Drank Like A River

	Drank Like A River
Authors:	Ryan Adams / Caitlin Cary / Phil Wandscher
Official Appearance:	Faithless Street -- Whiskeytown
	Faithless Street (Reissue) -- Whiskeytown
Unofficial Appearance:	Drunken Confessions -- Whiskeytown

Notes:	Ryan Adams interview: "That’s the first "Satisfaction"-type number we wrote. It started out more like The Flying Burrito Brothers but then just turned into this monster. People really like that song. It’s kind of about Jacksonville [N.C., Adams’ hometown]."

Played Live:	01/15/95	01/26/96	03/14/97	02/11/98	12/31/99	09/17/00
	01/28/95	03/16/96	03/15/97	02/12/98
	05/25/95	03/29/96	03/24/97	02/24/98
	07/15/95	05/09/96	03/26/97	02/25/98
	11/18/95	05/24/96	03/28/97	02/27/98
		08/18/96	03/30/97	03/07/98
			04/03/97	03/20/98
			04/05/97	03/21/98
			08/02/97	03/22/98
			08/06/97	03/24/98
			08/13/97	03/28/98
			08/14/97	04/09/98
			08/22/97	04/11/98
			08/29/97	04/29/98
			09/05/97	04/30/98
			09/06/97	05/05/98
			09/11/97	05/06/98
			09/13/97
			09/16/97
Lyrics:	Well, he was kneely-eyed
	When he returned to the town he'd come from
	He's brown bagging it tonight behind some tavern
	Somebody wrecked his life, and I'll bet you it was his darling
	Somebody wrecked his life, and I'll bet you it was his darling

	So he drank like a river when their wedding bells rang
	Watched from the steeple as the choir girls sang
	Died in a gutter on his feet and his hands
	Same hands that had once touched her face

	Well, he was kneely-eyed
	When he returned to the town he'd come from
	He's hanging out drinking beer with his brother-in-law
	He was a drinker at night, and in the morning he was unnerving
	He was a drinker full time, the day that he lost his darling

	So he drank like a river when their wedding bells rang
	Watched from the steeple as the choir girls sang
	Died in a gutter on his feet and his hands
	Same hands that had once touched her face