Simon Joyner - My Life Is Sweet lyrics

I met the drinker for a drink Back when I was drinking everything but the kitchen sink He said to meet him in the bar inside the Blackstone Which was famous for leaving the lights on I don't know why he picked that place It seems strange having other drinkers looking at your face Now as you know some drinkers drink alone They don't want anyone else around But like a trellis needs some ivy Like a spotlight needs a body This drinker needed company He needed me We sat together and we drank He said "the night is always younger than you think" He didn't have much on his mind He said "it's nice to have someone around when you unwind" Well I said "anytime" and he said "thanks" Then we sat in silence and we drank I can't recall the taxi home Whether I was awake or alone I felt the bed swallow my fall Then I heard is voice pouring down the hall And out into the streets and he was gone And I was back where I started from I got on my hands and on my knees And I asked the floor for release I was so heavy it felt like I was being squeezed Through the cracks in the wood into the black underneath So I closed my eyes and I was in the skies I closed my eyes and I was flying The taste of the air took me by surprise It was like alcohol and cotton For awhile I just flew around And that whole ugly city was on the ground Well it sure looked pretty on the ground I flowed beneath me then It was beneath The night is beautiful (I am forgiven) And my life is sweet