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Old Drunken Scribe

from Vagabonds & Wastrels by Jeff Andrew

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Old Drunken Scribe

I'm the undisputed master of a hopeless old vernacular
My diction is as worn out as my shoes
But go ahead and ask her - she'll say my couplets are spectacular
And if you follow my hidden meaning, you can't lose

I'm an old drunken scribe and I dare you to imbibe
Another shot of what I've got to say

I came here on a boat, I got a bottle inside my coat
My pants are made from genuine tweed
Once there was a time when I could make anything rhyme
But now I'm lucky if my stanzas can find their feet

-Chorus-

They said I could'a been a real voice
Of the people, another James Joyce
But then I went and made a choice
To follow Burroughs' model instead

'cause I'm an original, my style is inimitable
There's no one in the world like me
But now I need to find a woman who can publish what I've written
Then old Sam will let me drink here for free

-Chorus-

I wrote a thousand perfect truths
On a napkin at the Hog's Tooth
Stuffed it down the side of a naugahyde booth
And left without a hat upon my head

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from Vagabonds & Wastrels, released January 13, 2009
Jeff Andrew - guitar, vocals
Tobias Meis - bass
Shelder Footz - trumpet
Larissa Ardis - accordion
Words & Music by Jeff Andrew

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Jeff Andrew Vancouver, British Columbia

Fiddles, horns, double bass and subterranean percussion from the tunnels of East Vancouver. Songs from the road and beyond the grave.

"A backroads troubadour with a few things to say by way of viscera, nerve and hard experience." - Folk & Acoustic Music Exchange
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