I Pour One Out (playing with lyrics, probably no good)

[arrowbee]

I think this is going to eventually become a bluegrass song, if it doesn't get crumpled up and thrown away first.

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Drinking twenty-year-old scotch

New Year's Eve two thousand nine

He leaned back and took a swig

And told me it was mighty fine

I took one reluctant sip

It could have been good, I don't know

But it made such pretty stains

When I poured it on the snow

He said "What did you just do?

"That stuff cost more than your house"

I said "You can't take it with you

"When the reaper calls you out"

 

(Chorus)

I pour one out for those I knew

And a few I never knew

It might look silly but it just feels like the thing to do

I pour one out for absent friends

I pour one out for Danny B.

Cuz if our places were reversed he'd pour one out for me.

 

They should never see me cry

Good thing my glass can cry instead

And sometimes I'll reflect on something

Jorge Luis Borges said

"May heaven exist somewhere

Even if hell calls our names"

He didn't mean it as a toast

But I'll drink to it just the same

 

(Chorus)

[pinkrobot]

Amazing. I love it! You definitely have a way with lyrics, that's for sure.

[knightingale]

That's really amazing. I love bluegrass, too, and I think it would make for a perfect bluegrass song.