Song Description
The perils of excess
| Song Length |
3:51 |
Genre |
Blues - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Gloomy |
Subject |
Danger |
| Similar Artists |
Tom Waits |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
Broken Bossa Nova Blues
There was too much booze, too few tokes
Lou and me went hunting coke
Down in the alley to Club Red
We found a man who could fix our head
Feeling good, we found company
Just as wasted as Lou and me
Found them in a backstreet club
Down a dingy street
Should have known they were trouble
We'd soon feel the heat
I should have known...
Verse
We made out and we had some fun
Then the smaller one pulled out a gun
The fun it wasn't over, it wasn't time
We played roulette...
The Russian kind
The laughs went on till our luck ran dry
She slumped down with one through the eye
Now Lou and me aren't doing too great
10 to 12 in California State
© Robin Grimmond 2013