Book of Poems Lyrics

Lyric discussion by kellynindielover 

Cover art for Book of Poems lyrics by Old 97s, The

I can't believe this had never occurred to me before, but this song must sort of revolve around Ryan Adam's first band, Whiskeytown. With the chorus, 'Well it's bad luck and it's a hard luck story and I'm sorry I ain't sticking around' is for the song Hard Luck Story, and 'Well it's a sick world and sixteen days I got nightmares every night' is for the song 16 days. I had listened to this song so much, and I never noticed. I love this song, I haven't listened to it much lately.

My Interpretation

I was just listening to Hard Luck Story and thought it sounded familiar. Remembered it was a line in this track, so came here. I think you're right