Love is killing me
Love is killing me
Half drunk blind but
I can see that
Love is killing me
Love is like a backyard full of quicksand
Love is like a stone around my neck
And every time I think I might be over you
Love pops up like a goddamn rubber check
I know you must own two legs on my barstool
And all the money in my wallet here
Take everything away except one credit card
So I can drown my sorrows in some beer
Beer is killing me
Beer is killing me
Half drunk blind but
I can see that
Beer is killing me
Beer is like the haywire for broken hearts
Beer will make you spin in your bed
So, every time that I get started thinking of you
I twist a cap and have a beer instead
Though beer don’t look good in a negligee
And beer has an odd bitter taste
Since I can’t buy love in a bottle or can
I’ll just keep pouring beer down my face
Love is killing me
Love is killing me
Half drunk blind but
I can see that
Love is killing me
Don’t want you to feel sorry for or pity me
No matter how pathetic I might be
Cause I’m so good at feeling bad for myself
That the whole world is disgusted with me
Nowadays nobody wants to work with me
Do you see any friends around me here
Since you changed out the locks there’s just three of us
Myself and my credit card and beer
Beer is killing me
Beer is killing me
Half drunk blind but
I can see that
Beer is killing me
Love is killing me
Love is killing me
Half drunk blind but
I can see that
Love is killing me
Author notes
This just spontaneously came to me. The chorus is in three part harmony and the verses are solo. Kind of like the theme song from "O Brother Where Art Thou?"
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A contest entry
- Anything goes by Rulebreaker.
500 points, ended December 5, 2007, 25 entries
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Comments
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"I've got a tear in my beer, and
I'm crying for you dear, you are on
my lonesome mind"
A song I heard once maybe twice,
and it stuck with me--
reading your poem brought it to mind.
Another clever write!
~Pastel
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This was a great read keep it up!
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He writes poetry, he writes prose, he writes short stories, he writes music; OMG! he does it all and does it well too.
Love,
Amera♥
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Wow!!!! What a great job on this one! I can almost hear the tune in my mind as I was reading it!!! This is great!!!!
Best of luck in this contest!!!
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