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Drinking in the Day Lyrics
Well I met her up on Leeson street
Of a Tuesday afternoon
In summer's fallen colors
Sulking back to school
Well I asked her, would she linger
And she asked me would I stay
Would a girl in company
Drinking in the day
Drinkin', drinkin', drinkin' and not thinkin'
Drinkin', drinkin', we'll go drinkin' in the day
Well she was almost a woman
She was going on sixteen
And she askes me to go walkin'
In St. Steven's street
Well she said "I love the sunshine
And to hear the children play
But I won't be distracted
when I'm drinkin' in the day"
With her flashing eyes
And her milk white lies
She looked just like a sun
Like the ghost of that woman
That first made me go wrong
Well she said I'll have a drink wit you
but I said you'll have to pay
For a comprehensive education, drinking in the day
Drinkin', drinkin', drinkin' and not thinkin'
Drinkin', drinkin', we'll go drinkin' in the day.
If her mother could have seen us
On that great November day
Bloody cheli and his angel ...
A drunken blessed virgin
Me, victorious and gay
Bestowing ancient wisdom
As to what made me this way
Well here it is
Denied your friends and family
To serve, you must betray
Break and enter heaven
Well you'll steal but never say
Well you'll squander every penny
And you'll empty every heart
And you'll travel every darkened route
You'll never finish waht you start
And you'll always talk to strangers
And make with whom you may
God will find good company
But you're drinkin' in the day
Drinkin', drinkin', drinkin' and not thinkin'
Drinkin', drinkin', we'll go drinkin' in the day.
So spend your youth on poetry
Spend your cash on clay
Every line upon my face
Is for a girl that went away
Well a kiss and a song are fleeting things
And fame will always stray
So I'll tell ya da truth, the best spent youth is the one you throw away
Drinkin', drinkin', drinkin' and not thinkin'[x2]
Drinkin', drinkin', we'll go drinkin' in the day.[x2]
Of a Tuesday afternoon
In summer's fallen colors
Sulking back to school
Well I asked her, would she linger
And she asked me would I stay
Would a girl in company
Drinking in the day
Drinkin', drinkin', we'll go drinkin' in the day
She was going on sixteen
And she askes me to go walkin'
In St. Steven's street
Well she said "I love the sunshine
And to hear the children play
But I won't be distracted
when I'm drinkin' in the day"
And her milk white lies
She looked just like a sun
Like the ghost of that woman
That first made me go wrong
Well she said I'll have a drink wit you
but I said you'll have to pay
For a comprehensive education, drinking in the day
Drinkin', drinkin', we'll go drinkin' in the day.
On that great November day
Bloody cheli and his angel ...
A drunken blessed virgin
Me, victorious and gay
Bestowing ancient wisdom
As to what made me this way
Well here it is
Denied your friends and family
To serve, you must betray
Break and enter heaven
Well you'll steal but never say
Well you'll squander every penny
And you'll empty every heart
And you'll travel every darkened route
You'll never finish waht you start
And you'll always talk to strangers
And make with whom you may
God will find good company
But you're drinkin' in the day
Drinkin', drinkin', we'll go drinkin' in the day.
Spend your cash on clay
Every line upon my face
Is for a girl that went away
Well a kiss and a song are fleeting things
And fame will always stray
So I'll tell ya da truth, the best spent youth is the one you throw away
Drinkin', drinkin', we'll go drinkin' in the day.[x2]
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I love this song. I see it as an "older" man enjoying a day with a young woman. It kind of the story of how she cut school and this man is basically telling her to enjoy her life while she is young and not to get drawn up in unimportant things. That the most important thing in life is to take in and enjoy each day.