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I kissed the kids at noon
Then stumbled out the room
I caught a cab, ran up a tab
On 7th and Flower
Best recital, I had to run
Missed my son's graduation
Punched the Nickle's boy
For taking his seat
He gets all that anger from me
Still things could be much worse
Natural disasters on the evening news
Still things could be much worse
We still got our health
My paycheck in the mail
I promised to my wife and children
I'd never touch another drink
As long as I live but even then
It sounds so soothing
This will blow over in time
This will all blow over in time
I'm just an honest man
Provide for me and mine
I give a check to tax deductible
Charity organizations
Two weeks paid vacation
Won't heal the damage done
I need another one
Still things could be much worse
Natural disasters on the evening news
Still things could be much worse
We still got our health
My paycheck in the mail
I promised to my wife and children
I'd never touch another drink
As long as I live but even then
It sounds so soothing to mix a gin
And sink into oblivion
I promised to my wife and children
That accident left everyone a little shook up
But at the meetings I felt so empty
This will blow over in time
This will all blow over in time
Mm la da da da da ah da da da da la da da da ooh
Ah la da da da la da da da da ah la da da da ooh
Then stumbled out the room
I caught a cab, ran up a tab
On 7th and Flower
Best recital, I had to run
Missed my son's graduation
Punched the Nickle's boy
For taking his seat
He gets all that anger from me
Still things could be much worse
Natural disasters on the evening news
Still things could be much worse
We still got our health
My paycheck in the mail
I promised to my wife and children
I'd never touch another drink
As long as I live but even then
It sounds so soothing
This will blow over in time
This will all blow over in time
I'm just an honest man
Provide for me and mine
I give a check to tax deductible
Charity organizations
Two weeks paid vacation
Won't heal the damage done
I need another one
Still things could be much worse
Natural disasters on the evening news
Still things could be much worse
We still got our health
My paycheck in the mail
I promised to my wife and children
I'd never touch another drink
As long as I live but even then
It sounds so soothing to mix a gin
And sink into oblivion
I promised to my wife and children
That accident left everyone a little shook up
But at the meetings I felt so empty
This will blow over in time
This will all blow over in time
Mm la da da da da ah da da da da la da da da ooh
Ah la da da da la da da da da ah la da da da ooh
Lyrics submitted by euthanasia27, edited by Mellow_Harsher, 3rd Planet
We Used to Vacation Lyrics as written by Matthew Cole Aveiro Jonathan Bo Russell
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing
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Definitely think it's about a dad/husband struggling with a serious drinking problem. As for the lyrics mentioning the "Nichol's boy"
"...missed my son's graduation punched the Nichols boy for taking his seat he gets all that anger from me..."
As far as him missing his son's graduation, I think he was there but his was plastered and mentally missed it.
I think this is another example of how his drinking problem has effed up a family event. When he went to his son's graduation, this Nichol's kid either took his son's literal seat (a chair) or took his son's rank in school and he punched him b/c of it. As for the next line, his son has pretty much "inhereted" his father's short temper as well.
@erinnalexis I'm late to the party here, but thought it would be good to clear this up: the narrator/father physically missed the graduation.<br /> <br /> The son actually punched the Nichols boy. He was angry, likely because his father missed his graduation. The son is angry at his father for being absent and alcoholic and "he gets all that anger from me," meaning the narrator had the same problems with his father.<br /> <br /> It's a very moving short story that illustrates the repetitive cycle that addiction can cause in families, especially when it's clouded with this much denial.