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The Drinking Man’s Diet Lyrics By Allan Sherman

    oh i’m on the drinking man’s diet
    it came from a book i was loaned
    it’s really terrific and quite scientific
    and i’m half stoned
    for breakfast some cornflakes and vodka
    but cornflakes have carbohydrate
    so i don’t eat those fattening cornflakes
    i eat the vodka straight
    drink drink everyone drink
    it’s not as bad as we used to think
    with every manhattan your stomach will flatten
    so drink drink drink
    the air force invented this diet
    a fact which they hotly deny
    of course they deny it ’cause this is the diet
    that got the air force high
    for lunch you can have three martinis
    what better lunch is there than that
    but caution do not eat the olives
    ’cause olives make you fat
    drink drink everyone drink
    it’s not as bad as we used to think
    if pounds you would burn off then turn on your smirnoff
    and drink drink drink
    for dinner a nice scotch and soda
    now that oughtta help you to lose
    no whipped cream no butter just lay in the gutter
    and booze booze booze
    suppose you should meet a policeman
    who says you’ve been quenching your thirst
    you just tell him it’s physical fitness
    and health comes first
    drink hic drink hic booze everywhere hic
    pass that decanter of bourbon there
    i’m fatter than ever but here’s what’s so clever
    i don’t care

    Artist: Allan Sherman

    Year: 1965

    Decade: 60s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 126