Last Call : Dave Van Ronk Cover(Open Mic Bonus Track)

Last Call : Dave Van Ronk Cover(Open Mic Bonus Track)

After I did my open mic entry, I still felt like singing.
I first heard this song as performed by Sneaky Pete Bauer in Minneapolis. He used it as a night-ender, the way that I use The Parting Glass.
I would find myself singing it later in the night and the next day, so eventually I learned it.
Dave Van Ronk wrote it, and it is awesome...
I had to sing it today.

Lyrics:

And so we've had another night
Of poetry and poses,
And each man knows hell be alone
When the sacred Gin Mill closes.

And so well drink the final glass
Each to his joy and sorrow
And hope the numbing drink will last
Til opening tomorrow.

And when we stumble back again
Like paralytic dancers
Each knows the question he must ask
And each man knows the answer.

And so well drink the final drink
That cuts the brain in sections
Where answers do not signify
And there aren't any questions.

I broke my heart the other day.
It will mend again tomorrow.
If I'd been drunk when I was born
I'd be ignorant of sorrow.

And so well drink the final toast
That never can be spoken
Here's to the heart that is wise enough
To know it's better off broken.