Verse 1
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Ministers of religion have visited me many times to talk about it
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They say to me I gotta leave it I gotta leave it It's a bad habit For a man
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But when I try to leave it my friends keep telling me I'm a fool amongst fools
Chorus
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Now I'm a slave, a slave I'm a slave I'm a liquor slave
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Now I'm a slave, a slave I'm a slave just a liquor slave
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Verse 2
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I have lost my dignity I had before trying to please everybody
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Some say to me Yo yo I look better when I'm drunk Some say no no no I look bad you know
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Sometimes I cry I cry but my crying Never helps me no Ofcourse no
Chorus
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Cause now I'm a slave, a slave I'm a slave I'm a liquor slave
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Now I'm a slave, a slave I'm a slave just a liquor slave
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Verse 3
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Every night when I'm coming back home My wife gets worried
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''cause she knows She's got double trouble coming home
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Sometimes I cry I cry Lord I cry but my crying Never helps me