Stealing Happy Hours Lyrics
Hazy cannibus porches
Sayin' no to the bores
It's not mine or yours then I said
The wait sucks, I don't mind waiting
Once you get here there's no more gates and
I gotta say
Stealing happy hours, yeah
Stealing happy hours
Stealing happy hours, yeah
You make me feel like Hank Chinaski
In war all the time war war all the time
We're snatching bits of time that no one else can seem to find
Stealing happy hours (4x)
Hank Chinaski is a fictional character portrayed in several of Charles Bukowski's writings. Hank is a relatively well known character, whom has been played by Mickey Rourke in the movie Barfly and, recently, by Matt Damon in the movie Factotum, both movies based on the works of Bukowski. War All the TIme is a published volume of Bukowski's poems. Chinaski, often referred to as Bukowski's alter ego, was a heavy drinker, hence the bar/happy hour being his fortress. 311 makes references to Bukowski in other songs such as "Feels So Good" and "Salsa".
@mikepauer 10 years later I stumbled upon this comment. Amazing. Copied and pasted for future research. Going to see them MPLS 2017. Amazing
@mikepauer 10 years later I stumbled upon this comment. Amazing. Copied and pasted for future research. Going to see them MPLS 2017. Amazing
I think this song is simply talking about getting away from it all, just for a while. Stealing happy hours, just chilling and enjoying life, away from the fast pased world, the intense stressful crap going on in theworld, just being able to not think about it all,maybe spark a joint, u know, whatever.... just pass the time, ahhh amazing, and i love the bridge part where its just drums with that whipping effect, brilliant
mind-blowing...this song may seem weak to many..but sit and listen to it a few times during a quiet time....ull shit your pants because this song is so good
ahhh this song is missing a line... "we're snatching bits of time that no one else can seem to find"... the best line of the song!! such a good tune... "can't nobody do it like 311" :P
Myself (vocals), my bros(guitar), and my drummer with another friend on guitar, all played this song high as a kite one night over spring break with blacklights surrounding us, and incents lit all over the place. It took me to another plane that noone can reach except me. When i got there i found those happy hours.
Natricity rocks the house! Au-stin of Natricity is my hero! I wish i could have seen you guys play that.
one of the most chill songs known to man
(Playing this song) sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride...
This is easily one of 311's best songs. I think it is far overlooked because a) it's off of Transistor and b) it's the last track on the album. It's so smooth.
at the end of the song is recordings of sounds from outter space that categorize as unnatural, meaning somehting intellegent was making it happen. if you wanna help search for more go to http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/userw.php?id=7830418 thats a link to my team , its a great program and my teams all about 311, so join up kiddies!