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Drunkard Nation

from November's Child by Roy Smiles

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Drunkard Nation

I have drunk with the boys of this drunkard nation
I have embraced their faith without a single hesitation
I have drunk their bitter wine with no thought of damnation
And rode rivers of booze with only one reservation:
Why do I have to get so numb? Why do I have to get so numb?

I have drunk with the people in their sacred public houses
And got drunk as a skunk with women in bulging blouses
I’ve staggered through places like a wild sailor carouses
And howled at the moon & sometimes wet my trousers
Why do I have to get so numb? Why do I have to get so numb?

Chorus
Numb to living, numb to life
Numb to children, numb to a wife
Numb to people, numb to start
Feeling needing with all my heart.

I have drown in the flesh of many gorgeous women
And came up for breath as if I had been swimming
I’ve known so much joy I felt like I was winning
Yet I always felt so guilty as if I had been sinning
Why do I have to get so numb? Why do I have to get so numb?

Chorus

(Instrumental)

I have known the sweet oblivion of this drunkard nation
And pissed against the walls of a hundred subway stations
I have drunk the grapes of rage without thought of preservation
And laughed in the faces of those who sought my salvation
Why do I have to get so numb? Why do I have to get so numb?
Why do I have to get so numb? Why do I have to get so numb?
So numb? So numb?

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from November's Child, released May 2, 2002

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Roy Smiles London, UK

Roy Smiles has recorded ten albums:
'Drunks & Dreamers' (2011), 'Time's Moving On' (2012),'Seize The Day' (2013), 'Autumn Song' (2014), 'Bremen' (2014), 'The Trains & The Rain' (2015), 'Northern Angels'.(2018), 'Lost Souls' (2020), 'November's Child' (2023) & 'Tales Of The Ocean' (2023).
All available on Bandcamp.
Contact: roy.smiles@aol.co.uk.
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