Some of them are running from lovers
Leaving no forward address
Some are running tons of ganja
Some are running from the IRS.
(Steve Goodman, the dead guy who wrote the song we discussed the other e’en.)
One of my favorites, and a guy who died much too young. I had the pleasure of deciphering the lyrics to "Talk Backwards" from the vinyl, before the Internet existed and they were printed. I remember the day he died . . .
I don't drink (I'm saving the beers for the rest of you), but I have hoisted a Diet Coke or thirty-seven at the Earl of Old Town in memory of Steve and in honor of his buddy, John Prine, while humming "Souvenirs." Song always makes me cry, even when I hum it to myself.