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Whiskey Road

from Suit of Nettles by trailer star

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WHISKY ROAD

DONALD CAMERON DROVE HIS FORD DOWN TO THE WATERLINE
IN THE LONG HOT SUMMER OF 1949
HE WATCHED THE MUDDY WATER AS IT WENT RUSHING BY
AS HE LIT A CIGARETTE AND STARED INTO THE NIGHT

IT'S A MIGHTY LONG WAY FROM THE SIDE OF THE CLYDE
TO THE BANKS OF THE OHIO
IT'S A MIGHTY LONG WAY FROM THE GLASGOW DOCKS
TO THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL


WHEN YOU'RE HEADED DOWN WHISKEY ROAD


HE SAILED ON A CARGO SHIP YEAR HE WAS DEMOBBED
SAILED FROM GLASGOW INTO A WORLD OF ICE AND FOG
JUMPED SHIP IN CHICAGO THEN HEADED OUT WEST
NEVER KNEW WHICH ROAD HE COULD TAKE FOR THE BEST

HE GOT A SALESMAN'S JOB IN A SMALL MIDWEST TOWN
SELLING REFRIGERATORS, NO MONEY DOWN
EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT HE'D BE IN A BAR
DRINKING WHISKEY 'TIL HE STAGGERED TO HIS CAR

THEN ONE DAY HE THOUGHT HE SAW THE HIGHLANDS
SHINING THROUGH THE MIST
AND ALL THE CRANES OF GLASGOW TOWERING OVER HIM...

NBXT MORNING THEY FOUND HIS CAR IN THE MUD
UNDERNEATH THE ARKANSAW AND MEMPHIS BRIDGE.

AS HE'D COME TO THE END OF A WHISKEY ROAD

IT'S A MIGHTY LONG WAY FROM THE SIDE OF THE CLYDE
TO THE BANKS OF THE OHIO
IT'S A MIGHTY LONG WAY FROM THE GLASGOW DOCKS
TO THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL


WHEN YOU'RE HEADED DOWN A WHISKEY ROAD

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from Suit of Nettles, released July 1, 2008

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