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Vodka Dave
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"Somewhere between vodka and death"


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standing in the breadline on Saturday morning

When I looked back then he was there
Vodka Dave and his soul to save
With a rosary round his neck
And what that fuzz was was that hair
That bristled from him everywhere
In the breadline there behind me

Where someone there gave Vodka Dave
A Holy Bible to libel
His drinking because such a wreck
He was one does not look away
And he was thinking of drinking
Able to under the table

I tried not to let him find me
Alone with trouble of my own
And yet he did his id his breath
His hidden bitterness stinking
Unanswered questions in the air
Somewhere between vodka and death

Some things one does not come thinking
Of for the love of Saturday
Morning with no warning that way
His trouble mine in the breadline
When there Vodka Dave was nowhere
Somewhere between vodka and death

The line moved up and I moved on
When I looked back then he was gone

+Steven Curtis Lance



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 Reviews of "Vodka Dave"
Reviewed by Janna Hill
Reviewed on October 4, 2011
Between Vodka & death - makes between a rock and a hard place sound comfortable. You have many great writes Steven.
:) Janna

Reviewed by Jms Bell
Reviewed on October 2, 2011
ONE NEVER KNOWS WHAT OR WHO THEY WILL RUN INTO...AND INSPIRATION COMES FORTH. IT SEEMS LIKE VODKA DAVE IS CERTAINLY ONE THAT NEEDS MUCH PRAYER. BUT, HOLD ON A MOMENT...NOW THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IT...DON'T WE ALL...NEED PRAYER? I MEAN, WE ALL HAVE OUR 'BOTTLES' OF SOMETHING THAT WE RELY ON TO GET US THROUGH THE DAY. SHOULD BE JESUS...BUT HERE I GO...
THANKS FOR SHARING, STEVEN. LOVE, BLESSINGS & FAITH...
JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS


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