Hey friends, Willi here. Thanks to all who asked for the chords to this song. I hope you play it in good health for your pals and lovers. It's a true story, so I'm really glad folks are connecting with it enough to play it. Don't be strangers, y'all, and stay western AF in yer way. See ya down the line. the chords... Cheap Cocaine G C G Eight miles out of Galesburg, I'm starin' at the rain, G D G Eight-ball left of the cheap cocaine, G C G And I'm lookin' at the sunlight, light through the pines: G D G Couldn't tell ya what it is, but it's always been mine. G C G Now that I'm gone I think of the man G D G With a meth pipe clutched in his bone-thin hand, G C G I said, hey brother, I hope you get straight G D G But I bet I don't meet him at the pearly gates. Chorus: G Bm I sing: Hey mamma I been starin' at the rain, C D G A little heartbreak, a little soul pain, G Bm I been up all night on the cheap cocaine, C D G Tryna make it better but it's always the same. G C G Well I made a few new friends in a Rockford bar, G D G I told 'em all lies, I said I was in charge G C G Of the afterparty, where the gals would be loose, G D G I partied with the metalheads with gin and juice. G C G Hung over as hell, I slept in shit on the lawn, G D G I'm tired of twenty-somethins and their punkrock songs. G C G Wake up in the mornin' and stumble towards the down, G D G sayin' 'how ya doin, boy, it's been too long." Chorus: G Bm I sing: Hey mamma I been starin' at the rain, C D G A little heartbreak, a little soul pain, G Bm I been up all night on the cheap cocaine, C D G Tryna make it better but it's always the same. G C G On the streets of Chicago with sidekick Sally G D G I was hittin' up the bars on Viagra Alley G C G Where the men pick up women not half their age. G D G All I had for them was my tears and my rage. G C G And I thought it was a fight, so I went for my knife, G D G And the man shook my hand with his kids and his wife. G C G And I was so ashamed that I hung back and cried, G C G Leave all that to Saint Peter, wait till I die. Chorus: G Bm I sing: Hey mamma I been starin' at the rain, C D G A little heartbreak, a little soul pain, G Bm I been up all night on the cheap cocaine, C D G Tryna make it better but it's always the same. Ending: G Bm I been up all night, I been starin' at the sky, C D G And I’m so lonely, but I couldn't tell you why.
GemsOnVHS you guys should shout out other great channels like this to cross promote all these great artist during this shit. Love all you guys but am clamouring for more.
Dude in the F150 just sees a Camerman and One Man Band on his way home from work, imagine him trying to tell his wife, 'yeah they were like making a music video by the old boys and girls club' or whatever that building on the left is
Dude, same story except I was doing too much heroin in Santa Rosa, CA in a punk squat. I don't live like that anymore. Been clean with 2 kids and a wife.
Been 15 years. Tasted a rail today. Rubbed a gum. Not cocaine. Lol. Guess the 15 still stands... Be good to yourselves. Those years will always be part of the story, but that chapters been done to death. Great track. You nailed it.
Spent from age 13 to 18 strung out on drugs an had about 8 seizures an multiple ods as a result 2 times in the mental hospital an a month in rehab all by 17 years old currently 19 doin way batter bouta get married this song brings out so much emotion an reminds me of so many nights I spent jus like this rlly hits home damn good music right here
Thanks Willi, I'm loving the story you tell. Old punks emerging from the circle dance and baring their souls. We all ended up in the pit for the same reasons, trying to release our anger and rage. Some of us made it out, after realizing what came with the downward spiral of that circle dance. I appreciate your fighting through, and I'm thankful that you made it out.
Wow, this song is too real. I had struggles with heroin addiction. And one day when I ended up back at the shelter I called my mother and told her that I was giving up. Here I am today!
When i read this i was like “ok yeah sure” and then i finished the song and no lie i have listened to this probably 30 times in the past 3 days too lmao
I always laugh at the end of this because I'm crying and the gal who owns the porch wants more. I want so much for this song to not hit home but it does. Thanks Willie
@Willi Carlisle Hi Willi! Me and my Brother and Dad Went to see you at the Rochdale Folk festival 2022, and it's great to hear your songs! Keep up the good work!
First time listener here but good golly miss Molly, that young man writes, plays, and sings with a passion that has long been missing. To have a unique sound in this day and age is remarkable. I dig it brother!
That line "I thought it was a fight and went for my knife and the man shook my hand with his kids and his wife" always gets to me. You can get OUT THERE on drugs. But you can come back from it if you want to bad enough. I know. I did.
Salinas,Ca early 90's punk AF different abandon and squats brings me back.. Wow im thanful to be alive, Thank You.......Love it will put this in my list to let my neighbors to enjoy
@@CRneuI saw Willi recently in Saratoga, New York. The drive took four hours each way because of some nasty rolling thunderstorms...but I'm so glad I went, and I'd do it again.
This song is somethin' else. I typically don't care for harmonica but this song throws such harsh (in a good way) vibes on the road to recovery and growin' up that I smashed that like button and hit replay a second time.
He is not trying to make the song sound any "certain" way. He loosely follows the final production, but this is even more endearing. I feel like I'm walking with my friends and looking for the feeling of the song. Beautiful. Thanks for adventuring.
You just met my son Jake Reno at Knuckleheads in Kansas City, I hope he got an autograph for me... If he didn't that's okay I plan on seeing you as soon as I can..... We love your music
"Trying to make it better, but it's always the same." Possibly some of the most beautiful and true lyrics ever sung. I'm from Crystal Lake, 45 mins east of Rockford, been to punk squats in Rockford. You are a gem my man just found you today and I've probably listened to this song 20 times. Simply amazing.
"I though it was a fight, I went for my knife and the man shook my hand with his kids and and his wife, and I was so ashamed I hung back and cried." That line fucks me up every time.
Imagine my surprise as I'm driving through my hometown of galesburg and this song comes on. Got me thinking about all the times I was 8 miles outside of galesburg with an 8 ball of cheap cocaine. Glad those days are over
Thanks for this Willi, what a great song. I was into Punk Rock, playing in bands for 30 odd years before discovering country a couple of years ago, swapping my Gibson SG for a Martin D28. Looking forward to seeing you at the Louisiana in Bristol here in the UK.
"Wake up in the mornin' and stumble towards the down, sayin' "How ya doin, boy, it's been too long." Genius wordplay (down, boy). The perfect articulation of what was my relapse. Gave me chills
I picked it up as him getting emotional on the blow. Idk if youve ever had it, but im a recovering addict. Its pretty often you take a lot, and getting chocked up, and start going off about wanting to stop and shit. And you talk real fast kinda like that
I much prefer this stripped down version of this song. Really lets those pipes of yours show through, and lets the desperation of the subject come through. I listen to this song at least once a week, usually a fair bit more.
Preaching to the choir such a shitttt addiction genuinely isn’t really that fun anymore never got good euphoria even w good stuff try to stay strong nun wrong w using imo if responsibility’s are in order but can get bad quick 🎉 shall do a line for ya
This is going to be one of my favorite songs to play when I memorize the lyrics. Anyone who asks me I will say Willi Carlisle wrote it. Much Love From The Heart of Dixie
The only thing better than a man singing and playing guitar is a man that can sing and play guitar and play harmonica at the same time props to you Willi I hope to be as good as you someday
Willi, you’re a standup man and a heap of folks love you for that - I just found you out and showed everyone I know - they all loved it and it’s not much but you’re that talented, dude. Keep it up, don’t ever quit and you’ll get where you want to be bud, guaranteed~
watched this video a million times, have it on my playlist foir over a year now... today (3/7/24) is the first time i have ever experienced an AD on here... is Western AF going in that direction now?
Eight miles out of Galesburg, I'm starin' at the rain Eight-ball left of the cheap cocaine And I'm lookin' at the sunlight, light through the pines: Couldn't tell ya what it is, but it's always been mine Now that I'm gone I think of the man With a meth pipe clutched in his bone-thin hand I said, hey brother, I hope you get straight But I bet I don't meet him at the pearly gates And I sing: Hey mamma I been starin' at the rain A little heartbreak, a little soul pain I been up all night on the cheap cocaine Tryna make it better but it's always the same Well I made a few new friends in a Rockford bar I told 'em all lies, I said I was in charge Of the afterparty, where the women were loose I partied with the metalheads with gin and juice Hung over as hell, I slept in shit on the lawn I'm tired of twenty-somethins and their punkrock songs Wake up in the mornin' and stumble towards the down Sayin' 'how ya doin, boy, it's been too long." And I sing: Hey mamma I been starin' at the rain A little heartbreak, a little soul pain I been up all night on the cheap cocaine Tryna make it better but it's always the same On the streets of Chicago with sidekick Sally I was hittin' up the bars on Viagra Alley Where the men pick up women not half their age All I had for them was my tears and my rage And I thought it was a fight, so I went for my knife And the man shook my hand with his kids and his wife I was so ashamed that I hung back and cried Leave all that to Saint Peter, wait till I die And I sing: Hey mamma I been starin' at the rain A little heartbreak, a little soul pain I been up all night on the cheap cocaine Tryna make it better but it's always the same I've been up all night, I've been stairin' at the sky And I'm still lonely but I couldn't tell you why
It was so good I had to listen twice. Definitely has that Bob Dylan “Blood on the Tracks” sound and feel to it. He makes the story relatable, immerses you in it.
I swear WIlli’s a true artist in the sense that the album version of his songs always seems to be the canvas and the live versions are the true paintings..
Hang in there, keep trying till the time is right. We all have value and stuff to do before we're done. Read these other comments from people who've been there. You aren't alone in this shit.
Wish you were still with us Cody Wayne Peterson, this song makes me think of your musical genius and penchant for the wild side of life. Watch over us and rest in peace my brother.
I’m listening to this as I finish that last beer because everything’s closed. Tomorrow I’m going to see the biggest trees in the world. Finally getting away and wondering this big rock we live on. Everyday before this post has been pretty bad. A few generations of abuse and domestic violence. Everyone in my tree taking arms against one another. Tomorrow I get my freedom even just for a while. That’s for all of you. Much love everyone.
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Who woulda thought that a generation of young punk rockers would be the ones to keep country/ folk music alive..
Outlaws playing outlaw country.
Weve always kept things trying to die alive.
you love to see it folks
There’s a long list of them too that’s keeping it going.
@@ih1206 any bands you'd suggest some kid without a clue to look into?
Hey friends, Willi here. Thanks to all who asked for the chords to this song. I hope you play it in good health for your pals and lovers.
It's a true story, so I'm really glad folks are connecting with it enough to play it. Don't be strangers, y'all, and stay western AF in yer way. See ya down the line.
the chords...
Cheap Cocaine
G C G
Eight miles out of Galesburg, I'm starin' at the rain,
G D G
Eight-ball left of the cheap cocaine,
G C G
And I'm lookin' at the sunlight, light through the pines:
G D G
Couldn't tell ya what it is, but it's always been mine.
G C G
Now that I'm gone I think of the man
G D G
With a meth pipe clutched in his bone-thin hand,
G C G
I said, hey brother, I hope you get straight
G D G
But I bet I don't meet him at the pearly gates.
Chorus:
G Bm
I sing: Hey mamma I been starin' at the rain,
C D G
A little heartbreak, a little soul pain,
G Bm
I been up all night on the cheap cocaine,
C D G
Tryna make it better but it's always the same.
G C G
Well I made a few new friends in a Rockford bar,
G D G
I told 'em all lies, I said I was in charge
G C G
Of the afterparty, where the gals would be loose,
G D G
I partied with the metalheads with gin and juice.
G C G
Hung over as hell, I slept in shit on the lawn,
G D G
I'm tired of twenty-somethins and their punkrock songs.
G C G
Wake up in the mornin' and stumble towards the down,
G D G
sayin' 'how ya doin, boy, it's been too long."
Chorus:
G Bm
I sing: Hey mamma I been starin' at the rain,
C D G
A little heartbreak, a little soul pain,
G Bm
I been up all night on the cheap cocaine,
C D G
Tryna make it better but it's always the same.
G C G
On the streets of Chicago with sidekick Sally
G D G
I was hittin' up the bars on Viagra Alley
G C G
Where the men pick up women not half their age.
G D G
All I had for them was my tears and my rage.
G C G
And I thought it was a fight, so I went for my knife,
G D G
And the man shook my hand with his kids and his wife.
G C G
And I was so ashamed that I hung back and cried,
G C G
Leave all that to Saint Peter, wait till I die.
Chorus:
G Bm
I sing: Hey mamma I been starin' at the rain,
C D G
A little heartbreak, a little soul pain,
G Bm
I been up all night on the cheap cocaine,
C D G
Tryna make it better but it's always the same.
Ending:
G Bm
I been up all night, I been starin' at the sky,
C D G
And I’m so lonely, but I couldn't tell you why.
Duuuuude, this is beautiful. Thank you, sir.
Thanks Willi! I Was figuring it out myself but this made it so much better lol
Hell ya!!!
Fukn guy even writes out the chords! Thats sum stand up shite rt there.. all ready a legend of your generation. Much respect.
Great song, can't count how many times I've listened to it in the last two days.
Willi has that energy about him, you know he means it.
GemsOnVHS you guys should shout out other great channels like this to cross promote all these great artist during this shit. Love all you guys but am clamouring for more.
love your channel! lost dog, matt heckler, you on 'beneath the willows' :)
he's a real as it gets
Hell yes! Gems! Love for you guys to hook up
I'm just glad to see actual country I thought acoustic, steel guitar, harmonica, banjo, an jug were just out of fashion.
Imagine hearing a noise in the streets at night and you look out and this dude's killing it. Fucking awesome.
Dude in the F150 just sees a Camerman and One Man Band on his way home from work, imagine him trying to tell his wife, 'yeah they were like making a music video by the old boys and girls club' or whatever that building on the left is
He's a quadruple threat, he knows guitar, singing, harmonica, and my fucking life story
You were more entertaining than him honestly
i'm with you , here's to us recovering low life's.
Lmao
He also knows how to play bones
The amount of times I've searched for "cheap cocaine", I'm sure I'm on some kind of watchlist by now ...
The South of Spain. Andalucía.
Western AF and GemsOnVHS have been the real heroes we need during Covid. Just sprinkling gold all over the musical interwebs.
Don't forget CME channel
Seriously...day-makers, always
And AudioTree.
Heroes we needed way before covid
Don't forget punk with a camera ;)
Dude, same story except I was doing too much heroin in Santa Rosa, CA in a punk squat. I don't live like that anymore. Been clean with 2 kids and a wife.
Damn dude I commend you for your strength and perseverance. Love how this channel connects people, I live in Sonoma, CA. Small world ain’t it
Cambria California checking in
Hey I'm in Santa Rosa too! Did a lot of meth in the 90's, maybe we know each other.
petaluma here! much love
@@hiddenboxx78 Petaluma too!
There is a real urgency in the tone of his voice that breaks my heart. I hope he got the release he needed writing this song.
yeah me too considering I get release from listening to it
It's powerful shit.
@@timsweeney9558 nothing like speaking truth from the soul. Can't fabricate it
It was written in the 70's by the rolling stones.
@@jickdespain2466 Sounds made up
This song is lit AF... 1,000 times better than the studio version, how could they not include the harmonica parts it's killer 🇮🇪☘️🇮🇪
same as "What the rocks don't know" in my opinion. So much more emotional.
This song absolutely floored me. Beautiful expression of pain, growth, and the human condition.
One of my favorite new songs I’ve heard in a long time
Same, the vibrato in his voice, the earnestness, the energy... I've listened to this at least 50 times today and I can't stop.
Best thing I've heard in a long time!
My family can relate. My daughter's a big fan. I may follow suit. ❤❤❤❤
“Thought it was a fight, I went for my knife.” Dude, I’m so guarded. I’ve done this. Makes you feel horrible.
2 years later and there's not three times a week that goes by where I make sure this darn song isn't played as loud as it's deserved.
I’m doing my part down here, M. Pennyworth
Been 15 years. Tasted a rail today. Rubbed a gum. Not cocaine. Lol. Guess the 15 still stands...
Be good to yourselves. Those years will always be part of the story, but that chapters been done to death.
Great track. You nailed it.
Its never too late to stop n get back on track.
@@dakotahlove4019 if the path leads back to the main road it was just a detour. nothing wrong with some scenery now and then.
"I'm so lonely and I couldn't tell you... couldn't tell you why..."
Me. The most relatable thing.
8 billion people and we are all alone .
@@mafia_dave32 😔
Amen!
That note when he says a little soul pain is chilling and beautiful.
Spent from age 13 to 18 strung out on drugs an had about 8 seizures an multiple ods as a result 2 times in the mental hospital an a month in rehab all by 17 years old currently 19 doin way batter bouta get married this song brings out so much emotion an reminds me of so many nights I spent jus like this rlly hits home damn good music right here
willi is easily one of the best folkist of this entering decade.
Love Willi’s ability to sing each song differently each time, giving new emphasis and character. Keeps me listening to the very end.
Thanks Willi, I'm loving the story you tell. Old punks emerging from the circle dance and baring their souls. We all ended up in the pit for the same reasons, trying to release our anger and rage. Some of us made it out, after realizing what came with the downward spiral of that circle dance. I appreciate your fighting through, and I'm thankful that you made it out.
Wow, this song is too real. I had struggles with heroin addiction. And one day when I ended up back at the shelter I called my mother and told her that I was giving up. Here I am today!
Love when you hear something so good you can feel it in your eyes...as an Illinoisan this one hits deep.
ridiculously good song. my absolute favorite. listened to it no lie 30 times in a row when I found it
When i read this i was like “ok yeah sure” and then i finished the song and no lie i have listened to this probably 30 times in the past 3 days too lmao
All hail Willi Carlisle!
When you're trying to social distance but a guy playing guitar and harmonica starts following you.
Justin cecil i’m going to have to start trying that out lol
As an addict in recovery, I connect with this song on a whole nother level.
Hang in there, brother.
I found this song yesterday and I've been playing it on repeat since. This song just hits the soul
a wonderful song that pretty much sums up Central Illinois.
The only place he mentioned that's Central Illinois is Galesburg 😅
I always laugh at the end of this because I'm crying and the gal who owns the porch wants more.
I want so much for this song to not hit home but it does. Thanks Willie
It's a fine line between punk and outlaw country. People seem to forget that all the greats were anti establishment and anti authority.
Everyone gets mad at me when I say punk, outlaw, and Hiphop are very much the same energy... But damn it they are. Screw pop, underground for life.
@Willi Carlisle Hi Willi! Me and my Brother and Dad Went to see you at the Rochdale Folk festival 2022, and it's great to hear your songs! Keep up the good work!
First time listener here but good golly miss Molly, that young man writes, plays, and sings with a passion that has long been missing. To have a unique sound in this day and age is remarkable. I dig it brother!
To quote another artist "Your playin' my song, brother" This one hits right in the heart. Thank you for this.
That line "I thought it was a fight and went for my knife and the man shook my hand with his kids and his wife" always gets to me. You can get OUT THERE on drugs. But you can come back from it if you want to bad enough. I know. I did.
so much better then studio version on spotify. Add this version too Please!
I've been sitting in the train yard crying to this for 2 days. This si the best song I've ever heard
Travel safe, man.
Salinas,Ca early 90's punk AF different abandon and squats brings me back.. Wow im thanful to be alive, Thank You.......Love it will put this in my list to let my neighbors to enjoy
Oi!
I can think of a million complementary things to say about this song... but a simple "THANK YOU SO MUCH" will convey my gratitude I hope?
I can't implore you enough to go see Willi live. His shows are beautifully energetic and positive. Learn the lyrics cuz he wants you to sing!
@@CRneuI saw Willi recently in Saratoga, New York. The drive took four hours each way because of some nasty rolling thunderstorms...but I'm so glad I went, and I'd do it again.
This song is somethin' else. I typically don't care for harmonica but this song throws such harsh (in a good way) vibes on the road to recovery and growin' up that I smashed that like button and hit replay a second time.
Good luck in recovery brother.
This will be another one I listen to 100 times over
Anyone else watch this more then twice now? Or was it just me.
About 20 times today.
Shout out to everyone with parents to help with through stuff like this. Lot of us learned the hard way without a guiding hand.
He is not trying to make the song sound any "certain" way. He loosely follows the final production, but this is even more endearing. I feel like I'm walking with my friends and looking for the feeling of the song. Beautiful. Thanks for adventuring.
This song is one of the only that makes me want to cry looking back through my life so far
You just met my son Jake Reno at Knuckleheads in Kansas City, I hope he got an autograph for me... If he didn't that's okay I plan on seeing you as soon as I can..... We love your music
Goosebumps every time I listen to this version
"Trying to make it better, but it's always the same." Possibly some of the most beautiful and true lyrics ever sung. I'm from Crystal Lake, 45 mins east of Rockford, been to punk squats in Rockford. You are a gem my man just found you today and I've probably listened to this song 20 times. Simply amazing.
Wish I could've grown up with friends like Willi- he's good people
"I though it was a fight, I went for my knife and the man shook my hand with his kids and and his wife, and I was so ashamed I hung back and cried."
That line fucks me up every time.
Same man, especially when you’ve experienced something like that
May have cried my face off when very drunk to that line before
But can't confirm
Feel you man, ive been Exactly in that Place under a Massive Crazy LSD trip
Shit Blew Away My mind, stayed sober for a while after that! 🤯
As Rick James said: "cocaine is a hell of a drug"
Imagine my surprise as I'm driving through my hometown of galesburg and this song comes on. Got me thinking about all the times I was 8 miles outside of galesburg with an 8 ball of cheap cocaine. Glad those days are over
This Real Country, singing about what they've lived. Western AF is where it's at. Keep doing ya thing Willi!
Thank you for your service
Oh snap my 16 year old plays amazing guitar and will be playing this song for his friends in no time, Thanks again
the worst thing about cheap cocaine is it's still expensive
He's talking about crack
@@milque5783 meth
@@milque5783 fr?
@@milque5783he literally says cocaine 😂.
Hahaaha😂😂
If you ever heard the song enjoy it so much that you had to repeat it multiple times… This is that song for me
Thanks a bunch 💘
Thanks for this Willi, what a great song. I was into Punk Rock, playing in bands for 30 odd years before discovering country a couple of years ago, swapping my Gibson SG for a Martin D28. Looking forward to seeing you at the Louisiana in Bristol here in the UK.
"Wake up in the mornin' and stumble towards the down, sayin' "How ya doin, boy, it's been too long."
Genius wordplay (down, boy). The perfect articulation of what was my relapse. Gave me chills
Is it down or dawn?
Man,what a strong delivery,such volume and projection.
I've only known this since yesterday and I've watched it more than I've watched anything ever
18 proud and strong and this songs speaks volumes to me
I kinda love how he’s singin faster then his guitar kinda like he’s so excited to get it out that the strumming comes later
I picked it up as him getting emotional on the blow. Idk if youve ever had it, but im a recovering addict. Its pretty often you take a lot, and getting chocked up, and start going off about wanting to stop and shit. And you talk real fast kinda like that
I much prefer this stripped down version of this song. Really lets those pipes of yours show through, and lets the desperation of the subject come through.
I listen to this song at least once a week, usually a fair bit more.
this song is so sad dude, and im always on blow when i listen
Preaching to the choir such a shitttt addiction genuinely isn’t really that fun anymore never got good euphoria even w good stuff try to stay strong nun wrong w using imo if responsibility’s are in order but can get bad quick 🎉 shall do a line for ya
@@Micahslooseearlobe likewise my brother
Well damn if this wasn't about me from age 16-20. Great stuff Willi. Keeping punk alive in the best way.
little heartbreak, little soul pain, and a whole lotta talent, don't know ya but i love ya willie!!!
This is going to be one of my favorite songs to play when I memorize the lyrics. Anyone who asks me I will say Willi Carlisle wrote it. Much Love From The Heart of Dixie
What a treat to see you open for Amigo. Been listening to and loving these songs on the regular since then.
The only thing better than a man singing and playing guitar is a man that can sing and play guitar and play harmonica at the same time props to you Willi I hope to be as good as you someday
UA-cam really doesn't like when I search the word "cocaine," but I really like searching for this song
This right here is some real country and western music, takes real talent to play this kind of music, need to figure this out on my five string banjo
I, am forever glad, to come across this!
Willi, you’re a standup man and a heap of folks love you for that - I just found you out and showed everyone I know - they all loved it and it’s not much but you’re that talented, dude. Keep it up, don’t ever quit and you’ll get where you want to be bud, guaranteed~
watched this video a million times, have it on my playlist foir over a year now... today (3/7/24) is the first time i have ever experienced an AD on here... is Western AF going in that direction now?
😢
So glad I found this page and GemsOnVHS. This is the type of country music the radio needs
woke up in the middle of the night with "little heart break / little soul pain" in my head. this rules
Eight miles out of Galesburg, I'm starin' at the rain
Eight-ball left of the cheap cocaine
And I'm lookin' at the sunlight, light through the pines:
Couldn't tell ya what it is, but it's always been mine
Now that I'm gone I think of the man
With a meth pipe clutched in his bone-thin hand
I said, hey brother, I hope you get straight
But I bet I don't meet him at the pearly gates
And I sing: Hey mamma I been starin' at the rain
A little heartbreak, a little soul pain
I been up all night on the cheap cocaine
Tryna make it better but it's always the same
Well I made a few new friends in a Rockford bar
I told 'em all lies, I said I was in charge
Of the afterparty, where the women were loose
I partied with the metalheads with gin and juice
Hung over as hell, I slept in shit on the lawn
I'm tired of twenty-somethins and their punkrock songs
Wake up in the mornin' and stumble towards the down
Sayin' 'how ya doin, boy, it's been too long."
And I sing: Hey mamma I been starin' at the rain
A little heartbreak, a little soul pain
I been up all night on the cheap cocaine
Tryna make it better but it's always the same
On the streets of Chicago with sidekick Sally
I was hittin' up the bars on Viagra Alley
Where the men pick up women not half their age
All I had for them was my tears and my rage
And I thought it was a fight, so I went for my knife
And the man shook my hand with his kids and his wife
I was so ashamed that I hung back and cried
Leave all that to Saint Peter, wait till I die
And I sing: Hey mamma I been starin' at the rain
A little heartbreak, a little soul pain
I been up all night on the cheap cocaine
Tryna make it better but it's always the same
I've been up all night, I've been stairin' at the sky
And I'm still lonely but I couldn't tell you why
@@nunyabusiness3709 My comment up top has em :)
I've had this song stuck on repeat in my head all day without knowing the lyrics. Killin me. So catchy.
It was so good I had to listen twice. Definitely has that Bob Dylan “Blood on the Tracks” sound and feel to it. He makes the story relatable, immerses you in it.
Looking forward to that Chicago show!
One of the most difficult songs to learn how to sing EVER! I'm obsessed with one day posting an acapella cover of it....
This song describes what I done the last six years. Thank you for this peace of art.. I feel it!!
I swear WIlli’s a true artist in the sense that the album version of his songs always seems to be the canvas and the live versions are the true paintings..
Willi.. Nothing has ever hurt and soothed me at the same time as much as this song has. Thank you.
Amazing tune! Greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦
South African here too brueh 🤙
Devils right hand vibe for the rhythm i love it
This song hits close to home, hell, it broke the door in.
Willi is fantastic!!! Reminds me of Justin Townes Earle(God rest his soul) another fantastic artist.
Love the song!! And thank you for giving us cords and lyrics... I'll be playing it around the fire for sure
This song grabs my soul and shakes it awake.
Dude been having a rough couple weeks. Here in Cincinnati we've been loving this one. I hope you're better than i am.
I hope the future generations see what conviction and courage can do for the world. You're Golden Pony Boy.
Was about to have another shitty day in quarantine thanks for making it better Willi
Thanks Will, what a song! Great harp playing too!
The interaction at the end gives me hope
I still cry to this song when i relapse, id give anything to be sober
Hang in there, keep trying till the time is right. We all have value and stuff to do before we're done. Read these other comments from people who've been there. You aren't alone in this shit.
It’s a hard road but someone has to take it good luck an great song 👍🏼, going on a year clean myself
Wish you were still with us Cody Wayne Peterson, this song makes me think of your musical genius and penchant for the wild side of life. Watch over us and rest in peace my brother.
I feel like the line that’s missing is “if you want to be here, you haven’t been here that long”.
I’m listening to this as I finish that last beer because everything’s closed. Tomorrow I’m going to see the biggest trees in the world. Finally getting away and wondering this big rock we live on. Everyday before this post has been pretty bad. A few generations of abuse and domestic violence. Everyone in my tree taking arms against one another. Tomorrow I get my freedom even just for a while. That’s for all of you. Much love everyone.
Hello Drew hope you’re doing great
@@sarahnappi8061 I am thank you!
@@drewsand8627 I’ll love to know you more if you don’t mind 🥰😘
I hope the road's been good to you, brother.
Glad I found this song. Thank you
Rockford, Illinois in the house.