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The Alkie In The Hall

by Terry Turtle

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from the Terry Turtle album "Free The Food", 2001.

lyrics

The Alkie In The Hall (T. Turtle)

Everyone knows the alkie in the hall
Like that union president
Though he has little reason for living
He’s looking for a place to rent
There ain’t no genie in that bottle
It’s passed out where he fell
I’m laying here quiet and sober
I can feel his hell

There’s an alkie in the hall
Always ready to drink a bit
Like a camel eating straw
Like a hunchback, full of it
Like a meeting without a chair
Like a nurse without a care
There’s an alkie in the hall
He’s punching holes in every wall

Well everybody knows the alkie in the hall
If he loses footing he ain’t got far to fall
Well you can call him loser
You can call him lame
He's the alkie in the hall and he's waiting to be saved

Now I’ve been drunk and wasting my time
And my head’s got a many dent
I didn’t know there was piss in that bottle
When I took a drink of it
If you’re burning in water and drowning in flame
Or working for the law
Before you go and bet your bottom dollar
Ask the alkie in the hall

There’s an alkie in the hall
Always ready to drink a bit
Like a camel eating straw
Like a hunchback, full of it
Like a meeting without a chair
Like a nurse without a care
There’s an alkie in the hall
He’s punching holes in every wall

Well everybody knows the alkie in the hall
If he loses footing he ain’t got far to fall
Well you can call him loser
You can call him lame
The alkie in the hall is waiting to be saved

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released April 12, 2021
Terry Turtle - Vocal, guitar
Recorded by Jeremy Taylor
Photo taken in Hattiesburg, MS, 2009.

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