That Great Big Blue
I was working like a dog and drinking like a fish
Find some balance in life? Man, I wish
Seems like everything I did, was to excess
Trying to outrun them things rentin’ space in my mind
Telling my family that I was fine
When everybody could see that I was a mess
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I’d work and sweat, then drink and cry
Laugh when I could, and try to figure out why
I just couldn’t be content
I’d run wild and loud, get quiet and still
No matter what I did, I’d always feel
Like I was adrift, alone at sea
And that great big blue, was a’drowning me
I remember, that time in my life
Where I wasn’t, the best friend to my wife
Or much of a friend to myself
Mr. Guinness and I, we talked a lot
Up late at night, with eyes bloodshot
I traded strong feeling, for numb
Well I’m not the first, won’t be the last
Who tried to drown their sorrows in a glass
Then found out, that it just made more
I’d work and sweat, then drink and cry
Laugh when I could, and try to figure out why
I just couldn’t be content
I’d run wild and loud, get quiet and still
No matter what I did, I’d always feel
Like I was adrift, alone at sea
And that great big blue, was a’drowning me
You do that long enough, you get cold inside
Not looking for it, but not caring if you died
I tell you, that ain’t no way to live
Then little by little, with the sun on my face
I began to find that quiet place
And start untangling my mind
A pen and paper were my therapy
With each word put down a felt a little more free
Like I was taking a long walk home
I’d work and sweat, then drink and cry
Laugh when I could, and try to figure out why
I just couldn’t be content
I’d run wild and loud, get quiet and still
No matter what I did, I’d always feel
Like I was adrift, alone at sea
And that great big blue, was a’drowning me