A couple of corrections:
Don't you push me baby 'cause I'm all alone
should read:
Don't you push me baby 'cause I'm moaning low
Everybody's praying and drinking that wine
should read:
Everybody's bragging and drinking that wine
Man, what an AWESOME song...
One of my absolute favorite Jerry songs. I used to LOVE to hear him sing this one. It felt real personal to him, like it was autobiographical. Like this was HIS BLUES. The BLUES that he was LIVING.
If you think about the fact that Jerry was a Heroin addict for many many years,..
And the desperation involved in that lifestyle...
The joys and SORROWS..., the ups, the downs...
The needing to score, the wanting desperately to score and the payoff when you finally DO score...
Anybody that has ever been addicted to drugs KNOWS the desperation of the gambler in this song...
Hell, gambling ITSELF is an addiction...
Jerry always sang this song with A LOT of feeling. And I got the feeling from him that it was confessional. Just a singer being HONEST about his jones. Jerry's jones was heroin.
Most people have their own jones... Whatever it happens to be.
Having kicked hard drugs myself, maybe that's why I've always LOVED this song.
Boy do I know that FEELING of desperation...
A couple of corrections:
Don't you push me baby 'cause I'm all alone should read: Don't you push me baby 'cause I'm moaning low
Everybody's praying and drinking that wine should read: Everybody's bragging and drinking that wine
Man, what an AWESOME song... One of my absolute favorite Jerry songs. I used to LOVE to hear him sing this one. It felt real personal to him, like it was autobiographical. Like this was HIS BLUES. The BLUES that he was LIVING.
If you think about the fact that Jerry was a Heroin addict for many many years,.. And the desperation involved in that lifestyle... The joys and SORROWS..., the ups, the downs... The needing to score, the wanting desperately to score and the payoff when you finally DO score...
Anybody that has ever been addicted to drugs KNOWS the desperation of the gambler in this song... Hell, gambling ITSELF is an addiction...
Jerry always sang this song with A LOT of feeling. And I got the feeling from him that it was confessional. Just a singer being HONEST about his jones. Jerry's jones was heroin.
Most people have their own jones... Whatever it happens to be.
Having kicked hard drugs myself, maybe that's why I've always LOVED this song. Boy do I know that FEELING of desperation...