[Verse 1] An addict is a special kind of person. If it's feeling good, we'll do it 'til we're hurting. For sex and love and booze, we always seem to choose, It's just the sort of thing that addicts do. I'm told to do something at my work, And suddenly I'm acting like a jerk. It'd be much easier just to do it, but I'd rather tell them screw it. I don't know why I do, I do, I do. [Chorus] I don't know why I had to say eff you. I wish that I could stop and think it through. I wish I hadn't said it, but I did, and now regret it. I don't know why I say the things I do. [Verse 2] I know I ought to eat the way I should, But that ice cream over there sure looking good. A bigger shirt will cover fat, I'll eat some ice cream and buy that. It's Just the sort of thing that addicts do. That first cold beer is sure good in hot weather. Well, if one is good, I know that six is better. But the cop don't think I'm sly as I get the DUI. I don't know why I do, I do, I do. [Chorus] I don't know why I do the things I do. I wish that I could stop and think it through. I'm not sure how I blew it, it didn't take that long to do it. It's just the sort of thing that addicts do. I wish I didn't always have to choose. I wish I didn't do, I do, I do. My brain would be less flaccid if I hadn't done all that acid. Oh, I don't know why I do the things I do. [Bridge] It's just the sort of thing that addicts do. Or maybe that's a miserable excuse. So we can keep on screwing as we do, I do, I do, And say it's just the thing that addicts do. [Outro] Maybe I should quit being an addict. I could take my addictions and put them in the attic. I could get out in the yard, I could play some more guitar. I could hike across the Appalachian Trail. But I just keep on doing as I do, I do, I do, and as I do, I do, I do the things I do. Yes, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do all the things that addicts do. Yes, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do. Would you just stop it?
