Two shots of happy, one shot of sad..

Bono and The Edge co-wrote this song for Sinatra, but Frank died without ever recording it. :( Recently a kid named Matt Dusk did.. not too badly, either. Hm. You can sort of see Sinatra's life in the lyrics. Interesting song, by two interesting guys.



Two shots of happy, one shot of sad
You think I'm no good, well I know I've been bad
Took you to a place, now you can't get back
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad

Walked together down a dead end street
We were mixing the bitter with the sweet
Don't try to figure out what we might have had
Just two shots of happy, one shot of sad

I'm just a singer, some say a sinner
Rolling the dice, not always a winner
You say I've been lucky, well hell I've made my own
Not part of the crowd, but not feeling alone

Under pressure, but not bent out of shape
Surrounded, we always found an escape
Drove me to drink, but hey that's not all bad
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad

Guess I've been greedy, all of my life
Greedy with my children, my lovers, my wife
Greedy for the good things as well as the bad
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad

Maybe it's just talk, saloon singing
The chairs are all stacked, the swinging's stopped swinging
You say I hurt you, you had put the finger on yourself
Then after you did, you came crying for my help

Two shots of happy, one shot of sad
I'm not complaining, baby I'm glad
You call it a compromise, well what's that?
Two shots of happy, one shot of sad

Two shots of happy, one shot of sad



..well, from my standpoint, that's not such a bad mix. :)

I wouldn't mind getting to a 2/1 blend in life. I could live with that.