Hard Liquor

from A Tale of Two Cabins by Two Cabins

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Jimmy was sneezing, crying and didn’t know what to do
He told his single mother that he might have the flu

His mom told him to take a Johnny walk around the block
That peace’d only confront him once he overcame the shock
He had assumed that momma was right
Just a petite liquid burn would leave him painless through the night

Then…

Momma gave him hard liquor
Said if he didn’t drink, he would just get sicker

He stuck around mom’s house for a year or five
He had parties with jack and evan, they kept him alive
Momma kicked him in the head, said it’s time to find work
You’re nothing like me, you’re just a little jerk

But, mom, you have me hard liquor
Said if I didn’t drink, I would just get sicker

But he never graduated from Wilson High
To erase said mistake, he tested a sweaty night in sweaty july
He took that GED test and you can bet that he passed
and got a cubicle job where he could be drunk off his ass
the boss man invited him to his home
so he could chat with this genius all alone
he told him of mom’s childhood cure
and how he kept drinking everyday, just to make sure
but boss man loved jimmy’s success
so he went ahead with the move that he thought would be best

his boss gave him hard liquor
said if he didn’t drink he would just get sicker
his boss gave him hard liquor,
but it was in a port glass so it was fancier and slicker

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from A Tale of Two Cabins, track released August 28, 2010
Sam Wipf - vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, accordion and bass
Pablo Cabrera - drums and saxophone

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