I waited for you to come home after Angry words were exchanged And the smell of beer lingered on your breath I covered my ears and wondered If I was going to inherit your alcoholic escape artist gene when Inevitable Tragedy whispered in my ear all day and watched me sleep all night I imagine that in your intoxicated haze Of blacking out, forgetting and remembering You think: "Something isn't right and I can't go home" as Tragedy hands you another Corona, And you drink.