Scotch And Water Blues

Please note: the following are fan-transcribed lyrics from the 1990s; transcribed from Spin Doctors live tapes; taken as-is from the original “Spin Doctors Information Page” (defunct since 2001).

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I’ve held your hand and sunk your ships
And I can read our future in the whiskey on your lips
Watch this ice a-melting; cool glass magnify my palms
And from the church on Sunday evening comes the sifted sound of psalms

Things they go and then come around to stops
Now my baby’s just a breeze through the treetops

Glass in my hand, my back to the door
My one consolation is I ain’t your man anymore

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Lyrics used by permission