Still working on recording this one
Image and caption: Drunken lumberjack, Craigville, Minnesota, 1937, U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs, LC-USF33- 011295-M5
Lyrics:
Spare a dime for one last drink, sir?
‘Cause I fear it’s my time to go
To see the angels up in heaven
Or the devil down below
After fifty years of living you’d think that I would know
But between the best intentions and the whisky
I’ve gotten turned around before
I did twenty years hard at her
Working the factory floor
But when times went bad that didn’t matter
The boss man he showed me the door
I had a home, a wife, a family
I don’t have them anymore
See between the best intentions and the whisky
I lost a little then a lot more
Now I don’t expect your pity
Nor do I feel any shame
There’s ten thousand beggars in this city
You decide sir who’s to blame
But I always tried to do my best sir
This I honestly can claim
It’s just between the best intentions and whisky
I ain’t always had steady aim