An annual theme from a perennial Song Bar favourite - Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan’s gentle song captures some of the chaos, fireworks, fights, arguments and emotional turmoil as the year unstoppably turns. From the Bad As Me album of 2011, as much as the conflict and upheaval is describes in various characters in the song, this by ironically more of throwback to Waits’s softer, gently sound of the 1970s, a bluesier ballad-style marked by gentle chord changes and perspectives.
Contrary is as contrary does. And with that, just to wish a very happy New Year to all the Song Bar readers and writers. See you back here in 2019 and thanks for all your fabulous contributions to this wonderful place we have.
The door was open, I was seething
Your mother burst in, it was freezing
She said it looks like it’s trying to rain
I was lost, I felt seasick
You convinced me that he’d left
You said keep talking but don’t use any names
I scolded your driver and your brother
We are old enough to know how long you’ve been hooked
And we’ve all been through the war
And each time you score
Someone gets hauled and handcuffed and booked
It felt like four in the morning
What sounded like fireworks
Turned out to be just what it was
The stars looked like diamonds
Then came the sirens
And everyone started to cuss
All the noise was disturbing
And I couldn’t find Irving
It was like two stations on at the same time
And then I hid your car keys
And I made black coffee
And I dumped out the rest of the rum
Nick and Socorro broke up
And Candice wouldn’t shut up
Fin he recorded the whole thing
Ray, he said damn you
And someone broke my camera
And it was New Year's
And we all started to sing
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind
Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of auld lang syne
I was leaving in the morning with Charles for Las Vegas
And I didn’t plan to come back
I had only a few things
Two hundred dollars
And my records in a brown paper sack
I ran out on Sheila
Everything’s in storage
Calvin’s right I should go back to driving truck
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind
Should auld acquaintance be forgot for the sake of auld lang syne
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