Loudon Wainwright III - Drinking Song video free download


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Uploaded: 2008/04/28

Loudons Drinking Song from Album 2 - Listed wrongly as Cook that dinner Dora on my vinyl copy!?

Drunk men stagger, drunk men fall,

Drunk men swear and that's not all,

Quite often they will urinate outdoors.

Like widowed women, drunk men weep,

Like children curled up, drunk men sleep,

Like a dog, a drunk will crawl around on all fours.

Be he broke bum or rich rake, his dinner be it bread or cake

His beverage be the worse of whiskey, finest wine.

Puke it stinks and so it seems that drunkards go to great extremes

But there has yet to be a perfectly straight line

Drunks talk strong when drunks are weak,

It's easy for a drunk to speak -- straight from the heart

Yeah, drunks will fight they're not afraid

To kiss the mistress, make the maid

It's a manly art.

Oh but big toll will take, blood vessels in nose will break

Bags beneath the eyes another sign

Drunks get ugly, so it seems that drunkards go to great extremes

But there has yet to be a perfectly straight line.

Drunks are friendly when they're drunk and

Drunks are hostile when they're drunk

Which drunk it is, it all depends upon.

When drunks aren't drunk, they thirst for drink,

The elephants are grey not pink

And the drink evaporates the man is gone, gone , gone, gone

Back to the yachts and the subway cars

The hip-flasks and fruit jars

Flat on the face and flat on the behind

Oh, drunks get drunk and so it seems that drunkards go to great extremes

There has yet to be a perfectly straight line.

Comments

9 years ago

BULLET 1

OK

9 years ago

rramone57

Looking for a song by LWIII titled Heaven and Mud. Can't find it.

9 years ago

AdmrlLocke

I remember this version of the song, but I knew a different version better. If this one comes from Loudon Wainwright Album II, then the version I recall probably the version on Album III, where it's just called "Drinking Song" and according to Wikipedia is the 11th track and takes 2:55. I recall "Cook That Dinner Dora" so I'm wondering if the drinking song is listed as "Old Friend" on Album II. Wikipedia lists it as the 10th track lasting 2:57, whereas it has "Cook That Dinner Dora" as lasting only 2:03.

9 years ago

dublinirishkelt

Aaààhhhhggggģ stop it $)

10 years ago

Jemma Smithson

Love it ;)

10 years ago

Noreen Wilder

At times he sounds exactly like Rufus....like Father like son ;)

10 years ago

GiuseppeGrasso89

check my channel if ya can

11 years ago

GeorgieWise

I'm part of the stay at home drunk club. It's great, no DWI ever.

11 years ago

bazonics

OK, I know this question is 3 years old but here goes. There seems to be a bit of confusion here. The song you're referring to is indeed 'Central square song' but *not* from Album lll. It's from his first album (which I still have on vinyl) which was called 'Loudon Wainwright lll' . The next two were called; 'Album ll' and 'Album lll'. Hope that clears things up.

11 years ago

Mark Blevins

Bah! I'm drunk, and I still don't like the song ha ha

11 years ago

MrHillbippie

i'm a drunk ,,, LOVE this song. :)

11 years ago

Steve Shoemaker

The song you are looking for is Central Square Song from his first album.

12 years ago

conbobal

@mightyBRB T shirt

12 years ago

Rusty Shackleford

I listen to this song drunk.

12 years ago

Ypipable

Thanks for the tunes and visit Loudon. Your a star.

12 years ago

LizzyFatana

I just recently heard him for the first time on 28 days. He is so talented and beyond hilarious. I just like the throatier sound he had when he got older!

13 years ago

sweetmonkeylove1

@sweetmonkeylove1 album 2 my bad

13 years ago

sweetmonkeylove1

This is not the same version as I have on album 3. Do you what album this version is from. Anyone?

13 years ago

John Rose

"Central Square Song" is on his first album.

13 years ago

aplbomr79

@MikeSkiera he's been at it longer than the femmes, so they must sound like him

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