L.A. in the summer of '69 I went downtown and bought me some wine I wasted my head on a bottle of juice And now the grape won't cut me loose Well, I'm a wino man Well, don't you know I am? Great god almighty, don't you know I'm a wino man?
36, 24, hips about 30 Seen a fine lady and I started talkin' dirty She looked at me and then she raised her thumb And said: "Jam down the road, you funky-ass bum" Well, I'm a wino man Well, don't you know I am? Great god almighty, don't you know that I'm a wino man?
I went to the country And while I was gone I lost control of my body functions On a roller-headed lady's front lawn I'm so ashamed, but I'm a wino man And I can't help myself
I've been drinkin' all night till my eyes got red Stumbled on the gutter and busted my head Bugs in my zoot suit have me scratchin' like a dog Can't stand no water, and I stink like a hog Give me a five-dollar bill And an overcoat too Give me a five-dollar bill And an overcoat too Five-dollar bill and an overcoat too Five-dollar bill and a Florsheim shoe ... (FZ aka Lamarr Bruister)
* Playground Psychotics * Zoot Allures
Basic track probably: Paramount Studios, LA Spring 1972 Overdubs: Bolic Sound May 30, 1973 and June 1, 1973
Ricky Lancelotti--vocal FZ--guitar George Duke--piano, clavinet Erroneous--bass Aynsley Dunbar--drums Ian Underwood--saxophone Bruce Fowler--trombone Sal Marquez--trumpet