“Mr. Bojangles” is a song that drew the portrait of a down-and-out traveling man named Bojangles who danced a lick across his jail cell, yet still mourned his dog after twenty years. Its lyrics were inspired by a stranger Jerry Jeff Walker met during his time in a New Orleans jail after being arrested in the French Quarter on July 5, 1965.
The lesson from the song is that when one has all the talent to live life to the fullest, alcohol can take it all away like a thief. How does the Bible describe this tax-revenue-making drug?
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
Whoredom, wine, and new wine, which take away the understanding.
Proverbs 23:31-32
Do not look on the wine when it is red,
When it sparkles in the cup,
When it swirls around smoothly;
At the last it bites like a serpent,
And stings like a viper.
Give it some thought before it is too late.
Gary