1919
Lyrics by K. Sahagian
It was a hot, hot summer 1919
Thirsty first in history
I’d gone to see the soda jerk
He said the sign’s still up
But the taps don’t work
Well the teachers, nurses, mothers, and nuns
Were tired of the working men having fun
So they marched on down sixteen hundred Penn
With their pitchforks raised and
Ever since
Dry love, dry love
Dry love, dry love
Got a job on the underground
With a different crew in a different town
Drove a van from state to state
It was dirty work, but the pay was great
Boys and blue, they’d heard the buzz and
Time and time again I’d face the fuzz
Sirens loud and the dogs were worse
Thank God I pulled the trigger first
Dry love, dry love
Dry love, dry love
See the greatest thing ‘bout those troubled times
Is that Washington didn’t see a dime
Made our way those thirteen years
New a doctor then, prescribing beers
Not a man without a cup, said
Pour it high and spread the love
‘33 we were free at last
Those dry spells had finally passed
Dry love, dry love
Dry love, dry love
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Won’t somebody tell me ‘bout dry love