The Alcoholic

Album: Senior (2010)
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Songfacts®:

  • Svein Berge of Royksopp told BBC's Newsbeat about this song: "With that track we had this romantic, nostalgic idea based on this hobo who hitchhikes on trains and travels from place to place.
    He's not an alcoholic in that sad way one would think of an alcoholic. He is much more of a drifter and dreamer."

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