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Last Night's Beer

by Mikey Chuck Rivers

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1.
I got my sights set on setting sight blurry Got a cold PBR in my palm It's getting later, but I ain't got a hurry I know my friends when they stay, they stay long And though I get moving and lonesome And when I know I can't tell where I'll be They'll be right back there where I left them They'll be right there when there's a need We crawl over with fresh cases of cardboard Unless we got some brews left from before Not each lip catches sips but the ground does Each drip builds a stain on the floor We toss rounds 'round til we got none of our own left And before we can beg once or plead There's a friend's fist filled with a cold one They'll be right there when there's a need We get busy gettin' well and acquainted We make up for the time that passed by And we don't get too moved to frustration Well, we know these good times do run dry The night's still yet we ain't just sit still yet But we're getting quite closer to sleep There's a couch or a fence to hop over They'll be right there when there's a need
2.
Darling, I'm leaving for drinking And don't you take it that hard I'll be out late but don't get to thinking That I'll be trouble 'round roaming the dark I know sometimes it's too hard to handle Us men being boys every night And who do we think that we're kidding? And come on, we can't think it's right But if I do it, then I do it for a reason And believe me, it's something I must What's the one thing that binds us together? That's right, darling, that one thing is trust So darling, I'm leaving for drinking And I won't be back until late And if this drinking is trying your patience Darling, I'll make it worth all your wait Darling, I'm leaving for drinking And if my leave's feeling too long Then remember this song that I'm singing And it'll pass as you're singing along Darling, I'm leaving for drinking And don't you take it that hard I'll be out late but don't get to thinking That I'll be trouble 'round roaming the dark (til faaaade)
3.
It started once and it hardly stopped In the summer of '010 Like a powow of old spirits Chasing clouds as they'd spill in And there they'd sit in haggard rocking chairs And they'd nod as the door creaked And I'd smile over some Bayside And it was Josh, Ryan, and me The Fish felt less fantastic And our young bones moved to still So we'd clink and clank cold bottles Oh, the stories we would tell And though we could just make out the dawn wake And hear the workweek breathe It didn't matter much those nights For Josh, Ryan, and me And so we burnished beers by midnight And pretended to be free And whether we were or not was an afterthought For Josh, Ryan, and me When we'd venture from our confines The lustre'd never drift It just followed us to some other couch Another late-night weeknight shift And other folks would join with King cans Like Brando, Ian, and Cactus Keith And we all fit like a glove Them and Josh, Ryan, and me There were hearts we left behind And others that left us But we basked in all our glory And swept the ugly rest with dust And now they got their own little hovel And it's further down the street But I got a bike with wheels and a backpack full For Josh, Ryan, and me So we'll burnish beers by midnight And pretend to be free And whether we are or not will be an afterthought For Josh, Ryan, and me
4.
I fell out of bed this morning Like I've many times before Start wondering what the time is While my body shuffles forward I plop at my kitchen table Break in my stale routine Watch the trees shake and unravel And prepare a mug of tea And I trace a path of bottles From the beginning to the end Catch echoes of some laughter But they're swept up in the wind I make face with my awakening Gather one full sober thought Then carry on in silence Pour hot water from the pot As kids we must forgive our future selves As we oft forget the night before Take one cold hard searching look into the mirror As last night's beer begins to pour And each night I swear it's worth it And I still believe it is To compromise next mornings With last nights' destructive bliss And when I can't shake off the vapours The huddled fog of beers and haze I say it won't ever paralyse us I know there's better days There's a text sent from the neighbours It's nearing 8PM Grab what's left of my warm 2-4 And throw it in the fridge I'll do it all again As kids we must forgive our future selves As we oft forget the night before Take one cold hard searching look into the mirror As last night's beer begins to pour I know there's better days
5.
Miracles appear In the strangest of places Fancy meeting you here The last time I saw you Was just out of Houston Sit down let me buy you a beer Your presence is welcome With me and my friend here This is a hangout of mine We come here quite often And listen to music Partaking of yesterday's wine Yesterday's wine I'm yesterday's wine Aging with time Like yesterday's wine Yesterday's wine We're yesterday's wine Aging with time Like yesterday's wine You give the appearance Of one widely travelled I'll bet you've seen Things in your time So sit down beside me And tell me your story If you think You'll like yesterday's wine Yesterday's wine We're yesterday's wine Aging with time Like yesterday's wine Yesterday's wine We're yesterday's wine Aging with time Like yesterday's wine

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Eternal Bummer Records is proud to present its first official release, Mikey Chuck Rivers’ Last Night’s Beer, available for free download.

While working in a prohibition-themed rumcake store in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Mikey stumbled upon Willie Nelson’s 1971 concept album, Yesterday’s Wine. Inspired by the tales of spirituality and drunkenness running hand-in-hand, he carried the idea back to the infamous Woebegone Lodge on Shouldice Lake up in Northern Ontario and wrote four of the five songs on the EP in a marathon PBR-fueled session.

What results is a romantic and melancholic journey through the beery spots in life. There’s the rowdy nights (“Darling, I’m Leaving for Drinking” & “Josh, Ryan, and Me”), those tear in yer beer heartbreakers (“When There’s a Need” & “Last Night’s Beer”), and even a Willie cover from the album that inspired this anti-sober mess. Last Night’s Beer will leave you holding close to your cold ones while shouting along with your warm ones. Enjoy for free, and preferably with a PBR in palm.

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released October 29, 2011

This EP is an homage to Willie Nelson's 1971 concept album, Yesterday's Wine.

Written by Mikey Chuck Rivers in October of 2011 at Woebegone Lodge, except 5 by Willie Nelson.
Recorded in Clinton and Kingston, Ontario.
Artwork by Keith Mclean (www.adventuresome.ca).

Mikey Chuck Rivers - vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, percussion, noise and gangs, Imperfect Man
Jillien Regier - vocals
Keith Holland - electric guitar, noise and gangs
Jacob Bryce - fiddle
Ryan Brideau - noise and gangs
Josh Cameron - noise and gangs
Willie Nelson - spiritual guidance

A cheers to:
All the music makers, Keith McLean for the beauty, the gang at Rumrunners and Sugah! in Halifax, Curt Lobb and Aaron Bell, Jud Block, the growing EB roster, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Fink, Old Man Rivers, and the red-headed gypsy himself.

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Mikey Chuck Rivers Clinton, Ontario

Drinkin' man's thinkin' man. Beery and beardy songwriter from Clinton, Ontario.

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