Joel Plaskett - The Park Avenue Sobriety Test lyrics

This is the Park Avenue Sobriety Test
It’s a kick in the teeth
It’s the hornet’s nest
It’s the Park Avenue Sobriety Test
It’s the cold hard light of day

It’s the pain in your heart
It’s the look in your eyes
When all of your friends
Are dropping like flies
It’s the hole in the sky
When a young man dies
And you just want to go to sleep

When you finally sleep, you imagine a world
It’s a beautiful world
Filled with beautiful girls
And the girls in your world
The one you imagined
They all want to know your name
So you tell them your name and
They give you their number
As you’re calling them up
You awake from your slumber
Cause your landlord’s outside
He’s driving a hummer
And you’re starting to catch a cold

This is the Park, Park Avenue Sobriety Test
It’s a kick in your face
It’s the hornet’s nest
It’s the Park, Park Avenue Sobriety Test
It’s the cold hard light of day

It’s the kid on the street
He’s having a ball
And you’re watching his feet
‘cause he’s kicking a ball
And he don’t need a phone and
He don’t need the mall
And a tear rolls down your cheek

It’s the guy at the bank
He’s cashing a cheque
That the government sent ‘cause he’s
Out on the deck
Some words will not auto-correct
Like #whothefuck’llpayourrent

Some people are wealthy, others are rich
Some people complain, others just bitch
It might take a second to tell which is which
But the devil is in the details

This is the Park, Park Avenue Sobriety Test
It’s a kick in the teeth
It’s the hornet’s nest
It’s the Park, Park Avenue Sobriety Test
It’s the cold hard light of day

It’s the girl at the bar
She’s pouring a drink
She’s taking your dough
And you think that she winks
So you ask her your name and
She tells you a lie
‘Cause Frank’s not a woman’s name

Last call has been called and
Now Frank’s closing down
You’re out on the street and
There’s no one around
And it’s raining outside
In whiskey you’ve drowned
Now you’re walking across a bridge

And you’re sobering up and you
Get to the park and it’s sketchy as hell
And it’s totally dark
When you’re one of a kind you
Can’t get on the Ark
So zip up your jacket and go home

This is the Park Avenue Sobriety Test
It’s a kick in the teeth
It’s the hornet’s nest
It’s the Park, Park Avenue Sobriety Test
This is the cold hard light of day
This is the cold hard light of day
This is the cold hard light of day