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lyrics

Drinking Days

(Oh Drinking Days!)
Friday night comes around and I change my shirt and I head out,
Kiss my wife on the cheek; tell her “I’ll be home before you sleep”
But when the whisky begins to flow I’m having too much fun to go home
I tell myself “she’ll understand…”

And I stagger in around three o’clock
Drunk as a skunk and she’s waiting up
I know then I should just shut up.
But there were shouts and there were curses,
Accusations and angry words,
And I promised her I won’t drink again,
I won’t drink again.
(Well not until next week anyway)

Friday night comes around and I change my shirt and I hit the town
Meet the boys at The Builder’s Arms for a quick one-I don’t see the harm.
But when the whisky begins to flow after the third call I turn off my phone,
And hope to hell she’ll understand…

And I stagger in around four o’clock
Swilled to the gills and she’s waiting up
I know then I should just suck it up.
But there were shouts and there were curses,
Accusations and ultimatums,
And I promised her I won’t drink again,
I won’t drink again.

(Oh my drinking days)

Friday night comes around and I change my shirt and I sneak out,
Down to the bar at the end of the street away from the eyes of the fun police.
I tell myself “just one or two” but when the whisky flows what can I do
Because I know now, she’ll never understand.

And I stagger in around six o’clock
Full as a boot and ready to rock
But the house is dark, and all is quiet.
And then there’s a tap on my shoulder and to my surprise
She guts me with a kitchen knife and as I slide in to that eternal sleep
She says “That’s the end of your drinking days, that’s the end of your wicked ways,
Your low down wicked drinking days…”

(Oh my drinking days)

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from The Lucky Country, released November 1, 2014

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Dave Wright & The Midnight Electric Melbourne, Australia

Singer/songwriter/bandleader Dave Wright is after one thing: A perfect 4-minute pop song.
When he puts pen to paper and pick to guitar strings, however, the Melburnian-by-way-of-Colac knocks out epics and ravers and boozers about girls, cars, Australia, mariticide, Diggers, truckers, sadness, sickness, drunks, heartbroken mothers, angry fathers, desperate sons … and death. Lots of death. ... more

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