Hush-Hush Bathtub Gin from New Lyrics for a New Album

Posted by on February 24th 2025 @ 8:29 pm

Seems like it would be nice,
just a dalliance once or twice,
but if I flirt with you, ignore what’s proven true,
and sample your sweet vice …

I will fall in, headfirst and drowning.
Your hush-hush bathtub gin can only leave me frowning.
There is no ‘sip or two’ when I am under you;
it might just seem like fun, until I come undone.

No such thing as just one.
Slam me like a megaton;
every time I let your kiss give me a shock of bliss
it’s a bloody ‘hit and run.’

Then I fall in, headfirst and drowning.
Your hush-hush bathtub gin has only left me frowning.
There is no ‘sip or two’ when I am under you;
it might just seem like fun, until I come undone.

So let’s call it day.
I don’t really want to play.
I know you’ll try again to sway me now and then;
it’s in your DNA.

I won’t fall in, headfirst and drowning.
Your hush-hush bathtub gin has only left me frowning.
There is no ‘sip or two’ – I’m finally over you;
remind myself each day, ‘there’s so much more in play’ …
So, forget it.

#24

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Copyright 2025 M. Ryan Taylor

Note: I purposefully left this ambiguous to allow folk to apply it to whatever addictive influence they want to break free from … whether it be an actual person, doom-scrolling on social, some kind of substance abuse (from pills to chocolate brownies to jalapeño cheese puffs), or a self-abusive thought process. Gave me a chance to write a ‘break-up’ song.

Photo: Lisa Zins via Flickr

Ryan's favorite starter ukulele: The Enya Nova U Concert Ukulele 23” on Amazon sounds great, is easy to play, in tune and nearly indestructable. "I left it in the car through the heat of summer to see what would happen, and it still plays beautifully."

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