Ari Lesser - Purim 2020 - L'chaim!

Lyrics By Ari Lesser Well I don’t remember but I have been told First time a got drunk I was eight days old Son of Abraham, I didn’t waste no time Sipping wine at my bris just to ease my mind Sobered up after that, spent twelve years clean But I fell off the wagon when I turned thirteen Couldn’t see rated R movies, or drive a car But my bar mitzvah, had an open bar They say that day I became a man And I had to obey all of G-d’s commands Now it’s true there’s things we don’t do as Jews But HASHEM doesn’t mind if we use some booze Drink responsibly, got to stay alive Don’t drink too much, don’t drink and drive For some folks alcohol can be deadly But if you drink to life you can drink with me L’chaim! A toast to host and the guests! L’chaim v’lvracha! May you all be blessed! L’chaim tovim ul’shalom! For peace! L’chaim! May good things only just increase! L’chaim! With happiness healing and health! L’chaim! With wisdom awareness and wealth! L’chaim! To family the kids and the wife! L’chaim! My friends, say L’chaim to life! Well Shabbat is a great excuse to let loose No need to make Kiddush on fruity grape juice Pop open your finest Pinot, or Merlot And keep pouring more til that cup overflows We celebrate Pesach in the springtime No grain alcohol, but wine is just fine They call it Passover, cause everyone passes Out over dinner, from chugging four glasses And all seven days of Sukkot I’m tipsy Hanging outside in my hut like a gypsy Ain’t got a roof but I can’t complain If it showers I just get sloshed in rain On Shemini Atzeres, the drinking gets careless Heads start spinning, losing self-awareness We all dance the hora while a guy in a fedora Pours a lot of shots for some more Simchas Torah And wherever you are fourteenth of Adar Every shul far and wide has an open bar Cause on Purim we drink til we don’t know why Haman’s curse is any different than blessed is Mordechai L’chaim! A toast to host and the guests! L’chaim v’lvracha! May you all be blessed! L’chaim tovim ul’shalom! For peace! L’chaim! May good things only just increase! L’chaim! With happiness healing and health! L’chaim! With wisdom awareness and wealth! L’chaim! To family the kids and the wife! L’chaim! My friends, say L’chaim to life! By my Chuppah the Rabbi passed me a cup Overflowing with wine, and he said bottom up On an empty stomach that broke my fast First drink of the day but it wasn’t my last Every happy occasion or celebration Is cause for a little intoxication Cause the Talmud says since temple times, We won’t find any joy if we don’t drink wine And it also brings some relief from the grief When my loved ones die life seems to brief But I still do them right, light a candle, recite Kaddish, and say l’chaim on the yearly Yartzeit No wealth in the grave so I buy that top shelf I’m a drink for the dead, til I’m dead myself So if I don’t out live ya, when my soul is delivered To G-d, give a toast and get drunk at my shiva L’chaim! A toast to host and the guests! L’chaim v’lvracha! May you all be blessed! L’chaim tovim ul’shalom! For peace! L’chaim! May good things only just increase! L’chaim! With happiness healing and health! L’chaim! With wisdom awareness and wealth! L’chaim! To family the kids and the wife! L’chaim! My friends, say L’chaim to life!