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Gin & Tonic

from Instinctive Drowning by Chris Orrick

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INTRO And she said would it be alright/if I got a Rum & Coke/I said baby for tonight let's pretend that we're not broke/sick of living in tomorrow/should be living in the here/she whispered something in my ear and said VERSE I don't see what the big deal is/rum & cokes aren't that expensive/plus I'm paying for the drinks/and we've been living codependent/we haven't left that couch in seven months/made a date with divinity but she wouldn't make me lunch/I was in Boise on a Tuesday when I really saw the future/and I realized at that moment I had always been a loser/Look what the world did?/Fuck it, look what I've done to me/All I do is drink and eat/Lay around and fucking sleep/But hey, that's okay/not sure I'll see another day/It's like, that's alright/there's probably not another life/So I use that immaturity to cloud my insecurities/And walk around pretending I' m not afraid of uncertainty/My actions tell me I don't wanna be alive/But really I'm a little kid who's still afraid to die CHORUS All I want is to be happy in this life I got/And Lord I try but I don't truly know if I can stop/If I would die for them/then I should live for them/If I would die for them/Then I should live VERSE I used to stay up late at night/thinking about my songs/Now I fall asleep early from drinking all day long/I used to hate the feeling of a Friday night alone/Now I'm too embarrassed of the person I have grown/This song's the only person that I'll tell/Cuz there ain't no going back once you tell them you need some help/I spent every dollar that could be spent/Now I just wonder where the good me went/So be good to one another/Tell my girl I love her/Find a little peace in knowing that I didn't suffer/This world is full of beauty/This world is for the lovers/Remind of the feeling of a childhood summer/Remind me of the time before when all I did was wonder/The world was still a mystery to me to be discovered/Because I don't wanna die, Lord I wanna die/No I don't wanna die CHORUS All I want is to be happy in this life I got/And Lord I try but I don't truly know if I can stop/If I would die for them/then I should live for them/If I would die for them/Then I should live BRIDGE It goes one shot of Seagram's Gin/Two parts of Diet Tonic/Three's not a lucky charm/Four times I've tried to stop it/Fifth's step's the hardest/Cuz six is a lie/When seven days a week you're feeling like you wanna die/There's eight people that I love/Nine times I've made amends/Ten years ago I never thought this'd be the way it ends/Eleven times for rest/And twelve for the month that I climbed into this mess CHORUS All I want is to be happy in this life I got/And Lord I try but I don't truly know if I can stop/If I would die for them/then I should live for them/If I would die for them/Then I should live OUTRO I just want Kath to be happy. I just want Dad to be happy. I want my brothers to be happy. I want my friends to be happy. My generation to be happy. For Mello to be happy. Ill Poetic and Charlie to be happy.

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from Instinctive Drowning, released August 26, 2016
Written by Red Pill (C.Orrick, Red Pill ASCAP). Produced by Ill Poetic (T. Gmeiner, ReDefinition Publishing ASCAP) for SoundRzn Graphic & Sound-Design. Trombone by Evan Oberla (Evan Oberla Music, BMI). Guitar by Alex Schrock (ASCAP). Additional Vocals by The Ingrid Rachel Project (Idonis, ASCAP).n

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Chris Orrick Detroit, Michigan

Chris Orrick is the patron saint of a poisoned world. The blue-collar MC writes spiteful chants for the permanently scarred, death letters for the forgotten, surly hymns for charcoal lungs. Think Bukowski on an eloquent bender, swapping wine for whiskey, a notepad for a glowing LED screen, the race track for the recording booth. These are anthems for the irate, over-educated and under-valued. ... more

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