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Alcoholic

Published on these records

Chim Chim's Bad Ass Revenge

(1996)

(1996)

Fishbone 101 - Nuttasaurusmeg Fossil Fuelin' The Fonkay

(1996)

(1999)

Live in Amsterdam

(2005)

Live in Bordeaux

(2009)

Official video

Performance Statistics

Performed	First played	Last played
634 times	06 Jul 1985 @ Keystone - Palo Alto (CA-US)	15 Dec 2023 @ Goldfield Trading Post - Roseville (CA-US)

Date Sort descending	Venue
Jan 24th 1997	Volcano - Kitchener (ON)
Mar 2nd 1997	Josha's - Breckenridge (CO)
Mar 12th 1997	The Edge - Palo Alto (CA)
Jul 27th 1997	Grog Shop - Cleveland (OH)
Aug 1st 1997	The Galaxy - Westhampton (NY)
Aug 2nd 1997	Tramps - New York (NY)
Aug 4th 1997	8 by 10 - Baltimore (MD)
Aug 6th 1997	Club Bene - Morgan (NJ)
Aug 29th 1997	Studebaker's - Burnaby (BC)
Sep 13th 1997	Lakewood Amphitheater - Atlanta (GA)

Found on these live recordings

220 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	May 15th 2007	Aggie Theater - Fort Collins (CO)	Audience
	May 18th 2007	Dante's - Portland (OR)	Audience
	May 19th 2007	Studio Seven - Seattle (WA)	Audience
	Jul 8th 2007	Werfpop - Leiden (NL)	Audience
	Sep 29th 2007	Mohave Mesa Cornfest - Bullhead City (AZ)	Audience
	Apr 23rd 2008	Rock School Barbey - Bordeaux (FR)	Audience
	Aug 30th 2008	Moe.down - Turin (NY)	Professional capture
	Dec 3rd 2008	Recher Theater - Towson (MD)	Audience
	Mar 7th 2009	The Black Sheep - Colorado Springs (CO)	Audience
	Jun 4th 2009	Le Botanique - Brussels (BE)	Soundboard

Found in these videos

Tagged in 72 videos

Found in 24 full show videos

Official video

https://youtu.be/kScvg2CDMWw

Lyrics

Ohh Alcoholic
Ohh real good liquor
Ohh make you clumsy
Ohh make you throw up

Well...my Pop had a party at the house one night
on the last day of school and the food is all right.
We had a speaker on the roof and a speaker on the hill
with four turntables and a reel to reel.
All the pretty women came, no ugly chicks
all the stars came from the Ritz.
The people eat the chicken
and they drink up all the liquor
and they turn into a big
Screwdriver

Well...my uncle is a 'Holic'
and he down a pound of Whiskey!
With an Eight for a chaser,
spit it on the bouncer
kicked his ass
and he lost a girlfriend
with a big soul kitchen
Now he's layin' in the gutter
like a skid row bum
Skid row bum style

Ohh Alcoholic
Ohh Scotch and 800
Ohh make you scratch the record
Ohh burn the spaghetti

Well...I came home from school on a Monday.
I missed the radio reggae show.
I felt like a rude boy,
I could have slammed me a poseur

"You know" Well...
My uncle called me a punk rocker in the doorway
as he dribbled on the table
when he started to say,
"You're not a rude boy, you're a lazy boy,
you should make like a tree and leave
Make like a library and book,
Make like a roach and bug off"

Ohh Alcoholic
you can't drive
Before you crash and go to jail.