A Thousand Gin Soaked Nights.
This song deals with recovery from the scourge of alcoholism that afflicts so many in our society
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A Thousand Gin Soaked Nights
I came out of the darkness of a thousand gin soaked nights My French wine wisdom running wild, I scaled dizzy heights Looking for the answers to the meaning of my life In the pleasures that the bottles bring before they turn to strife My days and nights were spent in wild abandonment In love with my addiction not wanting to repent Rejecting all my loved ones and advice that was well meant Sinking further further down in my predicament I did it to myself I thought it was a game I thought I was winning I felt no shame How I loved those bottles Standing there on the shelf I did it to me I couldn't love myself I came out of the darkness of many a hungover morn With a soul bruised and battered as I raged against the storm I needed to be born again before I could take flight On a love that would sustain me in spite of my life’s plight I did it to myself I thought it was a game I thought I was winning I felt no shame How I loved those bottles Standing there on the shelf I did it to me I couldn't love myself It was me or the bottles One of us had to go It was going to be me Unless I said no No to the pleasures That dull all the pain I had to stop my precious life From going down the drain Now I know there must be darkness So that I can see the light And I know there must be suffering It's all just part of life But I never found the answers In the bottles on the shelf I've had find the source of love And learn to love myself I did it for myself I ended the game I knew I was losing I accepted the blame Though I loved those bottles Standing there on the shelf I did it for me Now I love myself Repeat |
Tony ShieldsThis Song is based on a poem written by Rathfarnham poet Tony Shields
I did it for me
I came out of the Darkness Of a thousand gin soaked nights French wine wisdom Running wild through Days and nights of Carefree Abandonment Rejecting love one’s advice Friendships lost Coming into the light Out of the darkness Learning to say no Opening my soul To life’s intelligence Loving myself I did it for me Recorded at Contact Studios, Tallaght. Recording Engineer and Instrumentalist Gerry Horan. Backing Vocalist Danai Kelleher
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