msdebbie

Tom Waits is a musical god in my life.
His voice, attitude, all of it mesmerises me!

As a highly functional addict
(who continues to drink because I know I’m not as bad as I used to be LOL)
this song contains some of my favourite lines on addiction and heartbreak – which are bolded for your reading pleasure xoxo

Bad Liver And A Broken Heart

Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah,
I drunk me a river since you tore me apart.
And I don’t have a drinking problem, except when I can’t get a drink.
And I wish you’d a-known her, we were quite a pair,
She was sharp as a razor and soft as a prayer.

So welcome to the continuing saga,
She was my better half, and I was just a dog.
And so here am I slumped, I’ve been chipped
And I’ve been chumped on my stool.

So buy this fool some spirits and libations, it’s these railroad station bars
And all these conductors and porters, and I’m all out of quarters
And this epitaph is the aftermath, yeah I choose my path, hey, come on, Kath,
He’s a lawyer, he ain’t the one for ya.

No, the moon ain’t romantic, it’s intimidating as hell,
And some guy’s trying to sell me a watch
And so I’ll meet you at the bottom of a bottle of bargain Scotch.
I got me a bottle and a dream, it’s so maudlin it seems

You can name your poison, go on ahead and make some noise
I ain’t sentimental, this ain’t a purchase,
It’s a rental, and it’s purgatory,
And hey, what’s your story, well I don’t even care
‘Cause I got my own double-cross to bear.

And I’ll see your Red Label, and I’ll raise you one more,
And you can pour me a cab, I just can’t drink no more,
‘Cause it don’t douse the flames that are started by dames,
It ain’t like asbestos
It don’t do nothing but rest us assured,
And substantiate the rumors that you’ve heard…

Cheers big ears!
xox Debbie xox