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How I Learned to Drink

from How I Learned to Drink by Steve Key

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©2019 by Steve Key, Charlie Kleemann & Aaron Nathans

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HOW I LEARNED TO DRINK

Billy got the bright idea -- hitchhike to the nearest town
Find some guy to buy us wine
Be back in camp by sundown

We missed the dinner call -- counselor got kinda mean
That bounty in our paper bag
Tasted like Kool-Aid and kerosene

Chorus: The night was colder than shame
The moon was hazy grey and pink
I was a lonely twelve year old kid
And that's how I learned to drink

I spat out my first tequila shot
Shared some beers with a girlfriend under a bridge
Jolted by the gin I tried at midnight
From my grandpa's rec room fridge

Bluffed my way through San Jose State
Billy and I pledged Sigma Chi
It was beer pong and jello shooters
Tasted like Tang and turpentine (to chorus)

Well the years passed with a whiskey flask
Tucked in a drawer with my secret life
Woke up one day in a hospital bed
With my best friend was standing by

Yeah, it was Billy -- who got the bright idea
Of sending me back to summer camp
The name and program changed a bit
Now it’s called The Rehab Ranch

So here I am for 28 days
Those counselors get kinda mean
I'm drinking coffee by the quart
Tastes like river mud and livin' clean (to chorus)

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from How I Learned to Drink, released November 18, 2019
Steve Key: acoustic guitar and vocals
Dorian Michael: electric and acoustic guitars
Paul Griffith: drums and percussion
Ken Hustad: electric bass
Recorded by Damon Castillo at Laurel Lane Studios, San Luis Obispo. Photo by Matt Vargo. Graphics by Dan Grant.

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Steve Key Pismo Beach, California

Steve Key is an award-winning songwriter & performer, best known as the writer of "33, 45, 78 (Record Time)" recorded by country music star Kathy Mattea. He recorded for New York's Fast Folk, which is now part of the Folkways collection at the Smithsonian. Steve lives in Shell Beach and produces live music events under the banner of Songwriters at Play at many venues on California's Central Coast. ... more

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