No man ever sounded so lonesome
No man ever made you feel such pain
Lord it must have been a real mean bottle 
Made you sing that way

Stories you told about prison
'Bout a young man gone astray
Lord it must have been a real mean bottle
That made you write the songs that way

A real mean bottle poured straight from the devil
It's a miracle that you're standing here today
A real mean bottle made you such a rebel
Must have been a real mean bottle 
Made you sing that way

You spend most all your life with strangers
With a rambling fever in your veins
Hag, it must have been a real mean bottle
That made you write the songs that way

A real mean bottle poured straight from the devil
It's a miracle we're standing here today
A real mean bottle made you such a rebel
Must have been a real mean bottle made you sing that way
Must have been a real mean bottle made you sing that way
Must have been a real mean bottle made you sing that way