Butch Lacy, "Moonshine"

Butch tries some "Moonshine," an original he has performed any times live with Soul Candy. Usually to give his bandmates a 4:45 second smoker break, or whatever they call them.

Actually, the mood for this song grew out of the swamps of Georgia...and the hills of Arkansas. And wouln't you know it, it goes just perfectly with the rape scene in Deliverance.

Lyrics:

A rainy day is the best kind of day
Can you spare a little moonshine?
Say when are you gonna be mine?

Wash away my plans
Like the castles in the sands
I can't seem to get it right

Hassle with a man
Won't you stash away the love you planned
For me and you tonight

Chorus:
I want a little lady
Gonna love me surely
Surely little mama
Come and love me all night

Lay me here
Between the fields and the willows
Out on the side of the road

Linger just a while
And blow a kiss that'll float on a pillow to me for a million miles

I want you to stay
In the worst kind of way
Let's make us a little love child

(CHORUS)

Walking barefoot in the pond
While you wave you magic wand
Skipping some pebbles across the way
Make a wish for me today
I think I'm gonna be OK

Nothing here to fear
I've got the clouds in my rear view mirror
And I feel really cold

I watch you dissappear
The more I draw you near
My weary, weary soul

(CHORUS)

THE VIDEO is a clip from Deliverance, a 1972 Warner Bros. motion picture drama directed by John Boorman. Principal cast members include Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox, Jon Voight, and, in his film debut, Ned Beatty. The film is based on a 1970 novel of the same name by American author James Dickey, who has a small role in the film as the sheriff. The screenplay was written by Dickey and an uncredited Boorman.

Widely acclaimed as a landmark film, Deliverance is the story of four suburban professional men from Atlanta on a weekend canoe and camping trip.

The film is noted for the memorable music scene near the beginning that sets the tone for what lies ahead: a trip into unknown and potentially dangerous territory.

Traveling in pairs on the river, the foursome's two canoes are briefly separated. Pausing briefly to get their bearings, Bobby and Ed encounter a pair of grizzled hillbillies (Bill McKinney and Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward) emerging from the woods, one wielding a loaded shotgun. A stray comment by Ed about a "still" causes the hillbillies to think the two are federal agents looking for moonshiners, and Bobby is forced at gunpoint to strip naked. His ear is twisted to bring him to his hands and knees, and then ordered to "squeal like a pig" as McKinney's character proceeds to sodomize him. Ed is bound to a tree and held at gunpoint by the other man, who is nearly toothless.

One local was played by Randall Leece Deal, a real convicted moonshiner. In 2006, he obtained a pardon for a conspiracy conviction from President George W. Bush.

Hearing the commotion, Lewis (who is wary of danger in the woods) secretly sneaks up and kills the rapist with an arrow from his bow; meanwhile, the other hillbilly quickly escapes into the woods. A brief but hotheaded debate ensues between Lewis and Drew about whether to inform the authorities. Lewis argues that they would not receive a fair trial, as the local jury would be composed of the dead man's friends and relatives; likewise, Bobby does not want what had happened to him to become known. The men vote to side with Lewis' recommendation to bury the dead hillbilly's body and continue on as though nothing had happened.

The film was selected by the New York Times as one of "The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made", while the viewers of Channel 4 in the United Kingdom voted it #45 in a list of The 100 Greatest Films.

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[mikesquatch]

The band did not take a smoker break during this song,we played through the whole thing.even had a nice guitar solo in it.

[jabbamp]

Love your style! Man, you put yourself into that :)

[sixstringvw]

Keep on doing what you love! Check out my originals and let me know what you think!

[believenluv]

I love this song. Surely...The music just draws you in.