Dr days' elixir

Story Behind The Song

i like writing story songs with comical characters, inspired by sex drugs n rock n roll in the old west

Song Description

song about aphrodisiacs,set in the old west

Song Length 3:10 Genre Unique - General, Folk - Contemporary
Lead Vocal Male Vocal Mood Pleasant, Jovial
Subject Doctor, General Language English
Era 2000 and later

Lyrics

dr day used to ride the stage
trying to sell his elixir of love,
he'd roll into town ,tall hat, black gown,
with his doctors bag up above
and on his trail for many a day,
was martial mason who was hard as stone
who swore he'd put doc down in a hole in the ground,
for what he knew the doc had done

martial mason had a sweet young girl
most always by his side
but he caught her with the doctor
and he swore he'd have docs hide
doctor day drank his cares away
with his love potion in his hand,
as he gadded around the badlands
just to show off what he had

chorus
he sang
wild wild women will make you feel alright
and dr days elixir'll help you make it through the night
he said I'm one for the ladies ,
here's a drink to you and me
don't be foolish don't be hasty
be happy

the doctor loved the ladies and the ladies fell for him
and at the dead of night he'd be alright in a room at the local inn
on the night mason found him, there were two ladies in his bed
but the doctor said "wait marshall, now is the time to use your head"

chorus

wild wild women will make you feel alright,
and dr days elixir'll help you make it through the night,
heres a one for the ladies,heres a drink to you and me,
don't be foolish don't be hasty, be happy,

well since that night everything's alright
between the doctor and his marshall friend
the feud that was between them is surely at an end
saddle up, hit the trail, slap leather
drinking docs elixir of love
and they sing these words together
like the eagle and the dove

chorus
he said wild wild women will make you feel alright
and dr days elixir'll help you
makeit through the night
he said "I'm one for the ladies
here's a drink to you and me
don't be foolish, don't be hasty be happy"
don't be foolish don't be hasty be happy
don't be foolish don't be hasty be happy


I like the acoustic vibe of the song. Lovely guitars. The melody is strong. It's catchy. The vocal performance is great and effective use of backing vocals. The lyrics are engaging, entertaining and very nicely constructed; superb story telling. Great recording quality. The song is reminiscent of The Band or The Eagles.

Interesting piece, very good story-telling. The vocal works well for this song, and the Americana-style instrumentation sounds solid. Overall enjoyable tune.

We've all seen the western shows with some "doctor" salesman promoting his miracle elixir to the crowd and the buyers lining up. This song takes it a little further and turns it into a folksy ballad that makes the story into a song. Nicely sung, and the instrumentation is so fun to listen to.

All good stuff. Reminded be a little bit of 'The Eagles'. Great overall sound and presentation.

voice reminds me of paul simon. bring that reverb level down from vox it makes it to muddy. lower the bzcking vox so that they don't interfere with lead vox. whole mix needs to be rethought but nice idea.

A fun song, that kind of reminds me of the Eagles.

Fun song, great tune, nice voices. Very clever old west song, a story, a ballad, a tale of the itinerant elixir seller and the ladies of the day and time in the west. I like it very much.

Fun stuff and good song. My toes were tapping and I was singing along by the end of the song. Quality of recording was spot on, mixed well.

Lyrics Dennis Makepeace Music Dennis Makepeace
Producer Dennis Makepeace Performance Dennis Makepeace

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