Just a middle-aged guy who's been carrying song ideas around in his head for years and has decided to learn the craft and hopefully produce something decent eventually
Lyrics
A naked, empty bottle sat with him at the bar
Not twenty feet from me, but plenty miles too far
His troubled, distant stare told a tale I had to hear
Laid my money down, barman stood another beer
Grabbed the seat beside him in the cold, corner space
Strained to read the story in the lines upon his face
Wads of his beer’s label lay scattered in the dew
His head never turned but he said “You wonder too?”
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The girl here on this label
Looks like my Susanne
Her eyes cut right thru me
See the truth inside this man
Gotta tear away her mem’ry
One shred at a time
Gotta rip her from this bottle and my mind
He said “I do this everyday, everywhere I go
Got nothin’ else to live for, nothing else to show
I gave her all she needed, but this world ain’t no good
She’s gone anyway; though I did the best I could
chorus
Some guy like you will always sit right there and wonder
‘Bout the sorrow that I carry, the burden I’m under
But they can never fathom how deep and dark the cave
Of knowing I’m the one who put Susanne in her grave
chorus
A naked, empty bottle sat with him at the bar
