[Intro]
Cocktails tore up my family
Cocktails tore down my home

[Verse 1]
One to wake me up every morning
One with a buddy at noon
One for the road every evening
'Til I found out pretty soon

[Verse 2]
It took two to wake me up every morning
Two with my buddy at noon
Two for the road every evening
'Til guess what happened pretty soon

[Chorus]
Cocktails tore up my family
Cocktails tore down my home
I cheated and I lied, I swallowed my pride
(And then) washed it down with cocktails

[Verse 3]
I had a house on a hillside
The car I was driving was new
I had money in my pocket
But look what liquor made me do

[Verse 4]
I started runnin' 'round with a woman
Turned my back on my wife and my kid
Wonder how Momma's gonna tell them
The awful thing that Daddy did

[Chorus]
Cocktails tore up my family
Cocktails tore down my home
I cheated and I lied, I swallowed my pride
(And then) washed it down with cocktails

[Outro]
Cocktails tore up my family
Cocktails tore down my home
Cocktails tore up my family
Cocktails tore down my home
Cocktails tore up my family
Cocktails tore down my home
Cocktails tore up my family
Cocktails tore down my home