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Drunkards and Philosophers

from Detour by Mikey Mason

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The acoustic song that went on to become Beer Powered Time Machine, with only minor lyrical changes.

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I sit back And let the beer ease through me. I can feel it in my teeth
I’d fall down If I tried to reach the bedroom and I’m too damned drunk to sleep.

And so I get all sentimental like all good drunkards do
And I look back on my life and everything that I’ve been through

Cause the beer makes the past stronger, it makes the hurt last longer
And it reaches back through years
And though it makes the present cloudy, the past comes crystal clear.


Looking back farther, ever, than before.
Cars that I bought And the men that I’ve fought and the women I fought them for

They say learning don’t come easy, but ignorance ain’t free
There are prices in our lives that we pay but we can’t see

But the beer works like an x-ray cutting through your memories
Til you even see the bones. But no-one wants to hear about it
So I’ll just sit and drink my beer alone.

If I could turn back time, I would drink a lot less now.
Or at least that’s just the way it seems to be.
It’s just some meaning to life that we're all looking for, somehow,
The drunkards, the philosophers, and me.

And somehow I’ve lost my balance, but I’ll find it again
Cause a lifetime moves in cycles and I drink a kind of zen

Until I am the beer inside me, flowing through my veins until I somehow find myself
And all the memories that have made me are in there somewhere locked up on a shelf.

If I could turn back time, I would drink a lot less now.
Or at least that’s just the way it seems to be.
It’s just some meaning to life that we're all looking for, somehow,
The drunkards, the philosophers, and me.
The drunkards, the philosophers, the die-hards and the not-so-sures, the poets, the philanthropers, the pure-breads and the mangy curs, the drunkards, the philosophers, and me.

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from Detour, released December 19, 2016

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Mikey Mason Indianapolis, Indiana

A nationally touring performer with hits like She Don’t Like Firefly, Best Game Ever, and Opposite of Cool, Mikey Mason is a ball of contagious enthusiasm who makes songs about role-playing games, video games, sci-fi, fantasy, cats, and the general experience of being a geek. He’s been heard on nerdist.com, SyFy, TheFuMP.com, and Dr. Demento, and is a truly must-see event each time he performs. ... more

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