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Cool Drink Of Water

by StompBox Holiday

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Yup, we got a water problem here in Los Angeles... and now another song inspired by it, "Cool Drink Of Water."

StompBox Holiday recorded a handful of originals one afternoon, LIVE in an Echo Park home studio. No over-dubbing, no frills and no net. It is what it is. We hope you like em.

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Cool Drink Of Water • [music & words: Spencer Thornton]

Sittin’ on a crack 800 hundred miles long, worrying when she might give And send us all just a tumbling down,
This ain’t no way to live– Lord, this ain’t no way to live

They say we all must be kinda crazy––Livin’ here in Los’ Ang-e-les
Where the ground she's a shakin’ - The sky she's a burnin’
Won’t ya send us some water, Mr. please
Yeah, send us some water, Mr. please

Yeah, my Baby needs a drink of cool, cool water
And that Rich man, he needs a swim.
Baby wants to Rock and Not to Roll
Too bad for her, not him ––Yeah, too bad for her, not him

That Rich man he don’t worry, none - That a Poor man ain’t got a dime...
A Strong man hopes he’s got the strength, Lord we’re runnin’ little short on time - yeah runnin’ little short on time..

Just pour me a glass of that cool cool water -Till the faucet she runs dry
And when we get down to dust and sand - I guess a Wise man should ask why?- Yeah, that Wise man should ask why?

Yeah, my Baby needs a drink of cool, cool water
And that Rich man, he needs a swim.
Baby wants to Rock and Not to Roll
Too bad for her, not him ––Yeah, too bad for her, not him

Shame you can’t drink all this water- Hell, it might not taste so fine
Got barely enough to drown your troubles - Better pour you another glass of wine - yeah, pour you another glass of wine

Said you could've had you a castle out here, And a couple of badass rides Been here so long, I hate to say
This sun done made me blind – Lord, this sun gone and made me blind

Yeah, my Baby needs a drink of cool, cool water
And that Rich man, he needs a swim
My Baby wants to Rock - and Not to Roll
Well, Too bad for her, not him --Yeah, too bad for her, not him -- too bad for her, not him

© 2017 Spencer Thornton / Melrose Hillbilly Music

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released September 13, 2020
Spencer Thornton - Songwriter/Vocals/Acoustic Guitar
Vanilla Neulan - Washboard/BGV
Bill Beemer - Drums
Paul Kleiman - Lead Guitar/BGV
Armando "Mando" Vasquez - Bass
Marc Doten - Recording Engineer
Vince Colavitti - Mixing

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StompBox Holiday Los Angeles, California

StompBox Holiday singer/songwriter, Spencer Thornton (Snake Farmers, Melrose Hillbillies), an Athens, GA native living in Los Angeles describes his music as a “four-chord, five-piece, foot-stompin’ mash-up of Alt Roots Blues meets Hillbilly-Americana Folk Rock with a Southern Accent.” ... more

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