
Date of issue: 24.03.2005
Record label: BRASS TACKS
Song language: English
Stagger |
He’s just a drunk |
An old salty dog |
Stagger, you drink and then fall |
Unaware that your life is held up against the wall |
Aching, just dying inside |
Still you cling on tight to your obstinate pride |
I knew a man at the end of the bar |
Wore a look of erosion, some old battle scars |
Told many stories, none of them bright |
If you bought him liberations, he spun them all night |
Started out in Normandy, moved right onto France |
The battle of Berlin and more veteran partance |
At the end this generation, not like the last |
Kids today need to learn from the past |
Getting to loud barkeeper gives the hook |
All the patrons laugh so hard the dive nearly shook |
Into the alley he goes furious and irate |
Expletives and threats babbled in hate |
Finally he collapses down to the asphalt |
Battered mug and lacerations, it’s his fault |
Bystanders tap numbers for the ambulance call |
Salty dog going for an E. Are. |
Haul |
Salt you stagger away and then fall |
Continuously stubborn and defiant through it all |
Vet you’ll rattle, bemoan and berate |
People not backing ideals out of date |
What he doesn’t relize |
Is he’s the enemy of him |
What he can’t see |
Is he’s stuck in yesterday |
Battle emt’s, they try to help him |
Inside self imposed defiance, he’d rather swim |
Inside of him, a crazy death wish |
I knew a man at the end of the bar |
With a vfw jacket and some old battle scars |
Did you hear the news? |
Stagger’s wish came true |
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Shards of Life | 2006 |
When It Ends | 2003 |
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