Early Morning Beer by Jack the Sailor


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The Song Challenge: -- After munchkins, ferrets, panties, and streakers, and considering the recent Carnival / Mardi Gras madness, I thought we could all use a good stiff drink (that is, unless you've given up the hooch for Lent!). So here's a little story of compassion and sharing that deserves a good song or two -- On Air Traffic Controller Excuses for Stealing Drinks: Peter Smith, an air traffic controller trainee, excuses himself to the judge after being charged with the theft of a glass of beer from a bar -- "I am definitely not guilty. Making my way home from the control tower, I saw a man standing in the street with a glass of beer in his hand. He told me that the glass was stuck to his hand and asked me to help him get free of it. When I had done so, he gave me the glass and its contents by way of a reward."

Early Morning Beer by Jack the Sailor

.... With my early morning beer___, .... a thousand lives in my hands___
.... With a poundin' in my head___, .... I'm a tin pushin man___
.... I'm fresh out of school___, .... and I miss the parties so___
.... Well, a plane's about to land___, .... So I better go___

.... Out on runway number nine___, .... big seven-four-seven set to roll___
.... But the passengers would flee___, .... If they knew I was in control___
.... Now the liquor it tastes good___, .... But I better drink it fast___
.... I just can't take the guilt___, .... for the AirBus that I crashed___

.... Hear the mighty Guiness pour___, .... see the silver tankard rise___
.... That the way that I forget___, .... about my girlfriend as she flies___
.... Where the mornin' beer don't pour___, .... and they don't drink moon shine___
.... Well I'd give that girl a call___, .... If she was worth the time___

.... This old airport's got me down___, .... ain't no earthly good to me___
.... 'Cause I'm stuck here on the ground___, .... The bars don't open until three___
.... I can't guide a jet plane___, .... Without liquor in my brain___
.... So I'd best be out of here__, .... for my early mornin beer___