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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