by Tom Flannery
copyright 2007 (BMI)
Only someone who had
a unquenchable thirst for Yuengling Lager for 10 years
could write such
a bleak little song. But one day I walked away and I've never
looked back. The
prize was my family. But still.....there are moments when a distraction
is what you're looking
for. Maybe that's why I do things like write 10 songs in 7 days.
Neon glowing sage's knowing
truth is showing bullshit's
flowing
no sound TV run a tab maybe
oh too drunk to see 1 and
1 is three
hell raising new guy hazing
it's time to concede
oh oh a distraction's what
I need
oh oh a distraction's what
I need
Need to go missing and reminiscing
wholesale dissing backseat
kissing
Pint glass shooters and
polluters
packs of looters and drunken
suitors
glass of lager thinking
of her
I think it's been agreed
oh oh a distraction's what
I need
oh oh a distraction's what
I need
eyes on fire liver charred
can't remember where I
parked the car
happy hour...cattle pen
porcelain here we go again
Intensive care...dry out
there
icy stare and the time
out chair
recovery slow but that's
how it goes
when you lie full well
that your body knows
run like hell then I rebel
when I'm cut I bleed
oh oh a distraction's what
I need
oh oh a distraction's what
I need
higher powers 12 step plans
recriminations and trembling
hands
coffee and Bill W
and all the baggage that
can accrue
Kids in bed my friends are
dead
poorly led no tears are
shed
hardened hearts stops and
starts
liberal arts and used car
parts
if I could I surely would
god damn that planted seed
oh oh a distraction's what
I need
oh oh a distraction's what
I need