Here is yet another song that speaks to me on a very deep level I'll bet some of you will like it, it's a killer!
I first heard this in the 70’s and I recall the last time I heard this on radio was Feb or early March 1978 (in the mid eighties I bought an album with this song on it) and travelling between an English town and a north Wales town, both these towns begin with the letter W. Please if you can, listen to it on Y-- ----
The microphone can barely handle Rod Stewart’s voice and he was only 23 years old at the time. I can feel the pain in his voice, Jeff Beck is widely regarded as one of the world’s best ever guitarist.
‘I’ve been drinking again’ Written by; Johnny Mercer, Doris Tauber
Performed by; the Jeff Beck Group 1968
I'm drinkin' again Thinkin' of when, you left me And that happened once so long ago, hmm
I've be’n havin' a few And wishin' that you Were right here by my side
Well I'm makin' the rounds And settin' them up A total stranger to myself I'm just makin' a fool of myself
I'm just hopin' that you'll come right back once someday But I know, I know, I know That there's no second time around, hmm Now, listen!
I know, I know, I know
So I know I can borrow a smoke And sit here all night long and tell a joke But after all is said and done Who's gonna laugh, Who's gonna laugh at a broken, a broken heart?
I've be’n drinkin' again And thinkin' of when Of when you left me, and that weren't so long ago, hmm
I've be’n havin' a few you know that, you know And wishin' that you Were here right by my side, hmm
Now listen one time!
I've be’n drinkin' again I've be’n drinkin' again Sometimes I can't help myself hmm