I Drink - Mary Gauthier C F He'd get home at 5:30, fix his drink and sit down in his chair G C Pick a fight with mama, complain about us kids getting in his hair C F At night he'd sit alone and smoke, I'd see his frown behind his lighter's flame G C Now that same frown's in my mirror, I got my daddy's blood inside my veins Chorus: C F Fish swim, Birds fly G C Daddies yell, Mamas cry C F F/E Dm G Old men sit and think C 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, it don't bother me that every night's the same I don't need another lover hanging 'round, trying to make me change Chorus Bridge: Em I know F What I am Em But I don’t F G Give a damn Chorus -------------------------------------------------------------- A Long Way To Fall Mary Gauthier A I felt the flames on my face A D When I found the nerve to meet your eyes, so green E I stumbled towards your elegance E A I tumbled, wide awake into a dream A And there you stood, so beautiful A D Destiny seduces, after all E I fell into the fire E A That's a long way to fall You gave me strength to speak When my voice was weak and words were hard to find Your faith in me was solid and it stood me up when I couldn't steady mine All those times I cried at night You promised me it'd be all right You held me while my demons danced and crawled I fell into your open arms That's a long way to fall Bridge: G D A A long way to fall G D A A long way to fall I never should have drifted I never should have left you all alone I don't know what comes over me Looks like I'll always be the troubled kid that runs away from home I reached for you the other night You rolled away and moved against the wall I fell into the space between us That's a long way to fall Bridge I got no one to hold on to and I'm sinking slowly to my knees I might learn to pray down here or maybe I'll beg you baby, please But you stare at me with marble eyes And I don't think I've ever felt this small I've fallen out of your good graces That's a long way to fall Bridge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Sister Cried (G)Well, I (D)stared out the (D)windshield into the (D)rain so (Bm)light, And I (D)turned on my (D)dims, somebody (D)flashed me their (Bm) brights. And I (G)reached over and (G)turned the radio way down (D)low (Bm) Your (D)sister cried (A)all the way (D)home. (D)Lightning crashed, and the (D)road shone like a (Bm)mirror, A (D)dog came out the ditch, then he disa(Bm)ppeared, And I re(G)membered the conversation we had on the tele(D)ph(Bm)one, Your (D)sister cried (A)all the way (D)home. (G)I'll never know how you (G)got in to such a (D)mess, (G)Why do the brides maids all have to (G)wear the same (D)dress? (G)Everybody said, you looked, real (G)good, But I think you looked (D)stoned(Bm) Your (D)sister cried (A)all the way (D)home Your (D)sister cried (A)all the way (D)home Your (D)sister cried (A)all the way (D)home Your (D)sister cried (A)all the way (D)home