Chap. 8: Whiskey Lullaby
(A/N: I do NOT own this song, it's an Alison Krauss/Brad Paisley song. I wrote this fic around it. :3)
Months later, Eusine and Bugsy took the the stage in Ecruteak. They'd become successful singers, after so long. Bugsy spoke to the crowd.
"This song was written for a true story." He said. "A real-life movie. Took a few months to write it, but here it is....."
Brawly began playing a soft guitar solo. Eusine took the mic.
"He put him out like the burning end of a midnight cigarette,
He broke his heart: He spent his whole life trying to forget....
We watched him drink his pain away, a little at a time,
But he never could get drunk enough to get him off his mind,
Until the night...."
Bugsy now sang with him, in harmony.
"...He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger.
And finally drank away his memory.
Life is short, but this time it was bigger,
Than the strength he had to get up off his knees.
We found him with his face down in the pillow,
With a note that said: "I'll love him till I die."
And when we buried him beneath the willow,
The angels sang a whiskey lullabye..."
Now it was Bugsy's turn for a solo. He stood and took a deep breath, then sang.
"The rumors flew... but nobody knew how much he blamed himself...
For years and years, he tried to hide the whiskey on his breath.
He finally drank his pain away, a little at a time,
But he never could get drunk enough to get him off his mind,
Until the night....."
Eusine rejoined him once more, taking the same harmony Bugsy had taken before.
"He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger.
And finally drank away his memory.
Life is short, but this time it was bigger,
Than the strength he had to get up off his knees.
We found him with his face down in the pillow,
Clinging to his picture for dear life.
We laid him next to him beneath the willow,
While the angels sang a whiskey lullabye......"
Brawly stopped playing for the familiar last measures of the song, which both sang a capella:
"La- la- la- la- la- la- la...
La- la- la- la- la- la- la..."
And a standing ovation ran though the theater.
(A/N: I do NOT own this song, it's an Alison Krauss/Brad Paisley song. I wrote this fic around it. :3)
Months later, Eusine and Bugsy took the the stage in Ecruteak. They'd become successful singers, after so long. Bugsy spoke to the crowd.
"This song was written for a true story." He said. "A real-life movie. Took a few months to write it, but here it is....."
Brawly began playing a soft guitar solo. Eusine took the mic.
"He put him out like the burning end of a midnight cigarette,
He broke his heart: He spent his whole life trying to forget....
We watched him drink his pain away, a little at a time,
But he never could get drunk enough to get him off his mind,
Until the night...."
Bugsy now sang with him, in harmony.
"...He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger.
And finally drank away his memory.
Life is short, but this time it was bigger,
Than the strength he had to get up off his knees.
We found him with his face down in the pillow,
With a note that said: "I'll love him till I die."
And when we buried him beneath the willow,
The angels sang a whiskey lullabye..."
Now it was Bugsy's turn for a solo. He stood and took a deep breath, then sang.
"The rumors flew... but nobody knew how much he blamed himself...
For years and years, he tried to hide the whiskey on his breath.
He finally drank his pain away, a little at a time,
But he never could get drunk enough to get him off his mind,
Until the night....."
Eusine rejoined him once more, taking the same harmony Bugsy had taken before.
"He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger.
And finally drank away his memory.
Life is short, but this time it was bigger,
Than the strength he had to get up off his knees.
We found him with his face down in the pillow,
Clinging to his picture for dear life.
We laid him next to him beneath the willow,
While the angels sang a whiskey lullabye......"
Brawly stopped playing for the familiar last measures of the song, which both sang a capella:
"La- la- la- la- la- la- la...
La- la- la- la- la- la- la..."
And a standing ovation ran though the theater.