Monday, February 23, 2009

Juke Joint Jezebel Jam

Embroidered shirts with snap buttons.
Handmade boots and rockabilly tattoos.
Chrome microphone and steel guitar.
Upright bass and a Bob Wills beat.
Infectious grooves with a contagious smile.
Cash, Cline, Haggard, Williams...meet Holiday!













I'm gonna give up honky tonkin' one more time
I'll put down that demon whiskey, beer and wine
Gonna drop down on my kneeses, give my life to Jesus
Gonna give up honky tonkin' one more time

You'll never see me in that honky tonk again
I'll straighten up, fly right and end this life of sin
My liver's needin' surgery, I'm off to join the clergy
Gonna give up honky tonkin' one more time

But if I weaken, and go out seekin'
The company of an old time used to be
No sense in lyin', I'm not denyin'
This bottle has got a hold on me

So if you see me in that honky tonk downtown
I'm not alone in here, my friend just look around
I'm not sneakin', I'm not hidin' the fact that I'm backslidin'
If you see me in that honky tonk downtown

But if I weaken, and go out seekin'
The company of an old time used to be
No sense in lyin', I'm not denyin'
This bottle has got a hold on me

So I'm gonna give up honky tonkin' one more time
I'll put down that demon whiskey, beer and wine
Gonna drop down on my kneeses, give my life to Jesus
Gonna give up honky tonkin' one more time

Yeah, I'm gonna give up honky tonkin' one more time



I take my hand off to that Gal.
Then I just fade into Bolivian.



Free dancing tonight, free beer tomorrow.
Backslidin' with boots on, the old 12 step shuffle.
Same ole New Orleans blues.
See you in that honky tonk downtown, Gal!
Smilin' under the neon moon.

n'm'out

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