The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #16155   Message #151483
Posted By: gillymor
19-Dec-99 - 09:49 AM
Thread Name: Mudcat's Songbook?
Subject: RE: Mudcat´s Songbook?
Aine,

This is a great idea and I've got a few I'll send. I'm assuming I just have to post them here. Here's one.

I CAN'T REACH MY BEER

(A slow,country, dirge-like, cry in your beer waltz sung with a nasal twang. Think Faron Young.)

When we first started courting* You made me feel like a king* But now that you left me I don't feel a thing* Lying face down in this barroom and missing you dear*Help I've fallen and I can't reach my beer.*

If I could get one shot of courage*I'd stand on my feet*Get up out of this sawdust and into the street*Well I'd find your new boyfriend and punch him into next year* But help I've fallen and I can't reach my beer.

BRIDGE

Oh who would of thought I'd wind up like this*Can't even stand up to take me a...to the lavatory*I guess I'll spend my life on this old barroom floor* Cursing your name and calling you a whor,-or,-or,-or -rible person.

But fightin' and hatin' ain't no way to live* So I guess I'll have to find a way to forgive* In fact I'd like to drink a toast to the one who put me down here*But help I've fallen and I can't reach my beer*(additional line)My darlin', I've fallen and I can't reach my beer. Is there some other way you'd like me to post additional songs or will this suffice. Sorry, my html skills are non-existent. Thanks,

Frankie