Free Dumb I Got a Bottle of Wine Because You Are So Fine
TWO JOHNY WALKERS ON THE HOUSE
LINE THEM UP IN FRONT OF ME
GIVE ME FOUR AND ONE FOR FREE
LET ME DROWN MY PAIN IN BLACK LABEL
BECAUSE I'D STOP CRYING IF I WAS ABLE
I ASKED THE BARKEEP TO TELL ME WHAT TIME HIS WATCH READ
HE TOLD ME AND I SAID THAT WOULD BE A COOL TIME FOR ME TO BECOME DEAD
THEN I MADE MY WAY TO THE BACK ROOM
WHERE BIG BRUCE MEANS LOSING MY MONEY AND BRINGING ON DOOM
POET
FOUR CATS SITTING WITH FIVE IN THEIR HAND
NO JUKE BOX, NO SINGER NOR THE BEAT OF A BAND
JUST THE SOUND OF CHIPS FALLING ON THE TABLE
AND I'D STOP CRYING IF I WAS ABLE
I CRY BECAUSE A MAN IN THE SUDAN DIED TODAY
I CRY BECAUSE A WOMAN WAS SODOMIZED IN A MOST HORRENDOUS WAY
I WEEP BECAUSE TO ME JOY IN THIS WORLD IS JUST A FABLE
AND I'D STOP MY TEARS IN IF I WAS ABLE
SO I BET A HUNDRED BUCKS BECAUSE I HAD THREE OF A KIND
HOLDING TRIPS BUT LOSING MY MIND
I WEEP BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO JUST CAN'T STAY FREE
SO LINE UP FIVE IN FRONT OF ME
(C) 2012......PHREEPOETREE ~free cee!~
Copyright © Jeffry Cohan | Year Posted 2012
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