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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
Sep 21st 1997	Westfair Amphiteatre - Council Bluffs (IA)
Sep 22nd 1997	Fox Theater - Boulder (CO)
Oct 9th 1997	Inn of the Beginning - Cotati (CA)
Oct 23rd 1997	Grand Olympic Auditorium - Los Angeles (CA)
Feb 23rd 1998	Fox Theater - Boulder (CO)
Feb 25th 1998	Garton's Saloon - Vail (CO)
Mar 5th 1998	Crystal Ballroom - Portland (OR)
Mar 28th 1998	Ripleys Alive - Cincinnati (OH)
Mar 31st 1998	Peabody's - Virginia Beach (VA)
May 6th 1998	The Safari - Des Moines (IA)

Found on these live recordings

220 live recording(s)

	Date	Venue	Source
	Oct 15th 2006	Le Plan - Ris Orangis (FR)	Audience
	Feb 12th 2007	Le Botanique - Brussels (BE)	Soundboard
	Feb 14th 2007	Trabendo - Paris (FR)	Audience
	Apr 9th 2007	Metro Theatre - Sydney (AU)	Audience
	Apr 27th 2007	Howlin' Wolf - New Orleans (LA)	Audience
	May 6th 2007	The Buffalo Icon - Buffalo (NY)	Audience
	May 6th 2007	The Buffalo Icon - Buffalo (NY)	Audience
	May 6th 2007	The Buffalo Icon - Buffalo (NY)	Audience
	May 9th 2007	Agora - Cleveland (OH)	Professional capture
	May 14th 2007	Cervantes - Denver (CO)	Professional capture

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.