Joe Andrews - When You're Sober Lyrics

The park lays empty in the night
Reflecting on the dealer's firelight
He asks for you, and so I say
Your black balloon has flown too far away
To come back home
Now you've been clean for 18 months and seven days
And one too many nights where I'm afraid
I'm on my own

'Cause when you're sober, I don't know
You're just a girl I used to know
At every party, we would run the show
And sleep in cheap hotels
Now everybody wants to play
A role in someone else's game
And I just can't forget the way you let me go
I hate it when you're sober
I hate it when you're sober
I hate it when you're sober
I hate it when you're sober

You found me naked on the floor
I've never seen those sneakers tied before
But getting high is not the same
When all you do is tell me you're ashamed
It's all for fun
And so I take these thoughts and hide them in my veins
This drug was just a reason we could hang
What have I done?

'Cause when you're sober, I don't know
You're just a girl I used to know
At every party, we would run the show
And sleep in cheap hotels
Now everybody wants to play
A role in someone else's game
And I just can't forget the way you let me go
I hate it when you're sober
I hate it when you're sober
I hate it when you're sober
I hate it when you're sober
I hate it when you're sober
I hate it when you're sober
I hate it when you're sober
I really hate it when you're sober