RUSSELL AND RONNIE – Q. Iandiorio
Release Date: 2016 ~ Track 6 of 11
Way out back
‘Round the well
Ronnie’s stumbling through the tall grass
Drunk as hell
He gets loose
And sings off-key
Tries to get your little lady on his knee
So slip your gal
Through the side door
Don’t let that old drunk Ronnie round here no more
He’s all hopped up
On pills and wine
Crazy for his brother’s brand new wife
He’s so damn bleary-eyed he mistook her for his own
Now he’s had a taste of hers and his own wife’s love’s gone cold
Way out back
‘Round the bend
Russell stumblin’ through the tall grass drunk again
Jaw hangs low
All stooped o’er
With his gallon jug of whiskey in tow
Head thrown back
Howlin’ at the moon
Come to get his wife back none too soon
Ronnie’s waitin’
For his brother Russ
Reelin’ round with his rifle makin’ dust
These two have had it in for each other all their lives
Now I guess the time has come since they’ve had each other’s wives
INSTRUMENTAL
Straight out back
Down Ma’s steps
Russell’s stumbling round and rantin’ jug to his lips
Takes a swig of whiskey Jack
Drunken swings at Ronnie and he shoots back
Ma looked on
And shook her head
Gathered up her skirts and went back to bed
She ain’t worried
About her sons
Cuz one’s too drunk to aim; the other’s too drunk to run
It’s such a sad sad tale when two brothers go wrong
Oh if they only knew that their wives didn’t mind at all
So heed my words
All you folks
Takin’ each other’s wives that ain’t no joke
But if you do
And break the news
You’d better hope he’s drunk his weight in booze
I hope for you he’s drunk his weight in booze
Have mercy on your soul and thank the booze