What a great name for a club!
Tom Paxton does some wry, fun songs - & this was meant to capture some of that.
Two cranky lovers who’ve been around the block - but they just can’t quite give each other up.
To The Bitter End - Commended Entry for Best Song Lyrics at UK Songwriting Contest 2015
Lyrics by Mick Evans
Heard that voice - ‘fore I saw your face
amazing lungs - Amazing Grace -
turning slow - well-honed smile
I say: ‘Sweet Grace - Jeez, it’s been a while’
Goddamit girl - what you doin’ here?
hoped to get me - some peaceful years -
cheap perfume - comes flooding back
of all the bars - coulda come here last
Then those black eyes pull me in - a little deeper …
and oh my - my Grace - I want you again!
Coz I’m crazy for you - every now and then
sweet misery from way-back-when
I won’t lie - an’ you sure can’t pretend
so just take me back to the bitter end
wont you take me back to the bitter end?
I give in - what you doin’ here?
my mind’s unravelled - not thinking clear -
like a drinker - tastes the first glass
years spent sober - but it kicks in fast
And those red lips suck me in - a little deeper
and oh my - my Grace - I want you again!...
Coz I’m crazy for you - every now and then
sweet misery from way-back-when
I won’t lie - an’ you sure can’t pretend
so just take me back to the bitter end
wont you take me back to the bitter end?
Sure - there’s no fool - like an old fool
but there’s a young man - rising-up in me -
and there’s no girl - like you, Old Girl
hope you’re never gonna let me be
Coz I’m crazy for you - every now and then
sweet misery from way-back-when
jumping into bed and falling out again
so just take me back to the bitter end
wont you take me back to the bitter end?
Just - take me back to the bitter end…
wont you - take me back to the bitter end…
come on - take me back to the bitter end…
shut up an’ take me back - to the bitter end…