Each night I leave the barroom when it's over

Not feeling any pain at closin' time

But tonight your mem'ry found me much too sober

Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind



Tonight the bottle let me down and let your mem'ry come around

The one true friend I thought I'd found tonight the bottle let me down

[ steel - guitar ]

I've always had a bottle I could turn to

And lately I've been turning every day

But the wine don't take effect the way it used to

And I'm hurtin' in an old familiar way



Tonight the bottle let me down...

Tonight the bottle let me down