This is the best song written by Lal Waterson for the "Bright Phoebus" album. It
features Norma Waterson on vocals but there's a demo version sung by Lal herself.
G C Em
Fell in the street in a drunken heap;
Am G
There's bright water all around me.
G C Em
And the cheap red wine in me drunken brain
Am G
Has left a burning flame in me belly.
Dm
I don't need nobody helping me;
C G
I don't need nobody's arm around me.
G C Em
If I was a black beetle upside down,
Am G
I could kick all night long and never turn around.
G C Em
But I'm flat on my back in the rainbow rain,
Am G
Still I know, in the morning I'll be on me feet again.
Dm
Just can't get a grip on the ground;
C G
I'm upside down the right way round.
G C Em
I promise thee my shameless lady,
Am G
Who laughs out loud in the sad patient night,
G C Em
Always to be honestly thee,
Am G
In me waking dreams or me drunken nights,
Dm
I don't fear the yawning sunshine morning;
C G
I'm forward running back again.
G C Em
Fell in the street in a drunken heap;
Am G
There's bright water all around me.
G C Em
And the cheap red wine in me drunken brain
Am G
Has left a burning flame in me belly.
Dm
I don't need nobody helping me;
C G
I don't need nobody's arm around me.
Chords by COTH
The Waterson's site: http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zierke/watersons/
Norma Waterson's site: http://www.watersoncarthy.com/
