Drunk Last Night

As if I ever…

Fairly recent video version of a relic of the times when I aspired to be a hardass blues player…

Words & Music (c) David Harley I don’t do a lot of real country blues, but from time to time I try to write something in that idiom. Though I probably wouldn’t go for anything as badass as this, at this time of my life…

I was drunk last night, drunk the night before x2
I’ll be drunk again this evening, but I won’t be drunk no more

I don’t mind coffee, milk or even tea
But water without whisky is just too strong for me

Feeling tomorrow like I do today
I’ll break your hard-rock head and make my getaway

If you quit me baby, tell you what I’ll do:
Drink a quart of whisky and let it out all over you

I was drunk last night, drunk the night before x2
I’ll be drunk again this evening, but I won’t be drunk no more

Also published on Substack

Whistle While You Walk

Audio blog on Substack

I’ve never been a real blues player/singer, but sometimes I can’t resist pretending. This was written about 2017.

Whistle While You Walk (Harley)

Sometimes – you look into her eyes
And you just want to talk
Sometimes you have to see her
Sometimes you just have to walk

Just walk away
Walk away
And whistle while you walk away

Sometimes you’re the heartbreak
Sometimes you’re just broke
And all your songs are lost
In the space between the notes

Sometimes you know you love her
Sometimes you feel so cold
Sometimes your heart is empty
And you turn back to the road

Sometimes – you look into her eyes
And you just want to talk
Sometimes you have to see her
Other times you just have to walk

Just walk away
Walk away
And whistle while you walk away