According to the I Drink Songfacts, Mary Gauthier was given up by her birth mother and adopted by a couple from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she grew up. It was a tumultuous household, and her adoptive father was an alcoholic. In this song, she describes a typical night at home, with her father drinking and her mother crying. LIFE IS NOW passion, compassion, a rainbow while still raining
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According to the I Drink Songfacts, Mary Gauthier was given up by her birth mother and adopted by a couple from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she gre… read more
According to the I Drink Songfacts, Mary Gauthier was given up by her birth mother and adopted by a couple from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she grew up. It was a tumultuous household, … read more
Mary Gauthier (born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1962) is an American country and folk singer/songwriter. Given up at birth by a mother she never knew, Mary was adopted. At age 15, she ran away from home and stole her parents' car, and spent the next several years in detox, halfway houses, and living with friends; she spent her 18th birthday in jail. These experiences provided fodder for her songwriting later on (particularly her song "Drag Queens in Limousines"). Later on, she enrolled at Louisiana State University as a philosophy major, but after five years there, d… read more
Mary Gauthier (born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1962) is an American country and folk singer/songwriter. Given up at birth by a mother she never knew, Mary was adopted. At age 15, she ran … read more
Mary Gauthier (born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 1962) is an American country and folk singer/songwriter. Given up at birth by a mother she never knew, Mary was adopted. At age 15, she ran away from home and stole her parents' car… read more