I spent most of my life drunk, trying to get a drink or doing time for stuff that happened when drunk. That was then, I haven't had a drink, or anything else, since 12/5/95! The drink is a metaphor for all the other stuff I did in my mispent youth, middle age, etc.!
I DON'T DRINK NO MORE
By WILLY SENKIWSKY 11/24/04 9:30 p.m. G-Harp, Key of D, Slow Shuffle
I started drinking as a child
Uncles gin and Camels was my style
I slept it off then; was too young to go wild!
I drank to get incoherent
The older I got wilder I went
I'd go to a bar with money leave without a cent!
(Spoken: And wonder who left the dents? In my car, head, etc.?)
(Chorus)
To me I'll just have one drink today
Is like sayin, I'll only stick it in half way!
When I start drinkin ain't no way to stop
Which is how I got to know a few cops!
I got tired of being on the outside of open doors
And being wounded though I never been to war
All of this and more is why I don't drink no more!
I now know that I can't take even one sip
Some say you can't teach a dog new tricks
I'll bet ya the dog never woke up with a fat lip!
(Spoken: And not able to remember who or why it's there!)
(Chorus)
To me I'll just have one drink today
Is like sayin, I'll only stick it in half way!
When I start drinkin ain't no way to stop
Which is how I got to know a few cops!
At a bar I'd tell the tender; shut up and pour
I need a drink to relax just makes me snore
I drank to get drunk; but I don't drink no more!!!...
@2004 Willy Senkiwsky -- All Rights Reserved -- Unauthorized Duplication Prohibited
"The Blues are the roots, and the other music is the fruits." One of Willie Dixon's favorite sayings, from I Am the Blues by Willie Dixon with Don Snowden (DaCapo, 1989)
"Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often." --Samuel Butler (1612-80), English poet, Author'
"Simple music is the hardest music to play and blues is simple music." --Albert Collins
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2006-07-06
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