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Tonight the bottle let me down (Original Post)
kentuck
Mar 2020
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I generally despise country music, but I'm bored so gave this a whirl since I like the title.
lark
Mar 2020
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lark
(23,099 posts)1. I generally despise country music, but I'm bored so gave this a whirl since I like the title.
Actually it's a good song, don't like the melody or musicianship that much, but do like the words. As one who doesn't like heavy drinking, I appreciate the sentiment.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)2. Thanks for the memories! I used to play in a C&W band and we did a lot of Merl's songs.
Once as a truck driver I passed Merl's bus as I was heading out of Bakersfield and he was heading
in...
kentuck
(111,094 posts)3. I turned twenty-one in prison...
Mama tried.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)4. Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star...
Let's Chase Each other 'Round The room Tonight...
The Magistrate
(95,247 posts)5. After Our Hank Williams Festival, Sir
The womenfolk have decreed a moratorium on country music here for a while....
But if you are ever looking for cheerful songs of boozing, look up a band called 'Devil Makes Three', especially their song 'Gracefully Facedown'.....