The Old 97's are an Alternative country band originally based in Dallas, Texas. The group formed in 1993 and took their name from an old country song popularized by Johnny Cash, "Wreck of the Old 97." They describe themselves as a rock band with influences as varied as the Kinks, the Beatles, the Pixies, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, and Merle Haggard. The band often performs country standards made famous by the latter two musicians, and has interspersed a number of these on their half-dozen albums over the last decade. The band originally feuded with Ryan Adams of fellow alt-country band Whiskeytown, but both are on good terms today. Wikipedia
Lyrics
Old 97's - Doreen
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When I first met Doreen She was barely seventeen. She was drinking whiskey sours in the bar.
The way she tossed 'em back I would've had a heart attack. But as it is I let her drive my car.
We galloped through the boroughs Like a pair of horny thoroughbreds, Until I said, ";Stop the car, Doreen.";
Well you can roll your eyes and nod But I swear that I saw God, In the moonlight on a side street in the wreckage we call Queens.
Doreen, Doreen, Last night I had an awful dream. You were laying in the arms of a man I'd never seen. Come clean Doreen. Come clean Doreen.
Well I'm pulling into Cleveland In a seven-seater tour van. There's eight of us, so I'm sleeping on the floor.
The guy that plays the banjo Keeps on handing me the Old Crow, Which multiplies my sorrow, I can't take it anymore.
Doreen, Doreen, last night I had an awful dream. You were laying in the arms of a man I'd never seen. Come clean Doreen. Come clean Doreen.
Now I'm begging and I'm pleading, ";Well pull over guys, I'm bleeding. There's a Fina off the highway with a phone.";
I'm calling you Doreen, But it rings and rings and rings. Where is it that you are, if you aren't in our bed at home.
Doreen, Doreen, last night I had an awful dream. You were laying in the arms of a man I'd never seen. Come clean Doreen. Come clean Doreen.
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