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I can pretty much remember any song after hearing it once or twice, but as far as lyrics that really jumped out at me the first time I heard them ...
If you're from my part of the country you might have heard of a neo-traditional/alternative country group called Jason Boland and the Stragglers. Very popular in Oklahoma and Texas and so on. The particular song is simply called "Drinkin' Song." Which is basically about trying to stop drinking, and failing.
Ex:
"Well the times before when I'd quit,
I'd quit quittin' the very next day.
So many times hell I lost count,
I guess it just works that way.
I forgot how it felt to feel good in the morning,
Mornings were for going to bed.
And I'd fall outta the rack
a monkey on my back
and need a drink to ease my head"
But the best line ever in a song ...
"Just the other day, I was thinking to myself,
'At least I still think to myself!'
Everything works except me of course,
I've still got some of my health"
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"We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold."
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