(This a song about the pros and cons of alcohol, Tom)      Stop your pretending   Listen to what I gotta say   Now your head?s ran away   Only here for a day   That a grave I?ve just made, yeah   For me when I get laid, yeah, baby   When I get laid, yeah, listen up      Won?t you wait a while   Move to the blue   Sometimes people don?t wanna say   Old time dancers don?t die die that way   See that grave I?ve just made   It?s for me when I get laid      And somebody?s gotta hold back the river, yeah   And somebody like you, yeah   Somebody like you      Do you love and surrender, yeah   Sometimes I don?t feel I can remember   NowI think it?s fair to mention, yeah   About the days when I get laid      And somebody?s gotta hold back the river, yeah   And somebody like you   And somebody?s gotta hold back the river, yeah   And somebody like you, yeah   Somebody like you      Yeah, yeah, yeah      I saw a little loving   I told you all to listen   But you never liked what you heard   Now I take what I am given   This may sound absurd   Now I stare with double vision   And starting the transition, now   Now baby, yeah      Hey where?s Jimmy Jazz      Oh I told you to listen   Yes I told you all to listen      And somebody?s gotta hold back the river   And somebody like you   And somebody?s gotta hold back the river, yeah   And somebody like you   And somebody?s gotta hold back the river   And somebody like you   And somebody?s gotta hold back the river, yeah   Yeah   Somebody ain?t you      Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah      (Oh yes)