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Drunken Dreamer

from The Restless by Karen Jonas

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lyrics

troubled dreamer always singing the blues
your mama’s eyes in your daddy’s shoes
maybe you never should have moved so far from Tennessee
haunted by drugs and sweet tea

dapper dreamer with your vintage looks
horn-rimmed glasses and your history books
you told us the ways of the truckers and the trains
the desolate son of a famous man

slippin’ down the hill again
slidin’ down low again

drunken dreamer with a bloody nose
lost in the sadness of the songs that you wrote
it’s a pit that we all peer into sometimes
and try to back away real slow

tragic dreamer always said you would go
angels calling your star-crossed soul
every needle in the haystack every motel on the road
you said it yourself you’d never win

slippin’ down the hill again
slidin’ down low again

you were chasing down that dreamer’s high
the fickle love of the sweet spotlight
I know what that’s like I know what that’s like
you warned us all in a hundred times
how you’d drown or lose or give up your fight
well godspeed my friend, godspeed tonight

broken dreamer stagger on the stage
call up your wife and get clean again
it seemed like you’d finally beaten that game
when Nashville’s hopelessness called your name

blue-eyed dreamer fell one last time
the lonely shadows of an August night
I hope you found peace, freedom at last
from all the troubles you had

slippin’ down the hill again
slidin’ down low again
slippin’ down the hill again
slidin’ down low again

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from The Restless, released March 3, 2023

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Karen Jonas Fredericksburg, Virginia

The Restless (3.3) is “a stunning collection of dreamy and dark alt-country confessionals; a deep exploration of love and vulnerability from one of Americana’s most hopeless romantics” (Holler.Country). As Parklife Mag DC put it, “the voice of country music in the DMV is a big, bright voice that belongs to Virginia native Karen Jonas.” ... more

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