wine and roses
kiss me
in the haystacks
tell me the last time you were this happy
you d been drinking.
slipped the brandy into bed
wrapped it up around your legs
who s to know?
stepping on pillows
round the bend
its hilarious
in the bottom of the plant pot
covered in mud
its piss wet through
its scandalous
flower by flower
hour by hour
im a bum i dont do my work and i get fired
its a slow burn
to a turn
in the stright jacket
mines a double whisky dirty joe.
my name's joe and i'm...
"They are not long the days of wine and roses..
Out of a misty dream
our path emerges
for a while,
then closes
within a dream..."
hot coffee and cold feet,
sober joe's no good to me,
nothing more boring than a goody good
ill give you all booze you want
kiss me there, kiss me
you should,
by the water
oh a girl knows when she s pretty
far gone
its always another bum
leave a light on
for love
is
the only thing
that keeps
us
from being lonely
and i didnt have that.
Erase it all start again
get excited about a chocolate bar like back then..
You, Me and Booze.
A bar sign flashes its reflection
in the window.
Rachel Bond
Mon 19th Dec 2011 11:15
im a bum i dont do my work and i get fired(joe on work)'i looked in the mirror and i thought who is that bum? and it was me)
oh a girl knows when shes pretty(kirsty when sober)
get excited by a chocolate bar like back then (kirsty on the days before drink)
its always another bum(pop on kirtsys choice of men in drink)
love is the only thing that stops us from being lonely and i didnt have that(kirsty on reasons for drinking)
hot coffee and cold feet(kirsty on members of AA)
'nothing more boring than a goody good'(kirsty on sobriety)
'my names joe and im...'(joe)
are all direct quotes theyre loosely slung together by the film scenario.ie kissing in haystack. she wants him back but only when hes drunk. very sad.A bar sign flashes in his window at the end as he watches her leave past the bar...is he going to follow her, the booze the bar, leave their little girl alone in her sleep? ah all good questions.
the quote "they are not long the days of wine and roses..." is a poem quoted in the film, she finds it in the encyclopedia Ja - Lo.good as a college education :)
id be happy if anyone liked it. its interesting to note that in a culture which values drink in leisure time so highly, that not more people write about it in poetry..