Please Get Me a Drink of Water

2 weeks ago by @apersonnamedrose

Liner Notes

#4track #indiefolk #lbj #comedy #butnotlikehahafunnyithink

Last night, me and my friend Arin (who some of you may remember as the guy who ran Ween Archived) were talking, and he showed me a cassette he found at a thrift store labelled "The Humor of LBJ: 25th Anniversary Edition". After some digging, it turns out that the presidential library of Lyndon B. Johnson (who I believe became president after John F. Kennedy's assassination) had put out a 40-minute CD/cassette of his humorous storytelling. Some of the titles felt like they called for songs written loosely in their image, so here's one called "Please Get Me a Drink of Water" if you're into melodramatic folk songs about being thirsty! I wrote it in like 5 minutes and recorded it in 10.

Also referenced is the title "[Winston] Churchill's Brandy" which is what I initially wanted to write to before turning to my friend Juno for advice (i.e. messaging her the back of the CD and being like "what song should I write from these?")

Lyrics

Please get me a drink of water
I'm awful parched now, can't you see?
Please get me a drink of water
You're doing such a favor to me

I've had a glass of Churchill's brandy
It's left me shaking at the knees
Please get me a drink of water
That's my one and only tiny plea

I've read around the paper daily
Lonely people in the ground
All like cows into the slaughter
Please get me a tall, tall drink of water

Please get me a drink of water
I'm awful parched now, don't you see?
Please get me a drink of water
You're doing such a favor to me

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