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Jim Hoehn: Music

Hard Liquor & Handgun Night

(Jim Hoehn)
Jim Hoehn

That full moon could've, should've been a big round yellow clue
The howling should have been a hint as well
A Kodak moment from Rod Serling's favorite family album
Or maybe just the normal clientele

    (Chorus)
    On hard liquor and handgun night
    A two-ingredient recipe for one hell of a fight
    Mix it up, shake and stir, the rest of the night's just a blur
    On hard liquor and handgun night
    (Two extra lines first and last chorus)
    On hard liquor and handgun night
    On hard liquor and handgun night

There's one guy with a cowboy hat and a Cro-Magnon forehead
Rememberin' the old days and his teeth
The TV's on, he sings along to some hygiene commercial
Lights a Camel from the pack rolled in his sleeve

Betty's got her dancin' shoes and man her feet are flyin'
Like a lawyer at a five-car freeway crash
But the TV preacher and the barman divvy up her welfare
Could you get this round she's a little short of class

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Salesman works the bar just like a congressman on bribe day
His handshake and his hair both shine with grease
Is it muscle, is it fat?  Hey pencil-neck, what you lookin' at?
I'd suggest you take it up the street

A couple posed with pool cues like some twisted barroom gothic
Her earrings match the hickeys on her neck
His jeans hang low, it's quite a show that shot of gluteal cleavage
Her shirt says, "You ain't first, but you'll be next"

    (Chorus)
I figured I should take my leave before they pull the wings off
this out-of-town social butterfly
As I was leavin', I was careful to let 'em see both loaded barrels
Just my way of saying goodbye

    (Chorus)

    (Two extra lines first and last chorus)
    On hard liquor and handgun night
    On hard liquor and handgun night