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Booze Blues

by Bennett Wales

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I woke up this morning
With that taste in my mouth.
Lord, I know this woman.
I know what she's all about.
How did I get here?
And, what's more, how can I leave?
It's just the booze blues, baby
They're coming over me.

I got an ice-cold shiver shakin' in my shoes
And a warning in my heart
Knock em' back fast as a heart attack
To fight my present dark
But it don't always do the trick
My fire, my rain, my pleasure, my pain
The little demons in my head.
The things that I treasure, the things that I trust
No matter how many, no matter how much
It seems nothing is enough.

Will I stay hang-dangling it above your head
Collecting all the evidence beneath our bead?
Accepting all the things I never understood
Forgiving and forgetting while the getting's good
I'm fighting to survive so I can finally find you
Every little piece
Every little piece of me.

For years, you've made me so damn mad
And I'm a good man feeling bad
I pack my bags and I gotta go
One for the money and two for the show
I won't try to help you understand.

So behold the last words of a ramblin' man
Who's digging up a grave in the heart of the land
Who's living on a dime, who's name will surely die
And be buried with the boys who were born with stars in their eyes
Nothing shall remain.

Will I stay hang-dangling it above your head
Collecting all the evidence beneath our bead?
Accepting all the things I never understood
Forgiving and forgetting while the getting's good
I'm fighting to survive so I can finally find you
Every little piece
Every little piece of me.

Now I wake up each morning
With that taste in my mouth
Lord, I know this woman
I know what she's all about
My heart is a graveyard
For the secrets I keep
You know the booze blues, baby
They're coming over me.

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released July 19, 2015
All instruments played by Bennett Wales.

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Bennett Wales Virginia Beach, Virginia

Bennett Wales is a bluesman from Virginia Beach.

Insta:@bennybluesmusicva

email: safeplacemusicva@gmail.com

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