The Cerveza Tax

Verse 1

Golden caps

Silver cans

Tapping the glass with heavy hands

Price tag

Biting my thumb

Checking the balance until I am numb

Top shelf

Burning a hole

Selling my shirt and selling my soul

Chorus

Liquid gold in a dirty cup

Spend it all till the sun comes up

Fifty for a bottle

Sixty for the tax

Pour it down and never look back

Cerveza costs a fortune now

Cerveza costs a fortune now

Post-Chorus

Pay it

Pay it

Drain the bank and pay it

Verse 2

Cold sweat

Brass buttons on my vest

The barkeep is putting me to the test

One sip

Costs a week of sweat

Drowning in a sea of velvet debt

Copper coins

Rolling on the floor

I can't afford to walk through the door

Stupid

Expensive

Broke

Chorus

Liquid gold in a dirty cup

Spend it all till the sun comes up

Fifty for a bottle

Sixty for the tax

Pour it down and never look back

Cerveza costs a fortune now

Cerveza costs a fortune now

Bridge

I want it

I need it

I bought it

The bubbles are biting my tongue

The flavor is fleeing my lungs

Empty wallet

Empty bottle

Empty head

Verse 3

Fine grain

High mountain rain

The label is fancy but the thirst is a pain

Small glass

Big bill

Drinking my fill against my will

Hard luck

Hard liquor

Paying the man just makes me sicker

Chorus

Liquid gold in a dirty cup

Spend it all till the sun comes up

Fifty for a bottle

Sixty for the tax

Pour it down and never look back

Cerveza costs a fortune now

Cerveza costs a fortune now

Outro

One more

Maybe two

Passing the buck to you

Just a drop

Just a drop

Until the music has to stop