Thursday, February 18, 2021

EMPTY BOTTLE written by Sheldon Manoo (1995)

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FAST: Someone came and

            Took her love away

            Took her love away

            Took her love away

            And I guess my mind

            It has gone astray

            It has gone astray

            It has gone astray

            When they ask when she’s coming back

            I don’t know what to say

            I don’t know what to say

            I don’t know what to-----

(slower) Do anymore!

 

And I just woke up from this terrible nightmare

And this head spins like a windmill’s blade

            On a very windy day!

Oh! Where the hell am I now?

And what’s this empty bottle doing in my hand?

Oh I don’t remember nothing and it’s something I just don’t understand!

Did I drink what was in this empty bottle?

I guess so or else I might have woke up in my bed

Not here at the side of this dirty street, with my lady’s warm body beside me instead!

Oh! Now I think I’m beginning to remember

Why I have this empty bottle of whisky

For never before had I drink in my life

But yesterday she chose him over me. Yeah!

 

            Someone came and took her love away

            And I guess my mind it had gone astray

            So I took a walk to ease the pressure

            And somehow ended up in a bar

            And someone handed me this bot-tle

            And I’m sure that it was full!

 

            (Bluesy solo)

 

It’s true that alcohol takes you away for a while

But when it fades you’re back to the same ole, same ole

I guess that’s why some stay drunk all the time

Cause they don’t have the courage to soberly face this world!

To face this world!

 

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