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WHISKEY-SEVEN
BY: PHIL BRADLEY

THEY MET AT A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME
HE KNEW HER FACE, BUT NOT HER NAME
THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT
OR WHAT IT'S LIKE TO EVER DO WITHOUT
HE GAVE HER HIS RING AT THE JUNIOR PROM
SHE SHOWED IT OFF LIKE A BRAND NEW MOM
THEY GRADUATED - KING AND QUEEN
SHE WAS THE PRETTIEST THING HE'D EVER SEEN
THEN THEY SENT HIM OFF TO VIETNAM
HE CAME BACK A BROKEN, SHELL-SHOCKED MAN
SPENT SEVERAL YEARS IN A SLEEPLESS STATE
TRYIN' TO DRINK AWAY THE HAND OF FATE

CHORUS:
WHISKEY SEVEN - TAKE ME TO HEAVEN
UNTIL I CAN'T REMEMBER AT ALL
WHISKEY SEVEN - TAKE ME TO HEAVEN
UNTIL I HEAR 'EM SAY, LAST CALL

HE GOT A JOB AT THE FACTORY
SHE GAVE HIM TWIN DAUGHTERS WHEN HIS SON WAS THREE
NOBODY EVER GAVE HIM ANY FLACK
EXCEPT FOR THE MONKEY THAT WAS ON HIS BACK
THEN HE GOT LAID OFF IN '82
HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS GONNA DO
HE FOUND DEPRESSION IN A LOCAL BAR
IT SEEMED TO NUMB THE PAIN AND SOOTHE THE SCAR
SHE TRIED TO LOVE HIM BACK TO REALITY
BUT THAT SEEMED TO BE AN IMPOSSIBILITY
SHE COULD NOT PENETRATE HIS HEART OF STONE
SO HE WOULD HAVE TO FACE HIS DEMONS ON HIS OWN

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HE TRADED HIS FAMILY AND HIS MIND
FOR A BOTTLE AND A CARDBOARD SIGN
SOME ONLY SHAKE THEIR HEAD WHEN THEY SEE HIM THERE
OTHERS STOP TO GIVE HIM MONEY THEY CAN SPARE
HE OFTEN TREMBLES AND RAMBLES ON
FROM A PAST THAT NEVER WILL BE GONE
ALWAYS ASKING "WON'T YOU HELP A VET?"
ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR THE CRUMBS HE GETS
EACH NEW DAY IS JUST A DAY IN HELL
LIVING LOST INSIDE HIS BROKEN SHELL
HE CLUTCHES TO A TATTERED PHOTOGRAPH
OF THE GOOD LIFE THAT HE USED TO HAVE

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