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The Drunk Poet

from Babushka Deli by Dunes

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lyrics

Hook:
People like to chirp about nothing and don't know it
Take it from a bored gutter snipe drunk poet
By the time their 25, you see the glass in their eyes
and they wonder why my bottle keeps flowing
People like to chirp about nothing and don't know it
Take it from a bored gutter snipe drunk poet
By the time their 25, you see the glass in their eyes
and they wonder why my bottle keeps flowing
Verse 1:
So I did the only thing the kid could do to pass the time
Swigged lot of wine and tried to fabricate a smile
I nodded at their nothings, and laughed at boring jests
But you see this got boring quick, and what happened followed next

See a gal said I looked Irish, and her father was a cop
‘Said I was from Haverhill and I liked to kick small dogs
She said I was a bigot and I smartly said, “nuh-uh”
Her boyfriend took a swing at me, but not before I ducked

So he punched a gal in high heel boots who's balance was undone
She tried to break her fall by grabbing onto a man-bun
The man-bun had an owner and that owner was holding hands
With the gal who mistook Bill Grease for a well behaved man

So then I had bolt, kid, I didn't have to travel far
A Fenian ginmill’s the safest of the bars
My people screaming funny things, they offered me a drink
They told me how they ended up despite some other things

Well, the moral of this story if there really can be one
Is life can sure be easy if you always hold your tongue
But if you like a ten-day drunk over a life of ease
You’ll always have a friend in the kid Bill Grease

Hook:
People like to chirp about nothing and don't know it
Take it from a bored gutter snipe drunk poet
By the time their 25, you see the glass in their eyes
and they wonder why my bottle keeps flowing
People like to chirp about nothing and don't know it
Take it from a bored gutter snipe drunk poet
By the time their 25, you see the glass in their eyes
and they wonder why my bottle keeps flowing

Verse 2:
I've met men who'd fish for fish and smash em on the rocks
That way they wouldn't fuss so much when stacked like little logs
Their cigarettes were folded up into their shirt sleeves
told nasty jokes they'd never tell unless to you or me

Yo I also met the gamblers who in old age turn to bust
‘Stories told have little chance and always best of luck
Wagers made on everything - pinball without the flippers
Rabbis, priests, imam's and queens, kings and heavy lifters

So, imagine then to my surprise the questions that I hear
Don't you know drinking’s bad? Is gluten in this beer?
And I like to think despite my ways I always show restraint
‘Til fortune failed, I do declare and a grave mistake was made

See this one time down in Brighton well I played a little show
I rapped a lot of dope shit to folks I didn't know
And those people they were all the things I tried to rail against
Y'know the money-having youngins who somehow don't pay for rent

Hook:
People like to chirp about nothing and don't know it
Take it from a bored gutter snipe drunk poet
By the time their 25, you see the glass in their eyes
and they wonder why my bottle keeps flowing
People like to chirp about nothing and don't know it
Take it from a bored gutter snipe drunk poet
By the time their 25, you see the glass in their eyes
and they wonder why my bottle keeps flowing

credits

from Babushka Deli, released August 12, 2022

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Collab project between beatmaker Sweeps and lyricist Bill Grease

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