Twelve Steps Forward and Ten Steps Back
I got a little treatment, our little secret, shhh nobody knows
He held me tightly rather uninvitedly, a bit too close
He said it was alright if it never saw the daylight, and then he tapped his nose
12 steps forward 10 steps back
12 steps forward 10 steps back
I drink because I drink because I drink
Because I think about the hangover he gave me coz he lied
I need because I need because I need
Because I feel I need a drink to fill the hole he left behind
Poor little Mary out of whack
Where's the party, what's the craic?
12 steps forward 10 steps back
Poor little Mary dressed in black
Pour me another down the hatch
12 steps forward and 10 steps back
So I spend some time in treatment, telling you my secrets that nobody should know
I lay it on the table, fantasy or fable, leaves me so exposed
You're saying that it's alright, to let it see the daylight, and wash him out my clothes
12 steps forward 10 steps back
12 steps forward 10 steps back
I drink because I drink because I drink
Because I think about the hangover he gave me coz he lied
I need because I need because I need
Because I feel I need a drink to fill the hole he left behind
Poor little Mary out of whack
Where's the party, what's the craic?
12 steps forward 10 steps back
Poor little Mary dressed in black
Pour me another down the hatch
12 steps forward and 10 steps back
So you say get off my cross and turn my back on what I've lost
And when I think about the cost, maybe you're right
And where I lost myself some more I need to lose myself some more
Pick myself up off the floor on which I lie
No more Poor little Mary out of whack
Here's the party, here's the crack
12 steps forward don't look back
No more poor little Mary dressed in black
The weight's been lifted off my back
12 steps forward, don't look back
12 steps forward, don't look back.