Drinking My Whiskey, Drinking My Wine

• By: Ramblin’ Dog
• Album: We Will Voodoo You

Lyrics:

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
woke /woʊk/ A1	verb - past tense of wake: to cease sleeping; to become conscious.
shoes /ʃuːz/ A1	noun - covering for the foot, typically made of leather or similar material.
feet /fiːt/ A1	noun - plural of foot: the end part of the leg below the ankle, on which a person stands and walks.
clothes /kloʊz/ A1	noun - items worn to cover the body.
baby /ˈbeɪbi/ A1	noun - a very young child
need /niːd/ A1	verb - require (something) because it is essential or very important.
drinking /ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ/ A1	verb - present participle of drink: to consume (a liquid).
whiskey /ˈwɪski/ A2	noun - a type of spirit distilled from grain.
wine /waɪn/ A1	noun - an alcoholic drink made from fermented grapes.
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - be aware of (something) through touching.
good /ɡʊd/ A1	adjective - to be desired or approved of.
fine /faɪn/ A2	adjective - of high quality; good
missing /ˈmɪsɪŋ/ A2	adjective - not present or found.
wish /wɪʃ/ A2	verb - feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable.
yearning /ˈjɜːrnɪŋ/ B2	verb - to have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from.
liquor /ˈlɪkər/ B1	noun - an alcoholic drink, especially distilled spirits.
booze /buːz/ B2	noun - alcoholic drink.
save /seɪv/ A2	verb - keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or risk.

Grammar:

• well I woke up this morning with my shoes on my feet

  ➔ Simple Past Tense

  ➔ Uses the past tense verb "woke up" to describe a completed action in the past. The use of "this morning" further clarifies the timing.

• wondering who did I meet

  ➔ Embedded Question

  ➔ Uses an embedded question. Instead of directly asking "Who did I meet?", it's embedded within the statement "wondering who did I meet". The word order changes.

• she's all that I need

  ➔ Relative Clause with omission of relative pronoun

  ➔ A relative clause is used. The full clause would be "she's all *that* I need", where "that" is the relative pronoun. The pronoun can be omitted here because it is the object of the clause.

• makes me feel good Lord makes me feel fine

  ➔ Causative Verb 'make'

  ➔ The verb "make" is used in its causative form. "makes me feel good" means something *causes* you to feel good. The structure is "make + object + base form of verb".

• oh Lord I wish she was mine

  ➔ Second Conditional (Wish Clause)

  ➔ Uses the "wish" construction to express a desire for something that is not currently true or possible. The structure is "wish + subject + past simple". Here, the speaker wishes the baby *was* theirs, implying it is not.

• I'm going going out every evening, the bottle in my hand

  ➔ Present Continuous (repeated action)

  ➔ The Present Continuous is used here not just for an action happening now, but for an action that is happening repeatedly over a period of time, in this case every evening. While grammatically questionable, it is used to emphasize the habit. It is very informal.

• well I'm drinking well I'm yearning my liquor, my friend

  ➔ Gerund as Object of Preposition ('yearning my liquor')

  ➔ The phrase "yearning my liquor" is grammatically incorrect. It likely meant to be 'yearning for my liquor', using 'yearning' as a gerund following the preposition 'for'. This form shows the action of yearning as the object of the preposition. In speech (especially song) this is sometimes altered for effect.