Story Behind The Song
Final track featuring Robin McAuley on lead vocal, this pub tune is really just an excuse to get loud and hoist a few cold ones!
Song Description
Story of a young lad in old london and his run-in with the Queen's tax collector.
| Song Length |
3:37 |
Genre |
Folk - Rock, Rock - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Sociable, Jovial |
Subject |
Alchohol, Beer, Wine, Life |
| Similar Artists |
Joe Walsh, Tom Petty |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
Seventeen gettin older
Packed my bags and I left to move in with the queen
She gave me shelter
And all that I needed to keep me nose clean
I never met her
She waved several times until I cracked a smile
Then she sent me a letter
Saying you've been avoidin the tax man for quite a long while
When I'm drunk, I'm drunk
As drunk as I can be
That's when I see more, much more of you than I should see
When I'm drunk
I lay low for a while
Hoping my name would get lost in that great big pile
till they knocked on me door
I couldn't escape from her clutches no more
Just give me a minute
So I grabbed me old bag and I threw some things in it
Jumped over the wall
And I ran like the devil until I reached the north wall.
When I'm drunk, I'm drunk
As drunk as I can be
That's when I see more, much more of you than I should see
Oh, what have I got to lose?
When I?m sober, all I do is read the bad news
When I'm drunk, I'm drunk
As drunk as I can be
That's when I see more, much more of you than I should see
And when I'm drunk, I'm drunk
As drunk as I can be
That's when I see more, much more of you than I should see
When I'm drunk
When I'm drunk