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Gonna dive into a jive
I've dove into before
Gonna haunt a haunt I've haunted
Like a million times or more
A familiar joint
Where getting drunk's the only point
To frequent this place
With any frequency at all
Countin' on a remedy
I've counted on before
Goin' with a cure that's never failed me
What you call the disease,
I call the remedy
What you're callin' the cause,
I call the cure
Gonna sing a song, a song to you
A song I've sung before
Belt out a ballad that I've belted out
A million times or more
The words I'm gonna scream
And getting drunk's the central theme
to the lyrics, if you can
Make the lyrics out at all
Countin' on a remedy
I've counted on before
Goin' with a cure that's never failed me
What you call the disease,
I call the remedy
What you're callin' the cause,
I call the cure
Just a devotion to a potion
Please no applause
A dedication to a medication
A crutch a cure a cause
What I've counted on to pick me up
Has knocked me to my knees
Before I hit the floor once more
I'll call it the disease
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Submitted by
jurak On Dec 03, 2001
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Great song, pretty self-explanatory. The beauty lies in the musical change of the tone half-way. Here's a guy who's feeling down, but once he gets a few drinks in him everything's okay. Everything, except for the fact that he might have a drinking problem...
I'll drink to that!
who cares! if ya got an ich u scratch it, there's nothing wrong with that! i get depressed alot, but when i got a 40 in me i love my life! the boss-tones have got it down
Anti-everything, I think you missed the point.
the first line's i'm gonna dive into a dive not gonna dive into a jive; it's in the booklet.
it sounds like dicky or someone he knows is an alcoholic.
"dive" could be a crappy little bar or an addiction.
the disease is alcoholism.
i know some people that drink too much.
some people think it helps them with problems; hmm alcohol poison what a way to go.
as far as im concerned its about a usefull if unhealthy way of dealing with or avoiding your troubles and i suppose launching an arguement against those that would disagree with 'lets face it' alcoholism! sincerly yours a limey alchoholic/insomniac
I'd say that while it's obvious it's about alcoholism; it's also about using music as a release / cure.