Bourbon
Rory Gallagher

Well, he's drinking down the bourbon like it was soda pop,
Trying to quell a feeling he knows ain't gonna stop,
He's mortgaged out his blood for one more chance to breathe.
He had the D.T.'s for breakfast, the shakes till noon,
He picked up his bag and left the motel room,
His head is held high but his heart is on it's knees.

Well, he packed his guitar and his bar-room tan,
Gotta get some miles behind him as fast as he can,
Another destination, some place else to play.

Well, he left a life behind him in some old trailer park.
They tried to make it work; it was ruined from the start.
He had to shake the rust, it became time to leave.

It's a honky-tonk engagement,
But there's no better place to play.
His face feels like crazy pavement,
It's getting more lined every day.

Well, he's gonna write a letter and try to explain,
She says he's too old to have these growing pains,
But something keeps him moving, living on through the night.

But as the night approaches, a change is in the air,
His heart is pumping fast, he's got no cares.
The music befriends him, it can take him anywhere.

It's a honky-tonk engagement,
But there's no better place to play.
His mind feels like crazy pavement,
He's getting crazed out every day.

Well, he's drinking down the bourbon like it was soda pop,
Trying to quell a feeling he knows ain't gonna stop,
He's mortgaged out his blood for one more chance to breathe.

He had the D.T.'s for breakfast, the chills till noon,
He picked up his bag and left the motel room,
His head is held high but his heart is on it's knees.


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Lyrics by Rory Gallagher

  'kid' Gloves   (Back on My) Stomping Ground   (Back on My) Stomping Ground [Live]   'kid' Gloves   20:20 Vision   20/20 Vision   A Country Mile   A Million Miles Away   A Million Miles Away [Digital Surround Sound][Mult...   Admit It   Ain't Too Good   Ain't Too Good   All Around Man   Apple Of My Eye   As The Crow Flies   As the Crow Flies [Live]   At The Bottom   At the Depot   Bad Penny   Bad Penny [Digital Surround Sound][Multimedia Trac...   Barley & Grape Rag   Barley & Grape Rag   Barley and Grape Rag   Big Guns   Big Guns [Digital Surround Sound][Multimedia Track...   Bonus Track: Gypsy Woman   Bonus Track: It Takes Time   Bought and Sold   Brute Force And Ignorance   Bullfrog Blues   Bullfrog Blues [Live]   Bullfrog Blues, Pt. 1   Bullfrog Blues, Pt. 2   Calling Card   Calling Card [Live]   Can't Believe It's True   Can't Believe It's True   Cloak And Dagger   Continental Op   Continental Op (To: Daniel Hammet)   Country Mile   Country Mile [Live]   Country Mile [Live] [Live]   Cradle Rock   Cradle Rock [Digital Surround Sound][Multimedia Tr...   Crest of a Wave   Cross Me off Your List   Cruise on Out   Daughter of the Everglades   Deep Elm Blues   Do You Read Me   Do You Read Me   Do You Read Me, Pt. 1   Doing Time   Don't Know Where I'm Going   Don't Start Me Talking   Don't Know Where I'm Going   Don't Start Me Talking   Double Vision   Easy Come, Easy Go   Eat My Words   Edged In Blue   Empire State Express   Failsafe Day   Follow Me   Follow Me [Live]   For the Last Time   Fuel To The Fire   Garbage Man   Ghost Blues   Going To My Hometown   Got My Mojo Working   Gypsy Woman   Hands Off   Hands Up   Heaven's Gate   Heaven's Gate   Hell Cat   Hoodoo Man   I Ain't No Saint   I Ain't No Saint   I Could've Had Religion   I Could've Had Religion   I Fall Apart   I Take What I Want   I Take What I Want [Live] [Live]   I Wonder Who   I Wonder Who (who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man)   I Wonder Who (who's Gonna Be Your Sweet Man)   I'll Admit You're Gone   I'll Remember   I'm Not Awake Yet   I'm Not Surprised   I'll Admit You're Gone   I'll Remember   I'm Not Awake Yet   I'm Not Surprised   If I Don't Sing I'll Cry   If I Don't Sing I'll Cry   If I Had a Reason   If The Day Was Any Longer   In Your Town   It Takes Time   It Takes Time [*]   It's Happened Before, It'll Happen Again   It's You   It's Happened Before, It'll Happen Again   It's You   Jackknife Beat   Jinxed   Just A Little Bit   Just Hit Town   Just the Smile   Keychain   Kickback City   King Of Zydeco (to: Clifton Chenier)   Last of the Independents   Laundromat   Laundromat [Digital Surround Sound][Multimedia Tra...   Let Me In   Livin' Like A Trucker   Livin' Like A Trucker   Loanshark Blues   Lonely Mile   Lonesome Highway   Lonesome Highway Refraining [Instrumental]   Loose Talk   Lost At Sea   Maybe I Will   Messin' With The Kid   Messin' With The Kid   Middle Name   Mississippi Sheiks   Moonchild   Morning Sun   My Baby, Sure   No Peace For The Wicked   Nothing But The Devil   Nothing But the Devil [*]   Off the Handle   Off the Handle [Digital Surround Sound][Multimedia...   On The Boards   Out of My Mind   Out on the Western Plain   Overnight Bag   Persuasion   Philby   Pistol Slapper Blues   Pistol Slapper Blues [Live]   Public Enemy No. 1   Public Enemy No. 1 [B-Girl Version][*]   Race the Breeze   Railway And Gun   Ride on Red, Ride On   Road to Hell   Rue The Day   Secret Agent   See Here   Seems To Me   Seven Days   Seventh Son of a Seventh Son   Shadow Play   Shadow Play [Live]   Shin Kicker   Should've Learnt My Lesson   Should've Learnt My Lesson   Signals   Sinner Boy   Sleep On A Clothes Line   Sleep on a Clothes-Line   Slumming Angel   Smear Campaign   Souped Up Ford   Tattoo'd Lady   Tattoo'd Lady   The Devil Made Me Do It   The Last Of The Independents   The Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son   There's A Light   There's A Light   They Don't Make Them Like You Anymore   They Don't Make Them Like You Anymore   To Make A Big Man Cry   Too Much Alcohol   Treat Her Right   Treat Her Right [*]   Tucson, Arizona   Unmilitary Two-Step   Used to Be   Used to Be [Live]   Walk On Hot Coals   Walk on Hot Coals [Live]   Walk On The Hot Coals   Walkin' Wounded   Walkin' Wounded   Watcher   Wave Myself Goodbye   Wayward Child   Wayward Child [Live]   What's Going On   What's Going On   Wheels Within Wheels   When My Baby She Left Me   Who's That Coming?   Who's That Coming?   Whole Lot of People   Will Ye Go Lassie Go? [Instrumental]

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