Wishful Drinkin’
By Garland Davis
I took a little literary license and rewrote Waylon Jennings’ Drinkin’ and Dreamin’. I call it Wishful Drinkin’.
Verse 1:
My shipmates looking for a way out
I’m looking for a way back in
I’ve been wasting my time, standing in line
What civvy street is all about
Verse 2:
All I’ve got is a world that I don’t like
And girlfriends that don’t understand
So tonight, in a bar, I’ll go aboard my ship
And sail off for a fairer land
Chorus:
Drinkin’ and dreamin’, Knowing Damn well I won’t go
I’ll Never see Hong Kong again, or ol’ Olongapo
But here at this table, I’ll just put it out of my mind
Drink til I’m sailing just half a world out of my mind
Verse 3:
This suit and this tie, they just don’t fit me
Like thirteen buttons do
Some were born to be tied to the land
My kind was just born to be free
Verse 4:
When I look toward the horizon
How I can feel it again
The shore has me but my true heart and soul
Are in the sea riding the wind
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