He Drank To Much Poem by BRUCE MARTONE

BILLY WAS NO DIFFERENT THAN YOU AND ME
GOT UP EVERY DAY AND WENT TO WORK
TO EARN HIS PAY
WHEN BILLY SHIFT ENDING
BILLY WENT TO THE NEAREST BAR
WHERE HE DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE HIS CAR
JUST MAKING SURE TO GET HIS FILL
AND ALWAYS WAS THE LAST CUSTOMER
TO STAY BEHIND TILL CLOSING TIME
NOW IT WAS TIME FOR BILLY TO LEAVE
STUMBLING HIS WAY HOME
AND PASS OUT ON THE COUCH ALONE
NOT REMEMBERING ANYTHING OR ANYONE
WHILE HE GETS READY FOR WORK
ALREADY WANTING HIS DAY DONE
BEFORE HE LEAVES HIS FRONT DOOR
NOW BILLY DROVE THIS TIME
TO A FURTHER AWAY BAR
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN
TO A PLACE CALL QUIETLY STAR
DRINKING AS FAST AS HE COULD
TO REACH HIS FILL
THAN GRAB HIS CAR KEYS
AND STUMBLE TO THE CAR
THE BARTENDER DOESN'T WANT HIM
TO LEAVE
NOW BILLY GET IN
DRIVING SIDE TO SIDE ON THE ROAD
PASSING ALL THE RED LIGHT'S
BILLY JUST DIDN'T STOP
TILL HE HIT ANOTHER CAR
HE DIDN'T SEE HIM IN HIS SIGHT'S
NOW THERE WAS A LOT OF MEDICAL PEOPLE
AND A LOT OF COPS HERE
WONDERING WHY BILLY CAR DIDN'T STOP
TILL THEY GOT CLOSER
AND TOOK A WI FT THAN THEY KNEW
NOW BILLY WAS TOLD THE OTHER DRIVER DIE
BILLY SHOUTED OUT THAT'S HAS TO BE A LIE
WHILE EMS LOOK HIM OVER AND SAID HE IS OKAY
THAN THE COPS CUFF HIM AND TOOK HIM AWAY
NOW BILLY WAITING IN JAIL
BEFORE HE SEE THE JUDGE HOPING FOR SOME BAIL
BUT THE JUDGE IS MEAN JOE BROWN
SERVING TWENTY TWO YEARS ON THE BENCH
AND THE HARDEST RULING JUDGE IN TOWN
NOW BILLY WITH HIS LAWYER SEE THE JUDGE
AND PLEAD FOR MERCY OF THE COURT
SAYING HE HAS LEARN HIS LESSON SITING IN JAIL
A LESSON WELL TAUGHT
BUT MEAN JOE BROWN THROWS BOOK AT HIM
AND SENTENCE HIM FOR LIFE BILLY LOOKS SHOCK
SO DOES HIS LAWYER
AND BILLY YELL OUT THIS IS A CROCK
THE JUDGE YELLS BACK
TAKING HIM OUT OF HERE NOW
SO BILLY GOES TO THE PRISON OUT WEST
TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT SOMEHOW
SAYING THIS SHOULDN'T BE AT ALL
PACING AROUND IN THIS CELL
WHILE THE GUARDS WATCH
SAYING OH WELL
NOW BILLY GROWS OLD AND SICK
WITH HIS LIVER ALMOST GONE
BILLY LIED IN PAIN IN HIS CELL
BUT SOON BILLY WILL BE MOVING ON
TO ANOTHER PLACE WE CALL HELL