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"The whiskey took a lot of my life" på 3. plass på songramps Country hot 100
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"The whiskey took a lot of my life"

By Martin Vaaland

Genre: Country

Words and music by: Martin Våland
Guitars and backing vocal: Jarle Obrestad


1)
I've been thinking about all the times, I wasn’t there for you.
When you needed me most, I always had things to do.
And all this time, you wonder, if I even cared.
I had no answer; I know I should have been there.
2)
Then I tried to pull of, this regretful stuff.
And you had to say that, you’ve had enough.
Sometimes I wish, you’d said it before if you did, you may had more.
Love in your life and not so much of a war.

Chorus)
I know, you put up a fight.
And I know, you cried all night
Even when you knew, you was right
You never begged, please don’t go away
I was drunk and couldn’t stay.
I’m sorry my wife the whiskey took a lot of my life

3)
I hit the road, whit that travelling band. , I ran away in a Chevy van
just a drifter, not much of a man
but now I know I will do what I can all the way to the promise land
I’m sorry my wife that the bottle got so much of my life


 Country Hot 100, Dec 09, 2004
Title
Genre
Member
1.
NOT THAT LONG AGO
Country
edenmusic
2.
LOVE WITHOUT YOU
Country
edenmusic
3.
THE WISKEY TOOK A LOT OF MY LIFE
Country
Martin Vaaland


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Martin, I really liked the flow of this song. It has a wonderful melody and the lyrics are very touching. It is a bit long for your average country song but is plays well. ----- Paul
Nice song Martin. Your English sounds just fine. ~ Rick
Martin: I'm diggin' this song man. The groove is deep and wide, mellow and heart tuggin'. Glad to have you on the ramp. Dana / dana@royal.net
Nice song Martin , and very good production .Good guitar playing! Peter
Very mellow, Martin. You've really captured some emotions with this. ^Wes
Great songwriting martin,love the acoustic playing.this song hits me pretty good,jack daniels took a good part of my life,became a drifter not much of a man..meet my wife had two boys,became a better man.....but enough of my sappy life........great production as well would like to hear more.....kevin
I like the feel in this song. Good instrumentals vocal fits the song well. Gets my vote Regards
Martin, you wrote some very clever lines - "...love in your life and not so much of a war". Excellent! Very pretty guitar solo...this song is really growing on me as I type. Keep posting! -Mark
Martin- very pretty sounding song. You can essily cut it down to under 4 minutes IMO. Bill
Hey Martin welcome to the ramp, your production is excellent and vocals are great, I would be speeding up this song another 10 clicks at least, it tends to drag for me, editing is good, don't need another chorus at the end. love the instrumental see what you can do with the phrasing of the voice for variation, cause the song seems to lull me into sleep and doesn't really hold my attention. thanks for your review of my song Virginiaflame
Say Martin, like your song here very well put together, the melody and singing makes the story come out so touching,It won't take much to shorten the time and you've sure can sing it too.plus that good pickin going on, Thanks for hitting on Calvary now I know where you are. Jimmy
Excellent vocals (lead and backing). There was a bit of variation in phrasing between lead and backing vocal (to be technical). Clean production. Strong chorus. I really dug the instrumental. Rich.
Beautiful! Perfect production. Thanks. Missoula Slim
Enjoyed this Martin; sounded great to me.
A lovely song! Nice voices, men - excellent harmonizing. Welcome!
Nice vocals/instrumentation. You can'ttell you are from Norway, you sound like you are from the good old USA to me. Good luck with this and all that you do. I hope your daughter gets on well with her projects too. Anna ( Harvina )
Martin, This a beautiful song and one that is now on my favorite list... I completely disagree with virgina flame... this song has the makings of a great song,, it doesnt drag, its supposed to be soulful and melodic...Im a professional artist /songwriter and I think you nailed it.. it shows that Norway writers can nail a beautiful country song.... It gets a vote from this outlaw rebel.... cool work fretclimbers....Johnny
Yeah,another one to go on my favourites.really liked it Martin,and no one would guess that you are not a bonafied country man.Im sure it was the great Hank Williams who said that all it took to write a good song was, a few chords and the truth. -Tony