[Sock Water]

Huh, this one I love to play, I'm still learning it, uh I made it up with, I was in this group called "The Hardworking American" We were some serious old hippies, some tripping hippies, man We were the only guys left our age that still wanted to party like it was 1999 We were still psychedelic at the time, we were very into it I went through a heavy hallucinogenic drug phase And one of the nights we werе, the band was all together And I had told thеm about a dream I had about The cabin out by Johnny Cash's house So they got it hooked up, so we could crash out there overnight I think we all thought we might get a song, you know? So we went out there and our leader Dave pulls out this bottle of water And says, "It's sacred, " and we all know what he meant Put a little wristband around it or something to To make sure you knew it wasn't just normal water, and we all took a sip of it Pretty soon we're playing bongos, and we'll have our shirts on Everything feels important and pumpkin-eyed and And, uh, Dave was like, "Let's do a song, " and I remember thinking like, "Like what? Like, uh, what song?" You know, Margaritaville or, uh, I know 'em all fuck I know all of 'em, but he meant a new one, right? And so, I'm like, "Well, I don't know how I'm supposed to do that" You know, my songs take a while that me That one even was a B double E for a really long time Just sat there staring at it for months and I went Double R, fuck me running, double R Had Bob and Tom on the phone before I fucking finished it So I thought, fuck it, he said, "Let's just give it a try" So I said, "All right, " I'm tripping balls I'm 51 years old at the time, just pie-eyed, hallucinating like a fool Walking around in the middle of the night In the woods looking for a song out there Jesus, there's never, ever been a mother in the history of the universe That hoped that became of her son Or a child that hoped that became of their parent But it was for work, man But I really did, I started singing to myself And seeing if I could hear myself say stuff And I, I heard at one point, I said