Mr. Booze lyrics

Mr. Booze (Mr. Booze)

Mr. B double O, Z E

That sure spells booze

You will wind up wearin' tattered shoes if you mess with Mr. Booze

Don't mess with Mr. Booze (Don't mess with Mr. Booze)

Don't mess with B double O, Z E

If you've been so stiff they thought you died

You'll feel better once you've testified

Testified, testified, testified

Girl: I wanna testify! I wanna testify!

Bing: Well then cleanse yourself my child, cleanse yourself. Brothers and Sisters I happen to know this poor unfortunate soul and the fight's she's waging against sin. That old devil hooch has turned her into the unsightly person you see before you. Give us your testimony, my child.

Girl: Well it all began with daddy

Crowd: Yes?

Girl: He said the drinking helped him stay alive

Crowd: Yeah!

Girl: Do you know how old he was when he died?

Crowd: No

Girl: He was twenty-five

Crowd: No!

Girl: That's why I've got to come clean

Crowd: Why?

Girl: 'Cause I'm already seventeen

Who's to blame (Who's to blame?)

What's his name (We know his name)

His name is Mr. Booze

Mr. Booze

Mr. B double O, Z

Don't ever choose

Any game you play with him you lose

So don't mess with Mr. Booze

If your head feels like it's 10 foot wide

You'll feel better once you've testified

Testified, testified, testified

Sammy: I wanna testify! You've got to let me - a! - testify!

Bing: Come forward, dear brother. You see here a man, ladies and gentleman, who just last year was the United States Olympic heavyweight wrestling champion and here he is, a shadow of his former self. Wasted in help, ravaged by sin. Give us your testimony, brother

Sammy: I was cruel! I was mean! (He was mean!) I was a pickpocket! (a no-good pickpocket!) And then sin-

Bing: Gin, gin too

Sammy: That too. Sin and gin got me in its clutches and that's why I need forgiving

Crowd: Why?

Sammy: 'Cause now my hands shake so much, reverend, I can't even making a living-

Bing: Get out

That's a shame (What a shame)

Who's to blame (Who's to blame?)

His name is Mr. Booze

Mr. Booze

Mr. B double O, Z

You must refuse

You will make obituary news if you mess with Mr. Booze

If you've been so stiff they thought you died

You'll feel better once you've testified

Testified, testified, testified

Dean: I wanna testify!

Bing: You don't have to

Dean: Oh but I wanna!

Bing: But you don't have to

Frank: Oh let him testify

Bing: Very well. Then let us lead you on the path of righteousness. Not long ago, brothers and sisters, this helpless soul was the foremost brain surgeon in this grand and glorious country. Success was smiling upon him. Well go ahead. Tell us your story oh downtrodden one

Dean: I use spirits for medicinal purposes only

Crowd: Yeah?

Dean: I manufactured it for medicinal purposes only

Crowd: Yeah?

Dean: And then I started drinking what I manufactured and I drank myself out of a hell of a hell of a business for medicinal purposes only

Crowd That's right

Sammy: Alcohol makes a big man small and can lead to a life of crime (Yeah!)

Dean: Demon rum makes a gent a bum and you cash in before your time (Yeah!)

Frank: Bootleg gin puts you in a spin 'till you don't even know your name (Yeah!)

Bing: You're a public disgrace, flat on your face and there's only one guy to blame

Mr. Booze, Mr. Booze

Mr. B double O, Z

Don't ever choose

'Cause you'll wind up wearin' tattered shoes if you mess with Mr. Booze

Don't mess with Mr. Booze

Oh Mr. Booze

Don't mess with Mr. Booze

Oh Mr. Booze

Don't mess with Mr. Booze

Don't mess with B double O, Z

'Cause that spells booze

And you're gonna lose with Mr. Booze

Oh yeah!

Don't mess with around with Mr. Booze

Don't mess with Mr. Booze!

Mr. Booze (Oh yeah!)

Don't mess with Mr. Booze!