The Ballad of Dave Coutier

True story that I decided to put into this format versus narrative.

This is my tale of ole Dave Coutier

And how we traveled together day after day

With the fun and the bars and the weed and the girls and the beer.

 

It was '94 when we first met

'twas a time in my life I would never forget

We were barely 18 at the time and we had no fear.

 

Ole Dave was a bit more older man

And apparently was Canadian

But nothing could stop him from coming back to Tennessee.

 

He didn't say much but when he did

He kept the whole room interested

He wound up being a great companion to me.

 

Since we were all underage but wanted to drink

We asked ole Dave to be our missing link

To allow us to acquire the wine and the booze.

 

The first time we tried was sort of met with a smirk

We didn't even know if it would work

But Dave tried it 'cuz, hell, we really had nothing to lose.

 

Out the Kenjo he walked with that first 12 pack

Then we tore up the night drinkin' beers in a sack

We raised hell from that point to the first shining light of dawn.

 

Night after night, Dave helped us get ripped

The fun we all had, you just couldn't script

But drinking at home all the time was sort of a yawn.

 

We got ballsy with Dave one night in the car

And decided to try our luck at the bar

And what do you know, the ole gal fell for Dave's charms.

 

At the Knoxville Hooters, we drank and we ate

Bottles covered the table, bones piled on the plate

We got so sick but to that there should be no alarm.

 

The fun from the parties got a bit old

We all split, some enlisted, others enrolled

But ole Dave stayed true and was always right by my side.

 

At 20, Dave's tricks didn't work anymore

Nope, not at the bar or at the liquor store

Dave was let down and that was something that he couldn't hide.

 

I tried to stop him but he wanted to go

And there's something else that I thought you should know

I was as much a part of Dave as he was a part of me.

 

Me and Dave never met face to face

We didn't even live near the same place

Dave Coutier was just the name on my fake I.D.

Reviews

[Hoosier Belle]

really awesome write, the flow is impressive so the rhyme scheme. i give to you a 100% ♥