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Crosstown Whiskey Blues

from The Disappearing Man (early demos) by Jahn Sood

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[Display No. 8] Crosstown Whiskey Blues

ELIZA:I smell like whiskey so I can’t go home
She’ll let me in, but I’m sleepin’ alone
I’d rather sleep here on the street all night.
Than look her in the eyes when I ain’t lookin right.

I taste like whiskey, but I feel like dirt.
And I can’t breathe the air when I’m thinkin’ of her.
‘Cause I spent another day at the Crosstown Bar
And I haven’t kept a promise that I made so far.

Oh, lady don’t you leave me alone.
I don’t deserve you, but I beg you don’t go.

I woke up this morning, I went lookin’ for work.
But nothing was living in the places I lurked.
So I went down to Crosstown to look for a friend,
But the place was empty at a quarter past ten.

And I told Jim to pour me a whiskey on ice.
Every living man has his own living vice.
My chains are whiskey let it numb my head.
If whiskey don’t leave me, gonna wind me up dead.

JACK and ELIZA: Oh, lady don’t you leave me alone.
I don’t deserve you, but I beg you don’t go.

ELIZA: If you could just see me now,
Know I’m a gonna let you down,
You would stay out of my life.
‘Cause I’m bad news,
I’ll do nothing for you
I’m just drinkin’ away my time.

JACK and ELIZA: Oh, lady don’t you leave me alone.
I don’t deserve you, but I beg you don’t go.
Oh, lady you should leave me alone.
I don’t deserve you and that’s why you should go.

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from The Disappearing Man (early demos), released February 21, 2009

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Jahn Sood is a songwriter, impresario and colored-pencil wielder who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

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