Mary Gauthier - I Drink [Audio]
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- "I Drink" by Mary Gauthier
Written by Mary Gauthier and Crit Harmon
Album: Mercy Now (2005)
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He’d get home at 5:30, fix his drink,
And sit down in his chair,
Pick a fight with mama,
Complain about us kids getting in his hair.
At night he’d sit alone and smoke
I’d see his frown behind his lighter’s flame
Now that same frowns in my mirror
I got my daddy’s blood inside my veins
Fish swim birds fly
Daddies yell mamas’ cry
Old men sit and think I drink
Chicken TV dinner
6 minutes on defrost, 3 on high
A beer to wash it down with
Then another, a little whiskey on the side
It’s not so bad alone here
Don’t bother me that every night’s the same
I don’t need another lover
Hanging round, trying to make me change
Fish swim birds fly
Lovers leave by and by
Old men sit and think I drink
I know what I am
But I don’t give a damn
Fish swim birds fly
Daddies yell mama’s cry
Old men sit and think I drink
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I cried the first time I heard this. Eight years sober now
Of the dozens and dozens of music “stars” I’ve had the pleasure to talk to, over the last 45 years, in the Canadian music biz, Mary Gauthier and Gurf Morlix are among the very most intelligent.
I spent a weekend with Mary in the late 2000’s at a festival I co- produced. Her words are with me to this day. And I’m a straight, white, Canadian male.
God bless her.
It’s the day after Gordon Lightfoot died. I’m going thru all my super emotional music.
Peace
When Mary Gauthier cooked at and ran her Cajun restaurant Dixie Kitchen in Boston way back when, I used to eat there. Being that she was born in N'Awlens, she brought the authenticity of real Cajun food to the table. I enjoyed eating there on many an occasion.
One evening, while dining, I reached for the hot sauce - it was right there on the table - and Mary walked past and commented, "There's somebody with no taste buds left."
I guess a cook feels that the food should taste just right the way it comes out of the kitchen.
I respected her candor, but I always ask myself "Why is the hot sauce on the table to begin with then?"
Well, she sold the restaurant to her cook, who apparently didn't have the business savvy to keep it going. Great food, never to be replicated with that authenticity way up north.
Mary, if you're reading this, thank you for your great restaurant. I still shake a few drops of hot sauce on my food. Need Tums afterward though...
Qhen I went to Louisiana and asked that same thing they said that they leave the hot sauce on the table so folks can add as much or as little as they like.
Right up there with John Prine, the late Guy Clark and the died-too-soon Townes Van Zandt, one of the best American songwriters out there.
I fully concur. It was an absolute pleasure to drum on this. She was a sweetheart to work with.
Thanks for the suggestions; from a lost dutchman 🤗. I l o v e marie gauthier, lucky stars, i drink, mercy now; all hit home hard she got a golden throat!
Aint that the truth, and John Prine 1st in that list, love Mary she's 100% original.
This is as soulful as country music gets! Her voice cuts to the bone. And it opens up that aching part hidden inside. Let it bleed🩸...let it breathe🌬. Leave me be.😔
"I drink"🍺
Shes a musical icon. And yes , she pulls from the heart and soul!
Wonderful song she has so much talent love the lyrics ❤️ ❤
She gets real deep in the soul and drags it up through you uncomfortably
I make sure every night before I go to bed I play this masterpiece
I drink is the 1st Mary record I heard , I met Mary briefly at the Maverick festival in Eastern England, I told her that every time I put the micrwave on I thought of this song, she poility laughed . Funny thing is I dont own a micro wave and dont drink booze like I used to. Love to you all
Oh my God I'm in your same world
A powereful, clear, focused and....hauntingly beautiful song.....from an amazing and wonderful at many levels woman. Thank you Mary.
Such a truthful look at one's self. Mary, you are the Master of this. None like you.
one of the greatest songs ever! I lived it.
I second that
That's true
Theme Time Radio Hour
Well Mary, I am a huge fan. I think you are a really great writer and singer. God bless you, take good care.
Einfach nur phatastisch! Es tut weh und gut zugleich, dieses Lied.
This song made me cry so hard when I first hear it & I need to pull the car over.
Another great song reminds me of no one but you.thanks
There's so much truth to this.
Wow, that bridge is a killer: “I know what I am, but I don’t… give. a. damn.”
That voice backed up by real human story makes this woman pure gold.... i love this
What an incredible writer !! The delivery is greatness.
Christ - I love it !!!!!!!!!!!
I love Mary Gauthier. An authentic great songwriter. She is awesome.
A beautiful storyteller! A true artist! Set's the mood, makes you feel,a legend
Reminds me of Lucinda Williams!
hearedthis on the radio at work tonight, never heared of her b4 but this is a good un
Moves me every time.
Muy bonita ❤
what am I doing listening to this?... Yep, you guessed it.
Very few songs hit me straight in the heart, but this one does it to the limit. Brings back memories of growing up....
Same
i know, right?
Saw her last night in WHite River Junction, VT. Fabulous
I saw Mary do this and much from the Mercy Now cd in the Bronx last Spring. She is fabulous.
I never really got into drinking but i did have an alcoholic abusive father that fisrst verse hits me hard especially the i got my daddys blood inside my veins and the chorus
Love all youre songs !!!
Wish we can have music and lirycs ok i drink
Thank you for writing and singing Mary. A gift to all.
love it! reminds me of john prine
bamp91 it's a Bobby bear song
I had the great pleasure of seeing John Prine sing.
Wonderful 😎
Keep on keepin on Mary. We love you!
Your live version's always brings a laugh at I Drink
She has such raw talent for writing
Wonderful. Just saw the link to this amazing artist on Robert Plant's FB page. Love.
Uh,dobra si,dobra....!!!!
Odavno nisam uživao u muzici kao sada slušajući ovu pesmu.
"Old Men Sit and Think" "I Drink"
Вы лучшая! Спасибо!
We're is Mary know I would love too meet a person like this before I die
I love you
AWESOME
Hey, as an Aussie I have always known this as a Bill Chambers song, and always assumed he had written it. I mean, I've seen the guy perform live many times in beer gardens, and this song seems to be his anthem.
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So I listened to Bill singing his song tonight, then just out of curiosity clicked on the link to some chick called Mary Gauthier doing a cover of it (or so I assumed). I was astounded to learn that it's actually her song, she wrote it. All these years I've been mistaken. And what a great job she does of it. Her delivery has a rawness and honesty that only a singer/songwriter can achieve.
But Bill Chambers' version ranks a close second.
I can't think of another song anywhere that "gets" addiction like this one. K.D. Lang's "My Addiction" is a close 2nd - any other suggestions?
Maybe "not an addict " by k's choice.
They're both wonderful. Cigarette Machine gets there too I think.
the lady in Black
Maravilhosa 🤩
What a great song! Thank you!
Just want to take the dust off my twelve string and play again. Thanks
Massimo Carlotto okudum, Mary Gauthier'i tanıdım
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July 2018
I know what I am
But I don't give a damn