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Whiskey Sour

from Drifter by Francis Larson

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I keep a packet of smokes in the back of my desk drawer.
Once you asked “what the hell are these for?”
Tonight is what they are there for.
When nostalgia drives my guiltless heart to Gates Pass
To that veranda to search the graffiti it has amassed
for where we wrote our initials and swore a love steel cast.
Yeah, we swore our love was as strong as steel cast.
You’re as stubborn as saguaros and guarded like your father
And it’s a wonder we believed we could last
Through that dry heat and summer with ghosts and your mother
filling much more than water in your glass
There was much more than water in your glass.

Oh, our love turned dour
as you sipped whiskey sours
I told you I’d try—I would stay
You raised up that gun,
But I still didn’t run.
You’re the one that drifted away.
Yeah, you’re the one that drifted away.

Memories of me and the life we shared coming back.
You know I give it my all, there was nothing for you to lack.
But a diet of booze and fear threw you off track.
So I get it, that morning when you left so fast.
I kept hanging on but come morning you left so fast.
Now don’t you dare spread a lie that I didn’t fight ‘til the end
when you’re alone in a bar with excuses as your only friends.
I can’t comfort you now but oh, Lord, I tried back then.
Don’t you dare even cry I promise I will not give in.
Drink up your rye and tell yourself comfort’s within.
Drink up your rye and tell yourself comfort’s within.

With a quickness you will fill the bed I slept in
Put a man by your side, declaring I win
But I’d rather sleep easy after saying amen
Then stay awake like you counting up your sins
Cause if you didn’t know, you’re covered head to toe with them.

Oh, our love turned dour
as you sipped whiskey sours
I told you I’d try—I would stay
You raised up that gun,
But I still didn’t run.
You’re the one that drifted
Our love turned dour
You sipped whiskey sours
I told you I’d try—I would stay.
You raised up that gun,
But I still didn’t run.
You’re the one that drifted away
Yeah, you’re the one that drifted away.

I found love, and you drifted away.
I found love after you walked away.
I found a love that keeps me warm
so don’t you dare come back home
Cause you walked away.

Drink up your rye and tell yourself comfort’s within.
My conscious is clear, don’t even begin.
One day as you count your mistakes with chagrin
I know you will know walking away was one of them
Walking away from me was the greatest of them.
No it wasn’t my fault, it was your mistake in the end.
You walked away, so I ain’t one of them.
Yeah, it was you. I ain’t one of them.

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from Drifter, released September 9, 2020

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