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Sleep Deprivation (aka The Tom song)
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This is a bluesy song about the joy of being tired from simply too much partying.
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Singer/songwriter as well as plenty of popular singalong covers that will get you tapping your toes and make you think all at the same time.
I perform solo or with my band "Good Enough". I have written and recorded a few songs which I share for your listening pleasure. I hope you enjoy.
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Guitar
Charts
Peak #372
Peak in subgenre #102
Author
Chris Neil
Rights
Yes
Uploaded
February 26, 2009
Track Files
MP3
MP3 4.0 MB • 128 kbps • 4:20
Story behind the song
I wrote this song about a friend of mine named Tom who battled throat cancer and won but later lost his life to a heart attack. About 8 months before he died, Tom walked into the bar, in a fashion only Tom could do and sat down next to me. I looked at him and he looked a little ragged, more than usual. So I said, "Hey Tom, are you ok man?". And in his raspy tone he replied, "Yea man, I'm just sufferin' from sleep deprivation and way too much fun." And so the song was born from that line and modeled after the life I knew Tom to lead. A love of playing the blues harp, drinking too much whiskey and his lovely daughter Lisa who he didn't know he had until the last few years of his life. RIP Tom.
Lyrics
A gallon of whiskey and a carton of smokes Sittin' around tellin dirty jokes I got four hours sleep on day number five And I'm just lucky enough to be alive And I'm sufferin from that sleep deprivation and too much fun My eyes bloodshot hard to stay awake I think I feel the start of the shakes My throat so horse I can barely talk I'm gonna drink till I can't walk And I'm sufferin from that sleep deprivation and too much fun Well if I'm gonna die I'm gonna die with a smile Not all stiff cause it ain't my style I wanna play drink smoke cuss rhythm and blues And keep it goin I got nothin to lose but A gallon of whiskey and a carton of smokes Sittin' around tellin dirty jokes I got four hours sleep on day number five And I'm just lucky enough to be alive And I'm sufferin from that sleep deprivation and too much fun Well if I'm gonna die I'm gonna die with a smile Not all stiff cause it ain't my style I wanna play drink smoke cuss rhythm and blues And keep it goin I got nothin to lose but A gallon of whiskey and a carton of smokes Doin things that offend some folks I got four hours sleep on day number five And I'm just lucky enough to be alive And I'm sufferin from that sleep deprivation and too much fun Well if I'm gonna die I'm gonna die with a smile Not all stiff cause it ain't my style I wanna play drink smoke cuss rhythm and blues And keep it goin I got nothin to lose My eyes bloodshot hard to stay awake I think I feel the start of the shakes My throat so horse I can barely talk I'm gonna drink till I can't walk And I'm sufferin from that sleep deprivation and too much fun And I'm sufferin from that sleep deprivation and too much fun And I'm sufferin from that sleep deprivation and too much fun
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