{"id":2798,"date":"2019-03-02T19:40:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T00:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2798"},"modified":"2023-07-30T11:24:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T15:24:21","slug":"scupper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=2798","title":{"rendered":"Scupper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a lot to be saved if for drinking supper;<br \/>\ncycle all those liquids as if you&#8217;re human scupper.<\/p>\n<p>Give me one more beer, dear bartender.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m still a few away from being on a bender.<br \/>\nWhen I start to ask for whiskey, that&#8217;s a sign I&#8217;m getting frisky,<br \/>\nand it&#8217;s best if you return me to sender.<\/p>\n<p>I would live in a bar and become a drunk star.<br \/>\nI would detail my antics on line.<br \/>\nI&#8217;d abandon my house and then total my car.<br \/>\nEvery night I&#8217;d mix whiskey with wine.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot to be saved by drinking supper;<br \/>\ncycle them damn liquids around like a human scupper.<\/p>\n<p>A man might dedicate his life to alcohol.<br \/>\nAnd his friends might tell him that he&#8217;s headed for a fall.<br \/>\nBut what&#8217;s the sense of living your life up against the wall?<br \/>\nThe great god of fermentation has provided me my call.<\/p>\n<p>I am loved in liquor stores and cabarets.<br \/>\nMy life is interrupted frequently by short jail stays.<br \/>\nI often see the world as nothing but a bottle maze.<br \/>\nBut I&#8217;m much to old to change my sippin&#8217; ways.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot to be said for drinking  supper;<br \/>\nrun them liquids in and out just like a human scupper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s a lot to be saved if for drinking supper; cycle all those liquids as if you&#8217;re human scupper. 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