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Wishful Drinking

from Light In The Dark by Matt Nakoa

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Wishful Drinking

Wishful drinking again last night
Trying to keep you off of my mind
Can’t find peace in the neon light
Lord, you know how hard I've tried

Fell punch drunk for a sugar cane rum
Made my lips and fingertips numb
Kissed my skin and whispered in tongues
But all at once the rum was gone
Wishful drinking all along

And I like to dine with a bitter red wine
Makes me feel so rich and refined
Floats my heart and bloats my mind
But late last night the wine went dry
Wishful drinking every time

Heartbreaks and Headaches
Always hand in hand
Fill these years like bottles of tears
Now I can hardly stand
All my blissful thinking
Thinking I’ve moved on
Is only wishful drinking
When the night becomes the dawn

Wishful Drinking again last night
Trying to keep you off of my mind
Can’t find peace in the neon light
Lord, you know how hard I tried

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from Light In The Dark, released March 17, 2012
Matt Nakoa - vocals, acoustic guitars, piano, organ. Eric French - slide guitar. Walter Skorupski - bass. Corey Schreppel - drums.

Recorded by James Zaner @ Bluejay Studios, Neale Eckstein @ Fox Run Studios, & Corey Schreppel @ The Schrepcot Center
Mixed by Corey Schreppel @ The Schrepcot Center
Mastered by Jonathan Wyner @ M-Works Mastering
Produced by Matt Nakoa & Corey Schreppel

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Matt Nakoa New York

Matt Nakoa is an award-winning songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. A modern troubadour, he makes his home on the highways and concert stages of America, and appears regularly with folk music icon Tom Rush. The Boston Globe says of Nakoa, “Between his piano chops and heartfelt originals on guitar, he drops jaws.” ... more

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