Starfish Songwriters

The Sandbox => MP3 songs for Review/Critique => Topic started by: guest42 on May 07, 2026, 12:18:05 am

Title: Re: You Can't Pour Tequila Thru A Computer Screen
Post by: guest42 on May 08, 2026, 03:54:03 am

Quote from: whengen on May 07, 2026, 09:59:29 am

Nope, nothing replaces the real-life experiences

Hey Sid ,Yeah texts and comments on the net get confused , if we all talked in a bar , there would be no problems

Thanks

Title: Re: You Can't Pour Tequila Thru A Computer Screen
Post by: guest42 on May 08, 2026, 03:41:33 am

Yeah we still have bartenders in small towns

Title: Re: You Can't Pour Tequila Thru A Computer Screen
Post by: Tex on May 07, 2026, 10:16:19 am

Nailed it again Elvis, is bartending much of a job these days?  Most of the bars that was around here are no longer in business, VFW is still there but I never see more that 6 or 8 cars there at the same time.

Title: Re: You Can't Pour Tequila Thru A Computer Screen
Post by: guest44 on May 07, 2026, 09:59:29 am

Nope, nothing replaces the real-life experiences

Title: Re: You Can't Pour Tequila Thru A Computer Screen
Post by: guest45 on May 07, 2026, 04:40:52 am

Clearly one of your better ones Elvis! Exceptional in fact, the lyrics are prophetic and an insight into the vagaries of contemporary society. This one I really like, well done.
Sid

Title: Re: You Can't Pour Tequila Thru A Computer Screen
Post by: ChrisPrice on May 07, 2026, 03:27:16 am

I love the lyrics to this one. You have a habit of telling it how it is in a very poetic way. Great vocal. Hard to offer crits when something's this good. A terrific song. :)

Title: Re: You Can't Pour Tequila Thru A Computer Screen
Post by: guest48 on May 07, 2026, 01:24:02 am

Well written lyrics! Perfect translation in today's world. Enjoyed listening to it!

Title: You Can't Pour Tequila Thru A Computer Screen
Post by: guest42 on May 07, 2026, 12:18:05 am

https://suno.com/song/02d4f820-713d-4266-9bec-964c9d7a0105

Dust on the bar and a flickering light
Everybody talking but nobody’s right
Typing little wars from a king-size bed
Too scared to say it face-to-face instead

Bartender wiping down another long night
Watching lonely people disappear in blue light
Everybody connected but nobody’s free
Drowning in opinions and anxiety

Chorus

You can’t pour tequila through a computer screen
Can’t clink the glass, can’t say what you mean
Can’t shake a hand when the world goes cold
Can’t hug somebody with a Wi-Fi code
If we’re gonna heal this mess we’re in
Somebody’s gotta walk back in
’Cause you can’t pour tequila
Through a computer screen

Little black phones got everybody mean
Acting like prophets from a gasoline dream
Mama quit calling, buddies quit stopping by
Now the whole world argues digitally at night

Old jukebox playing Merle through the smoke
Truth sounds better when real people joke
Maybe salvation ain’t some grand big plan
Maybe it starts with listening again

Bridge

So put the damn phone down for one more round
Find some lost souls still hanging around
Truth ain’t living inside a feed
It’s sitting across from you drinking cheap whiskey

Final Chorus

You can’t pour tequila through a computer screen
Can’t fake the fire of human beings
Can’t laugh that hard through a set of keys
Can’t build a memory digitally
If we’re gonna save what’s left of us
It starts with showing up in person tonight
’Cause you can’t pour tequila
Through a computer screen