Three Drinks - Craig Finn

She had a strange kind of presence.

Restrained but still wild

Someone said she’d been a star as a child

All that was left was this druggy despair.

She had a ribbon on her wrist and

chains in her hair

There was bloodsucker blues in the lobby at dusk

She blew smoke in my face and it felt like a bus

The chef cut his finger off.

The waiter got fired

I only took notes to try to come off inspired

She was quick on the uptake and slow on the train

The conductor roused us awake on the plains

We got off in Katonah because she thought it was Spain

She handled disappointment pretty well

It takes 1 2 3 drinks

And now she’s not so frightened

It takes 4 and 5 and 6

And then she’s sick

But in the hour in between

She feels holy and redeemed

Blessed and blissful.

Painless and serene

She had a strange kind of presence

She had blood on her lips

Someone said she’d been a star as a kid

She said she wrote stories.

I’m not sure she did

She said she wrote screenplay.

I’m not sure she did

She said she wrote novels.

Man, I know that she didn’t

It takes 1 2 3 drinks

And now she’s not so frightened

It takes 4 and 5 and 6

And then she’s sick

But in the hour in between

She feels holy and redeemed

Blessed and blissful.

Painless and serene

She left the room to put on her face

I went through her purse.

It was all pills and mace

She said its so hard to choose between space and time

She mostly just smoked and drank wine

She had a strange kind of presence.

Restrained but still wild

Someone said she’d been a star as a child

All that was left was this druggy despair.

She had a bow on her wrist and

chains in her hair

It takes 1 2 3 drinks

And now she’s not so frightened

It takes 4 and 5 and 6

And then she’s sick

It goes 7 8 9

For a while I thought she died

But she was smiling when she was rolling back her eyes

I woke up at four and she wasn’t in bed.

There was a fire in the kitchen and it

felt like my head

She didn’t leave a note just some cigs in the sink

I went down to the bar and came back with three drinks

She had a strange kind of presence.

Restrained but still wild

Someone said she’d been a star as a child