Carpe Diem på den morsomme måde

Way back i 1989 i en lille provinsby på Djursland, hvis navn jeg knap husker, havde jeg den fornøjelse at overhøre en Dr. Hook koncert for en lille udvalgt skare bestående af få entusiaster og lidt flere karle og landsbyungdom, der bare ikke havde anden anledning til at drikke sig stive i hegnet.

Denne perle af en sang blev naturligvis spillet sammen med de andre travere og hits.

Det handler om at leve livet, hvis man ellers lige er i stand til det, så er det selvironi, så det batter. Jeg kendte på den tid rigeligt med hashvrag (undskyld det ligefremme udtryk, men vrag er desværre et præcist ord for en del), men heldigvis var jeg så langsomt begyndt at afslå at deltage i den del af festen af samme årsag. Senere da jeg blev studerende og oplevede, i hvor mange dage det ellers højtbesungne rusmiddel sløvede sindet, var det definitivt slut. Men sangen her, dens humor og selvironi er stadig lang mere værd, end en glorie pudset af dydens smalle sti.

Og teksten, ja, den skal i også have på skrift:

I was sitting in my basement I just rolled myself a taste
Of something green and gold and glorious to get me through the day
Then my friend yelled through the transom "Grab your coat and get your hat son
There's a nut down on the corner, givin' dollar bills away"


But I laid around a bit
Then I had another hit
Then I rolled myself a bauma
Then I thought about my mama
Then I fooled around, played around
Jacked around a while and then


I got stoned and I missed it
I got stoned and I missed it
I got stoned and it rolled right by
I got stoned and I missed it
I got stoned and I missed it
I got stoned oh me oh my

Now it took seven months of urging just to get that local virgin
With the sweet face up to my place to fool around a bit
Next day she woke up rosy and she snuggled up so cosy
When she asked me how I liked it Lord it hurt me to admit


I was stoned and I missed it
I was stoned and I missed it
I was stoned and it rolled right by
I was stoned and I missed it
I was stoned and I missed it
I was stoned oh me oh my


Now I ain't makin' no excuses for the many things I uses
Just to sweeten my relationships and brighten up my day
But when my earthly race is over and I'm ready for the clover
And they ask me how my life has been I guess I'll have to say


I was stoned and I missed it
I was stoned and I missed it
I was stoned and it rolled right by
I was stoned and I missed it
I was stoned and I missed it
I was stoned oh me oh my