UNCLE TUPELO APPRECIATION WEEK

By virtue of the power I possess due to paying $10 a month for a blog, I hereby declare March 16-20 to be Uncle Tupelo Appreciation Week (UTAW) and call upon on all bloggers familiar with the boys from Belleville to post their favorite lyrics, anecdotes, close encounters, and so on. I plan on posting something every day from now (very late Wednesday) to Sunday, starting with the lyrics to “Whiskey Bottle” from Uncle Tupelo’s debut album, No Depression:

Persuaded, paraded, inebriated, in doubt
Still aware of everything life carries on without
‘Cause there’s one too many faces with dollar sign smiles
Got to find the shortest path to the bar for a while

A long way from happiness
In a three-hour-away town
Whiskey bottle over Jesus
Not forever, just for now
Not forever, just for now

There’s a trouble around, it’s never far away
The same trouble’s been around for a life and a day
I can’t forget the sound, ’cause it’s here to stay
The sound of people chasing money and money getting away

A long way from happiness
In a three-hour-away town
Whiskey bottle over Jesus
Not forever, just for now
Not forever, just for now

In between the dirt and disgust there must be
Some air to breathe and something to believe
Liquor and guns the sign says quite plain
Somehow life goes on in a place so insane

A long way from happiness
In a three-hour-away town
Whiskey bottle over Jesus
Not forever, just for now
Not forever, just for now