Big Bottle Blues - Harri Marstio

I just found me a bottle of blues Some strange comfort for a soul to soothe Ain't it hard, ain't it hard To want somebody who doesn't want you And I've been waiting for a year, a day Some strange weather must be blowing' my way 'Cause I got no mind to go or to stay Or be left behind Holding' hands with an impotent dream In a brothel of fake energy Put a nickel in the graveyard machine I get higher and lower I get higher and lower Like a tired soldier With nothing' to shoot And nowhere to lose it's a Bottle of blues Egos drone and pose alone Like black balloons All banged and blown On a backwoods river The infidels shiver In the stench of belief I tell my momma I'm a hundred years late I'm over the rails and out of the race And the crippled psalms Of an age that won't thaw Are ringing in my ears Holding' hands with an impotent dream In a brothel of fake energy Put a nickel in the graveyard machine I get higher and lower I get higher and lower Like a tired soldier With nothing' to shoot And nowhere to lose it's a Bottle of blues There's definitely a plan Yeah, what? Well, I just found me a bottle of blues Some strange comfort for a soul to soothe Ain't it hard, ain't it hard To want somebody who doesn't want you Holding' hands with an impotent dream In a brothel of fake energy Put a nickel in the graveyard machine I get higher and lower I get higher and lower Like a tired soldier With nothing' to shoot And nowhere to lose it's a Bottle of blues Bottle of blues And I'm a focks in the back of room

See that black boy over there, runnin' scared His ol' man's in a bottle He done quit his 9 to 5 to drink full time So now he's livin' in the bottle See that Black boy over there, runnin' scared His ol' man got a problem Pawned off damn near everything, his ol' Woman's weddin' ring for a bottle And don't you think it's a crime When time after time, people in the bottle See that sista, sho wuz fine before she Started drinkin' wine From the bottle Said her ol' man committed a crime And he's doin' time So now she's in the bottle She's out there on the avenue, all by herself Sho' needs help from the bottle Preacherman tried to help her out She cussed him out and hit him in the head with a bottle And don't you think it's a crime When time after time, people in the bottle See that gent in the wrinkled suit He done damn near blown his cool To the bottle

I broke the law and I used a gun I broke the Ten Commandments one by one Always wished that I had a son Just to teach him not to I lived in the valley and I hid in the hills I stole moonshine from illegal stills Folks said, "Don't rile him 'cause he may kill" But only if I've got to All I want is a Tennessee bottle All I need is an Arkansas bride All I can see is an Ozark mountain sunrise 500 miles to hide my life, life, life, to hide my life To hide my life I tried to farm and I tried to mine I tried cuttin' on the timberline But pain and sweat was all I'd find Rewarding all my labor So, I robbed banks and I robbed trains I lost one eye in a poker game I gave up gambling 'cause it's such a shame To cheat your friends and neighbors All I want is a Tennessee bottle All I need is an Arkansas bride All I can see is an Ozark mountain sunrise 500 miles to hide my life, life, life, to hide my life To hide my life I think I'm gonna quit and change my ways Settle down and live an honest day Someone said that crime don't pay But I gotta enough to live on I think I'm gonna move to Little Rock Leave my doors without a lock I might be a foot without a sock But I got cash to stand on All I want is a Tennessee bottle All I need is an Arkansas bride All I can see is an Ozark mountain sunrise 500 miles to hide my life, life, life, to hide my life To hide my life To hide my life To hide my life