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Drunken Driver
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Drunken Driver was released on February 23, 2018 by Irishmusic.co.uk as a part of the album Favourites
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Release DateFebruary 23, 2018
LabelIrishmusic.co.uk
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM66

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Billy McFarland
Billy McFarland
Lead Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Arr. McFarland
Arr. McFarland
Songwriter

Lyrics

I saw an accident one day
That would chill the heart of any man
And teach him not to drink a drop
While the steering wheel was in his hands
This awful accident occurred
On the twentieth day of May
And caused two dear little children
To be sleeping now beneath the clay
These two little kids walked side by side
Along the state highway
Their poor old mother, she had died
And their daddy had run away
As these two little kids walked arm in arm
How sad their hearts did feel
When around the curve came a speeding car
With a drunk man at the wheel
The drunk man saw the two little kids
And he hollered a drunken sound
"Get out of the road, you little fools!"
But the car, it brought them down
The bumper struck the little girl
Taking her life away
While the little boy, in a pool of blood
In the ditch, dying there did lay
The drunk man staggered from his car
To see the damage that he'd done
And he let out a yell you could hear for miles
When he recognized his dying son
Such mourning from a drunken man
I've never heard before
While kneeling at the running board
He prayed to Heaven's door
Saying, "Oh God, please forgive me
For this awful crime I've done"
And his attention then was called away
By the words of his dying son
And he says, "Daddy, why did you do this to us?
How come you run us to the ground?
It was you and Mommy we were talking about
When the car brought us down
And I was just telling little sister
That I knew we'd see again someday
But Daddy, why did it have to be like this?
Why did it have to be this way?
Why? Why, Daddy, why?"
Written by: George Adams
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