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GUEST,Kelly Ryer Lyr Req: i couldn't eat my breakfast (5) Lyr Add: ROLL THE OLD CHARIOT ALONG 04 Jul 03


You may have heard Greg Clarke sing this at the Gottagetgon. I have a recording of him live at Cafe Lena, and the words are as follows. He calls it "Roll the Old Chariot Along."

A little bit of whisky won't do me any harm (3x)
And we'll all hang on behind

We'll roll the old chariot along (3x)
And we'll all hang on behind

Now the wages of sin they tell me is death
Like the grim retribution that fell on Macbeth
but the wages of gin is a terrible breath
Won't someone take me home

We'll roll the old chariot along (3x)
And we'll all hang on behind

I feel like a fish that has recently died
Or like the rind of a melon left at low tide
I can't eat my breakfast -- I know 'cause I've tried
Won't someone take me home

We'll roll the old chariot along (3x)
And we'll all hang on behind

A nip for the dog that bit you won't do you any harm (3x)
And we'll all hang on behind

We'll roll the old chariot along (3x)
And we'll all hang on behind

There may be a verse missing that I remember him singing n the past -- something about temples bulging. But it's a great song!

-Kelly


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