Many thanks kind folks for your replies,

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