Considering Ray Davies record as a lyricist, this song is likely to be ironic, satirising about "rockstar like problems" regarding:
1- alcoholism (the beer, the gin)
2- alienation ("But I felt so down"; "And just when I wanted no one to be there")
3- ego detached from reality (Talking about your drunk thoughts to the audience; the paranoia about what "the others" might think of you)
4- nostalgia from the days before fame (the old cafe from happier days)
All those, problems very far from the ones of the working class, regular folk, and normal englishness that Ray Davies was fond of.
Considering Ray Davies record as a lyricist, this song is likely to be ironic, satirising about "rockstar like problems" regarding: 1- alcoholism (the beer, the gin) 2- alienation ("But I felt so down"; "And just when I wanted no one to be there") 3- ego detached from reality (Talking about your drunk thoughts to the audience; the paranoia about what "the others" might think of you) 4- nostalgia from the days before fame (the old cafe from happier days)
All those, problems very far from the ones of the working class, regular folk, and normal englishness that Ray Davies was fond of.