Love Is Like A Bottle Of Gin

Love Is Like A Bottle Of Gin is in the unusual time signature of 21/8, which gives a lilting emphasis to each line. Having established a rhythm through the metre and repetition in each line ('It does this... / It does that...'), the song breaks the rhythm in the last line with the let-down, 'A bottle of gin is not like love'.

Links:

• [Recording of live performance] for KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic as part of archived radio interview (Love Is Like A Bottle Of Gin begins 27min 35secs in)
• [Lyrics and guitar tab] from stephinsongs web site.