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Drugstore Dreamin'

by Willie Stratton

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1.
It's like cream swirling round in my coffee Beneath the warmth of the neon glow by the highway in the morning She's got the soul of a V8 Ford I'm riding on her running boards Wherever she goes oh lord Cause I like the way she holds me Yeah I like the way she holds me It's like a dream but I wish that I could wake up I know I should be moving on but I just can't seem to shake her She's at the motel with her makeup on I'm the guy she's waiting on We've been at this just a little too long But I like the way she holds me Yeah I like the way she holds me Gasoline keeps my motor running I can tell by the way she speaks she knows that I'm coming She's a double edged switchblade knife it's always the same old game she gets the handle and I get the blade because I like the way she holds me Yeah I like the way she holds me I like the way she holds me Yeah I like the way she holds me
2.
I've been holding it in I've been holding out I've been biting my tongue Inside of my mouth I know it ain't proper I know it ain't right For a girl like you To stay out all night My heart don't beat It rattles and hums Tell your mama and your sister that I'm gonna be your mister alright Your daddy thinks That I ain't no good He don't need no trash In his neighbourhood Well his inclination It ain't wrong But girls on bikes Have a lot more fun Got a leather jacket You'll never take off Tell your daddy and your cousin time to get your motor running come on Wrap your legs around me baby, come and hold on tight We're gonna go for a ride Shine a tail light on this old town, and leave it all behind Cause I need your love I need your love I need your love tonight The lord above Died for our sins He signed a cheque babe I wanna cash it in If Saint Peter says At the pearly gates You ain't on this list son You're in the wrong place Thanks for the wine I'll head downstairs Tell the saints and the preachers that I found another teacher alright Wrap your legs around me baby, come and hold on tight We're gonna go for a ride Shine a tail light on this old town, and leave it all behind Cause I need your love I need your love I need your love tonight
3.
I'm up in the morning I wake at the dawn My hedges are trimmed and I mow my lawn At night I'll be listening to my favourite song and I dream I'd like to have a nice automobile a convertible model with chrome on the wheels I imagine how driving around would feel and I dream I ain't got no plans I'm an Auqua Velva man you better believe I'll be drugstore dreamin’ dreaming all that I can I'd like to have a nice automobile a convertible model with chrome on the wheels I imagine how driving around would feel and I dream I ain't got no plans I'm an Auqua Velva man you better believe I'll be drugstore dreaming dreaming all that I can
4.
Cruel 03:40
I don't wanna know if you're alright I don't wanna sleep with you at night I don't wanna know who you're with now I don't wanna be with no one else If I have to see you at the bar If I have to see you in his arms If I have to put myself through hell I don't wanna see nobody else So I'll play it cool Try to fool myself I tried my best Didn't go so well I could lie again That I don't need no help That I won't be Cruel To no one else To no one else Sun's up new day Wish that it would go away Shines on the black top Of the empty motel parking lot Lock the door close the blinds Pretend I'm gonna close my eyes I stay awake so I don't dream of you Tell me how a love can be so cruel So Cruel I tried my best Didn't go so well And I fall to the floor Like an empty shell And I won't be Cruel To no one else To no one else
5.
Be Happy! 02:59
I been waiting for the sun to shine It's been raining all the time Wish the wind would come and free my mind Feel so lonely all the time I been holding out my empty hand I been begging on my knees I keep hearing bout a promised land Must be just beyond my reach I wanna be happy I wanna be happy I wanna be happy I wanna be happy Days are drifting like the smokestack clouds Time ain't always on my side Watch the clock and it just laughs out loud Tell me is there more to find? I wanna be happy I wanna be happy I wanna be happy I wanna be happy Is there a spirit in the sky Can he take away the pain Is there a kingdom in the clouds Will they call me out by name Will they save us from everything
6.
Caroline 04:08
Ain't it something when you taste it Ain't it sweet as summer rain You wanna throw your arms around it And then they take it all away They're closing in around us They've got us all surrounded They've got ol' Caroline and they're putting her down tonight Caroline, Caroline Rolling down the river just one more time Lord I can't believe my eyes They're putting her down to the bottom tonight Now we slip away to bar rooms Where we hide amongst the noise Where we sip a glass of bitter But a glass of beer won't fill the void In bouts of drunken sorrow You'll say we'll win tomorrow But you better pack it in just drink up and go home Caroline, Caroline Rolling down the river just one more time Lord I can't believe my eyes They're putting her down to the bottom tonight
7.
Well she moved on out of her daddy's house got a little apartment way downtown yeah she moved on out of her daddy's house got a little apartment way downtown oh yeah yeah She got herself a job in a rock n roll bar pouring up the beer for the rock n roll stars yeah she got herself a job in a rock n roll bar pouring up the beer for the rock n roll stars oh yeah yeah when her paycheque comes around she's gonna get them hot pants on she's gonna make her little way downtown she's the queen queen of the midnight and when the band starts playing she's gonna she's gonna feel alright alright Well she plays the part she's got it note for note With her cha-cha heels and a big fur coat Yeah she plays the part she's got it note for note with her cha-cha heels and her big fur coat oh yeah yeah With her perfume on and her hair up high tonight she's gonna go and touch the sky with her perfume on and her hair up high tonight she's gonna go and touch the sky oh yeah yeah When her paycheque comes around she's gonna get them hot pants on she's gonna make her little way downtown she's the queen queen of the midnight and when the band starts playing she's gonna she's gonna feel alright alright
8.
Well the springtime has come all the hares on the run as the boys chase them over the hill as I sit and I stare I smell the sparkling spring air and I think of the old times and you How I wish I could lay in your arms far away maybe I'm just a game you outgrew but I'm still chasing rabbits trying to break these old habits trying to fall for somebody new The seasons they change other things stay the same like a stone unaffected by time you put wind in your sails I'm still chasing my tail am I only what you left behind Are there traces of me tied like invisible strings will I always be tangled in you I'm still chasing rabbits trying to break these old habits trying to fall for somebody new So wherever you roam wherever you call your home I hope you find another love just as true I'm still chasing rabbits Trying to break these old habits trying to fall for somebody new

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released April 29, 2022

Produced by Carleton Stone
Engineered by: Parker Cason, Lil Thomas, Carleton Stone and Willie Stratton
Mixed by Dave Salley
Mastered by Riley Bell except The Way She Holds Me and Need Your Love, mixed by J. LaPointe
Recorded at Baldwin Street Studios (Toronto) Creative Workshop (Nashville), The Sonic Temple (Halifax), and The Loft (Cape Breton)


This project is funded in part by FACTOR, the Government
 of Canada and Canada’s private radio broadcasters.
Ce projet est financé en partie par FACTOR, le gouvernement du Canada et les radiodiffuseurs privés du Canada.

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