"Drinking Again" is a 1962 torch song, with lyrics by Johnny Mercer and music by Doris Tauber. The song has been recorded by Frank Sinatra (The World We Knew), Dinah Washington (Drinking Again), Aretha Franklin (Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington) and Bette Midler (Bette Midler), among others.

Drinking again and thinking of when, when you loved me
I'm having a few and wishing that you were here
Making the rounds, accepting a round from a strangers
Being a fool, just hoping that you'll appear

Sure, I can borrow a smoke
Maybe tell some joker a bad joke
But nobody laughs
They don't laugh at a broken heart

Oh, yeah, I'm drinking again
It's always the same, that same old story
After the kicks, there's little old mixed up me
Tryin' to lose a dream that used to be

Look at me I'm drinking again
Drinking all over town
Yeah, I'm drinking again
Makin' my rounds