Had me first drink on my daddy’s knee
Rock a bye baby, takes bottle gladly
Newcastle Brown, I fell in love at three
Helping my mum put shopping away
Top shelf for Bisto, dark corners for whiskey
Babycham kiss if I looked away
It’s not clever, it’s not hard, but I did it
From teens to twenties, he held my hand
Confidence, camouflage, courage
Drowning the tomboy, the bits you can’t stand
Three cans a night as I sat by her side
More when she died, my safe place to hide
Like mother, like daughter I now realise
It’s not clever, it’s not hard, it’s within me
A glass raised in celebration
Hides the sweetest lamentation
The briefest eclipse of inebriation
A passenger amidst the congregation
Patiently scans the stumbling and the slurred
’Til with a wink of recognition
Hand held in his, you are returned
Toasting the triumphs, blotting the blues
Everyday a different excuse
You only live once, ain’t that the truth
credits
from Summat's Brewin',
released May 26, 2016
Written by O'Hooley/Tidow
The latest album by Phill Reynolds, a project of Italian singer Silva Martino Cantele, takes listeners on an Americana-fueled musical ride. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 8, 2022
Darling Charms - Would've thought NK would have learned her lesson after the Port 'n' Brandy 😘 xx
This whole EP is bangin' btw. Beautiful work xx Gill Loomes-Quinn