Holy Drinkers

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2.Andreas, with money in his pocket, goes to a restaurant and eats and drinks plentifully. The following morning he goes to a fancy café, but after becoming alarmed by his disheveled appearance in a mirror, goes to a nearby barber. Smartened up ,and rejuvenated, he returns to the café, some self-esteem restored. A gentleman sitting nearby offers him a job helping him and his wife move home. After two days work he is paid 200 francs.He spends a little on drink, and too much on a hotel room.
There's a scene in Olmi's film that isn't in the book, where Andreas has a vision of his long dead parents sitting at a table in the restaurant/café where he is slowly drinking himself into oblivion.It's that scene that informs the chorus of this song.

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Silver lamps light on the quayside
I will bless what I've found, I will drink 'till I drown
Four winds blow me dry and lonely
I will eat 'till I'm tired, I will slumber and slide

All the souls are lingering
Mother and father and all of their kin
In this way station for dying breeds
Holy drinkers in purgatory

Hey little worm-don't you know where you're going
Hey little worm-don't you know where you're bound

The mirror reflects all my defects
Oh my weathered visage, oh my prodigal path
Barber shave me, make me worthy
Call me Sir when I leave, full of nobility

In the café heard a tailor say
He's in need of a man, he'll pay 200 francs
So I laboured in the neighbourhood
Helping people move home
Now I'm drinking alone

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from Holy Drinker, released September 4, 2020

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Robert Sunday London, UK

Robert Sunday is a solo acoustic singer-songwriter who combines elements of traditional folk,americana,poetry,and cinematic allusions.He played his first gig at Cecil Sharp House in March 2011 on the release of his debut EP 'Butterfly Hairslide' on the Rif Mountain label.Since then he has played regularly in London.This summer saw the release of his long awaited second EP 'Kith And Kin'. ... more

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