Where You Drink
Love's Forbidden Brew: A Melodic Tale of Heartache and Bars
Lyrics
Thereʼs one on the east side, they got all night 2 for 1ʼs
Describes a bar on the east side with a promotion of 2 for 1 drinks, particularly popular with college kids.
But by 10pm, it's just college kids rolling in already drunk
By 10pm, the bar is filled with college kids who are already drunk.
Thereʼs a sunset view up on the roof of that fancy downtown bar
Mentions a fancy downtown bar with a sunset view on the roof, but lacks a jukebox and convenient parking.
But they donʼt have a jukebox and there ainʼt nowhere to park
Highlights the drawbacks of the fancy downtown bar.
Thereʼs one place Iʼd love to go
Expresses a desire for a specific place with a steel guitar, no cover charge, and a relaxed atmosphere.
Where steel guitar cuts through the smoke
Emphasizes the allure of the steel guitar cutting through the smoke in the desired place.
No cover charge, ainʼt never packed
Describes the ideal place as having no cover charge and never being crowded.
Bartenders pour just a little more Jack
Highlights the generosity of bartenders in the ideal place, pouring a little more Jack Daniels.
Thatʼs the one place I canʼt be
Expresses a contradiction, as the ideal place is also the one place the speaker cannot go.
Cause Iʼll see you and youʼll see me
Anticipates an encounter with someone (possibly an ex-lover) in the ideal place.
And baby if Iʼve only learned one thing
Suggests that the speaker has learned not to fall in love since the breakup.
Since we broke up, itʼs donʼt fall in love
Provides advice based on the speaker's experience of not falling in love after a breakup.
Where you drink
Reiterates the warning not to fall in love in the context of where one drinks.
Where you drink
-A hundred or so last calls ago I bought you a shot
Recalls a past experience of buying a shot for someone a hundred or so calls ago.
When they closed it down we were making out against a car in the parking lot
Recounts a romantic moment against a car in a parking lot after the bar closed.
All those Friday nights, those Miller Lites
Reflects on shared Friday nights and drinking memories with Miller Lite.
Youʼd drink right there with me
Highlights the shared experience of drinking together in the past.
Thinking bout it now makes me wanna sit back down and drown those memories
Expresses the current emotional impact of recalling those memories, creating a desire to drown them.
Thereʼs one place Iʼd love to go
Repeats the theme of the desired place where the speaker cannot go due to the risk of encountering the ex-lover.
Where steel guitar cuts through the smoke
-No cover charge, ainʼt never packed
-Bartenders pour just a little more Jack
-Thatʼs the one place I canʼt be
-Cause Iʼll see you and youʼll see me
-And baby if Iʼve only learned one thing
-Since we broke up, itʼs donʼt fall in love
-Where you drink
-Where you drink
-Where do you go
Questions where one can go to get away when it becomes a place that reminds them of the person they are trying to forget.
When where you go to get away
-Is where you know
-Youʼre gonna see
-The reason why
-You canʼt drink, where you drink
-Thereʼs one place Iʼd love to go
Reiterates the warning not to fall in love where you drink, emphasizing the importance of avoiding such situations.
Where steel guitar cuts through the smoke
-No cover charge, ainʼt never packed
-Bartenders pour just a little more Jack
-Thatʼs the one place I canʼt be
-Cause Iʼll see you and youʼll see me
-And baby if Iʼve only learned one thing
-Since we broke up, itʼs donʼt fall in love
-Where you drink (don't fall in love)
-Where you drink (don't fall in love)
-Where you drink (don't fall in love)
-Don't fall in love where you drink
-Don't fall in love where you drink
-Don't fall in love where you drink
Final repetition of the cautionary advice.
Comment