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Friday March 17, 2006

Song of the Day ... in Music

The Pogues: Streams of Whiskey album cover One final connection with The Clash ...

The Pogue's had released their Hell's Ditch album and were touring. We had tickets to their show at the Warfield and we were really looking forward to it. Then Shane MacGowan pretty much drank himself to the oblivion, and was dropped from the band. We were dismayed. But then Joe Strummer stepped in, and we were elated! The show was a rockin' affair and we were all Irish for a night.

So what better way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day then to pick "Streams of Whiskey" for the Song of the Day?

"Last night as I slept
I dreamt I met with Behan
I shook him by the hand and we passed the time of day
When questioned on his views
On the crux of life's philosophies
He had but these few clear and simple words to say

I am going, I am going
Any which way the wind may be blowing
I am going, I am going
Where streams of whiskey are flowing

I have cursed, bled and sworn
Jumped bail and landed up in jail
Life has often tried to stretch me
But the rope always was slack
And now that I've a pile
I'll go down to the Chelsea
I'll walk in on my feet
But I'll leave there on my back

Because I am going, I am going
Any which way the wind may be blowing
I am going, I am going
Where streams of whiskey are flowing

Oh the words that he spoke
Seemed the wisest of philosophies
There's nothing ever gained
By a wet thing called a tear
When the world is too dark
And I need the light inside of me
I'll walk into a bar
And drink fifteen pints of beer

I am going, I am going
Any which way the wind may be blowing
I am going, I am going
Where streams of whiskey are flowing"