There was a time when my band had a fiddle player.
This song was written about a day in her life.
At some point, the fiddle player left, but we still recorded the song.
Jesse Mueller's keyboard part in this song floors me every time...
In some random trivia, we recorded this song on April 14th during a Mercury Retrograde.
April 14th is the anniversary of the Titanic sinking and of Lincoln's assassination.
Full Lyrics :
Opiates and booze...opiates and booze
I'm wearing what I slept in, so fuck the bras and shoes
Smoking squares and dancing and I can hardly lose
Soaking up the sunshine with opiates and booze
Well my back is all messed up and I'm not right in the head
Percocet and whiskey - that's what the doctor said
the day could've been a train wreck if I'd have let it be
but good friends and Jameson is just the thing for me
Now it's Opiates and booze...opiates and booze
I'm wearing what I slept in, so fuck the bras and shoes
Smoking squares and dancing and I can hardly lose
Soaking up the sunshine with opiates and booze
As the sun comes up and I'm about to fade to black
I'll let those fuckers line up and they'll massage my back
they'll cool me off with palm fronds and clean the kitchen if they choose
I'll smoke some bud and thank the world for opiates and booze
Fergus Plinko at this point was
Me : Rhythm Guitar and Vocals
Keith Raney : Bass Guitar
Jesse Mueller : Keyboard
Jim Crimmings : Drums