Help Me Make It Through the Night

Drunkenness also became a major theme in the 1950s as men attempt to self-medicate and drown the emotional pain and screaming consciences with alcohol to numb themselves against the guilt, the pain, and the fallout of broken marriages and families.

The 1970s brought out promiscuity with Chris Christopherson's Help Me Make It Through the Night, 1970s.

Willie Nelson offered his promiscuous cowboy vision, and my heroes have always been cowboys, and mothers, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.

Willie Nelson led the sexual revolution in the 1970s.

How do we discern it, and

how much do we participate

in it? Do we turn down the dial with Musgrave singing out, follow your arrow, you know, on the promosexual lyrics of, what, the 2013s? Or Willie and Chris crooning out, help me make it through the night.

Do you jump into the river and just ride the

Call Billy and tell him." So I called Billy and I said, "Tell Braddock and Putman they need to rewrite the b-" He said, "They already done it.

They got it here." "Where will you be at tomorrow? I'll overnight you the tape." Uh, and so we got the tape, listened to it, and George, when he went in the studio, he was trying to sing it like He Stopped Loving, no, uh, Help Me Make It Through the Night.

Mm.

And Billy said, "No, no, we don't go that route." But it took quite a few sessions.

I'm ready to fall Laying salt against my skin Like the shadows on a wall Come and lay down by my side All I'm taking is your time.

Help me make it through the night.

I don't care what's

right or wrong.

the devil take my

road.

Oh, tonight I need a friend Yesterday is dead and gone And tomorrow's found a sign And it's sad to be alone Help me make it through the night I don't care if

Let the devil