Me & McAlevey

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Hey Mac, you'll never guess what happened while you were away What's been happening to you started happening to me I found your old letters Shoved inside High Tide and Green Grass Last night And I hope you don't mind But I stole the opening line for a song of mine And Mac, it's true If I could write like you Well I'm sure sometimes I'd go a little cuckoo, too [Verse 2] I know the winters are hard in Maine And your songs about lobstermen Well I know they don't pay But it's hard down here, too Trying to make a living writing about snakes and cockatoos And it made me mad When they used your song in that Volvo ad And you barely got a dime I said "Mac, it's not fair" You said "Walt, I really don't care" As you filled out your W-9 [Verse 3] I know your Irish heart is strong And rich with rhymes and noble lines from ancient songs But again it comes undone And the dumb rum just rots your gut and twists your tongue [Verse 4] Now with a marble in my throat I watch those ferryboats And button high my long black coat 'Cause the season ends And summer friends Leave for the mainland Yeah, the season ends But old dogs like us, my friend We ain't going nowhere, man Yeah the season ends And summer friends Leave for the mainland The season ends But old dogs like us, my friend We ain't going nowhere, man We ain't going nowhere, man