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Drinking from a Swimming Pool

from Harlem Hayride by Karl Straub & the Graverobbers

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lyrics

Honey I’m deep blue
Drinking from a swimming pool
Tired of knowing you
Tired of wanting you
I’ve got a gallon down
I’ve got a fountain down my throat
Swimming the pool wide
And you’re the sun at my poolside.

Honey I’m up and drained
Raking wet leaves away
Watching the evening set
After a lousy day
And it’s a crying shame
You’re not around so you can’t see
As far as a man could sink down
Without your charming company.

Honey I’m deep blue
Drinking from a swimming pool
Tired of knowing you
Tired of wanting you
I’ve got a gallon down
I’ve got a fountain down my throat
Swimming the pool wide
And you’re the sun at my poolside.

Honey I’m much the same
After a couple years
Wearing out shirts and shoes
And hitting up friends for beers
In from the deep end down
Having a party under glass
Here in the land of the blind
A one-eyed man should keep his mouth shut.

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from Harlem Hayride, released July 19, 2013
© 2013 Karl Straub, Clever Bits Music (BMI)

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Karl Straub Alexandria, Virginia

KARL STRAUB writes music the way birds build nests, throwing together something sturdy from whatever detritus is lying around. Bubblegum pop, Charlie Parker, Merle Haggard and Bob Wills, Rodgers & Hart, psych fuzz, the Dolls and Velvet Underground, etc.
Straub basically uses two approaches when he writes lyrics— storytelling and impressionism.
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