What About Mouthwash? - Trevor Moore

Me and Jesse’s cousin

Went to the Chevron after work

To grab a couple sixers

And some beefy jerk

The man behind the counter

Said he’d like to see ID

I handed him one of a guy

Who sorta looked like me

He frowned and asked me what was my address

I knew the street, but I couldn’t quite get the rest

I said I lost my real ID, and that

We would pay him double

We swore that we weren’t cops

And that he wouldn’t get in trouble

He smiled and said «I'm sorry

But it’s already 12:04

And the state says it’s too late to sell

Alcohol anymore»

Sadly we went to put back the beer

But then a bottle caught my eye, and I got an idea

What about mouthwash?

What about huffing paint?

You don’t need ID to buy it

And you can’t arrive too late

What about mouthwash?

What about smelling glue?

If they say you can’t buy liquor

Then some cough syrup should do

Before we count this night up as a loss…

What about mouthwash?

Sitting in the truck in the parking lot

Underneath the moon and all them stars

We don’t need their liquor stores

And we don’t need their bars

Drinking Listerine and tonic

And Jesse’s cousin sipped a Scope and Coke

A Robitussin Red Bull

Now that shit ain’t no joke

But something changed within me at that store

Beer and spirits just don’t cut it anymore

The whispers that I hear

And the looks that I keep getting

When I toast with a Dimetapp daiquiri

At a fancy wedding

And last night a cop pulled me over

Going down 95 South

And he saw the Sherman-Williams

All over my nose and mouth

He just looked straight at me, with a, a pity in his eyes

Like he just saw the depths of sadness a man can have inside

And the lengths to which he’ll go to numb it down for another day

He looked as if he’d cried, and then he just walked away

I watched as he drove off down the interstate

And then I thought to myself, that’s another reason this stuff’s great

What about mouthwash?

What about sniffing glue?

When the police pull you over

They ain’t sure what to do

What about mouthwash?

Or even hand sanitizer?

When they check your glove compartment

They won’t be none the wiser

Before we count this night up as a loss…

Say, «What about mouthwash?»

What about mouthwash?