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My recent songwriting has some definitive influences. Through my work with the Bagboys and more specifically with the "founding fathers" of the Bagboys (Harvey Bag and Bob Chabot), I got schooled in how to write about what you know and have experienced. Both these song writers do this brilliantly, taking common, even banal life events and turning them into something relevant and illuminating.
The other influence is my love of traditional songs and the memes they use. Trains, unfaithful lovers, throwing oneself in a river, etc. This song was somewhat inspired by an old tune "Goodbye Booze." And of course by my own oh so common and oh so human struggle with the old demon alcohol. BTW: Patrick M'Gonigle's fiddle playing on this just slays me. |
Booze Come Over Me
Booze, come over me
Booze, never leaving me alone
I take a sip and I lose
Booze, come over me
Booze, what an awful time
Booze, taking all that’s mine
And you
You're paying the same dues
Booze, what an awful time
And the bottle sits between us
Pouring trouble on you and me
And the bottle sits between us
And we never will break free ... cause
Booze, always get its way
Booze, ruination day
Has come
It's not the end I would choose
Booze, always get its way
Oh but weed, such a mellow thing
Weed, oh the peace it brings to me
It's just the thing that I need
yeah, weed, such a mellow thing
Booze, come over me
Booze, never leaving me alone
I take a sip and I lose
Booze, come over me
Booze, what an awful time
Booze, taking all that’s mine
And you
You're paying the same dues
Booze, what an awful time
And the bottle sits between us
Pouring trouble on you and me
And the bottle sits between us
And we never will break free ... cause
Booze, always get its way
Booze, ruination day
Has come
It's not the end I would choose
Booze, always get its way
Oh but weed, such a mellow thing
Weed, oh the peace it brings to me
It's just the thing that I need
yeah, weed, such a mellow thing