It's a bittersweet relationship

The cost he had to pay 

The life that he could have lived 

Versus the life he gave away 

It started many years ago 

When he was just a lad 

Just a teen trying the make the scene 

And not feel so fucking bad 

So like any stout young man 

He took well to the drink 

He didnt care where he was going 

Or even stop to think 

He roared on though his teenage years 

Living hard and fast 

With whiskey, girls, parties and friends 

One long drunken bash 

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A seductive glance, a dirty kiss 

The draw that'll never miss 

It's a sweetness that he can't resist 

When the bottle hits his lips 

It's a curse that will follow him 

Wherever that he goes 

His life will never be his to live 

'Cause whiskey ran the show 

Its amazing how much you don't recall 

When you walk though life trashed 

Drunk as hell and full of good times 

But you know it couldn't last 

Living hard and living fast 

Was bound to take its toll 

By the time he was thirty he lost his job 

Left out in the cold 

All he had left was the girl he loved 

She said she'd be true to him 

Swearing to him that she'd never leave 

She'd be there though thick and thin 

That only lasted though another binge 

Leaving her quite appalled 

She left that bastard on the spot 

And wouldn't return his calls 

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So he spent those next lonely years 

Drunk in dirty bars 

Torn by those past afflictions 

Life's little scars 

He tried to quit, over and over 

And put the bottle down 

But before the night was over 

He'd be buying another round 

Years did pass and years he aged 

He grew weary and grew old 

His only friend was the Devil's whiskey 

That gleefully took his soul 

His time is short, his life is spent 

And there's nothing left to save 

The last gift whiskey had for him 

Was that of an early grave 

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