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Old 09-08-2009, 07:31 PM   #2
bjm7777
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Default Re: Salute And Booze

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Originally Posted by ANTHONY ROBERSON View Post
Is this song about giving up the drink? It's one of my favorite songs that Gord has ever written, and there seems to be some lyrics that can allude to going dry...

"May all of your martinis be forever dry" (A cool double entendre?)
"It seems to me like I've been here before" (A reference to when he dealt with problems by driniking?)
There's more, but maybe I'm so far off that I need to stop there!


I may be way off here, and trust me, it won't be the first time. Yet I always think of this song as someone telling an alcholic that there's a lot more living to do.

What do you think?
Yeah, I think the song is about stopping drinking. In a 1980's interview he said "It's all in the song..." when asked about his past problem. I think it was the Alan Thicke Show" again. Gord was also specific that he didn't "join an organization" to help him stop. The rest of us, like me, joined AA....
And I agree - it IS a cool double entendre...
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