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Saratoga

from Silver Star by Shane Casey

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there's an old man in a parking lot off Main Street
he's tipping back the bottle till it's dry
he'll drink until the fourties are all emptied
then he'll turn around and find some more to buy

well i wonder what has brought him to such excess
but i wouldn't stop him even if i could
you wouldn't if you saw that blank expression
sometimes a little poison can be good


Saratoga, don't ya know that i'm never comin home?
Saratoga, don't ya know i'm movin on?


now i show up to this bar most every Tuesday
and the barman pulls my bottle off the shelf
and i guess there really ain't nothin to say
it's better than just drinking by myself

when i'm alone, i tend to be quite self destructive
i'd drink until my head would hit the floor
i'd drink until the glasses were all emptied
and then i'd probably drink a little more

Saratoga, don't ya know that i'm never comin home?
Saratoga, don't ya know i'm movin on?


well they say if you love something, set it free
but that saying never meant that much to me
cause i'm holding on with everything i've got
and i'll keep it there until my arms drop

this world is full of people who confuse you
you only should believe in what you see
so i'm drinking with my buddies like we used to
and if you're around then have a drink with me


Saratoga, don't ya know that i'm never comin home?
Saratoga, don't ya know i'm movin on?


i'm singing all these sentimental songs
til someone comes and turns the jukebox off
and i'm staring down a bottle filled with paint
i'm drinking till i see the light of day

i'm ordering another shot of whiskey
and i sink into that bottle like a ship
the old man from the lot is drinking with me
it might seem odd, but that's just how it is


Saratoga, don't ya know that i'm never comin home?
Saratoga, don't ya know i'm movin on?


Saratoga, don't ya know that i'm never comin home?
Saratoga, don't ya know i'm movin on?

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from Silver Star, released August 21, 2020

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