Demon Rum

from 2015 Songaweek by HB Radke

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Reggae song about evil spirit in a bottle of spirits.

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went on holiday
with my baby
someplace tropical
not too shady
booked a red eye
discount flight
popped a couple pills
slept through the night

the next day
woke up in paradise
three star place
it was very nice
vacation just begun
room service knocked
complimentary rum

demon rum
demon rum
oh lord what have i become
my happy life has come undone
all because of demon rum

we like the ocean
we like the sea
thats the place we'd rather be
so we went to rent a boat
paid with cash a stack of notes

we headed out with the noon day sun
a perfect day had just begun
went to the galley to mix some fun
there were two pineapples and demon rum

demon rum
demon rum
oh lord what have i become
my happy life has come undone
all because of demon rum

BRIDGE
We popped the crown on a scary looking bottle
the engine died when we hit the throttle
dark clouds swirled the skies turned black
with no way of turning back

i went to pour another round when i went for the rum and I had found
the empty bottle knocked on its side
out of rum I could have cried

our pleasure cruise all but over
soon we would both be sober

in the grips of our boating crisis
no rum to drink just pineapple slices
adrift at sea miles from Kingston
innocent victims of the demon rum
No radio - cellphone signal
no one in sight nary a seagull
opened a storage locker out with a thud
thirty three pounds of the stickiest buds

Well demon rum so long son
you tried your best but we are done
getting baked in the setting sun
overboard goes demon rum

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from 2015 Songaweek, track released April 2, 2015
Written Performed and Produced by HB Radke Inspired from premise by A. Itskovich

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HB Radke Seattle, Washington

HB Radke has music in his blood. The son of Harry James Orchestra frontman Fred Radke and vocalist Gina Funes, HB started on the trumpet at the age of 8. He started his own big band just a few years after that. His career as a vocalist began in his teens.

For 2011 he has resolved to write and record at least one original song per week. As of September 2011, he is 4 weeks ahead of schedule. ... more

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