had no one to flatter Who cares it’s only half past eight? I said what’s your pain my friend? Cos our poison’s right here:- He says I’m here to stay; I’m trying to drink away A woman with blue eyes and long blonde hair The good guy don’t always get the woman Not like in the films they show Here I’m sitting on the sand, glass in hand An’ I got such a long, long way to go. So I said we’re here for the long-haul And so what’s it going to be? He said you choose, I got nothing to lose All I can see is a glass looking back at me So along came the drinks And the Oakie winced as he took his set There’s something in the bottom, of this drink I just gotten But I just wanna see how drunk I can get It just seems like bad luck follows me How I’ll ever get rid of him I don’t know Women and drink, surely push you to the brink But drink up; we got a long, long way to go
I say we got a long, long way to go. Long, long way to go.