Up comes the bottle and down goes the man I can't help him but I can understand

When up comes the bottle and down down down goes the man

You may find him anywhere there's heartache and despair

With loneliness so heavy you can feel it in the air

And the only thing that matters is the drink in his hand

Then up comes the bottle and down down down goes the man

You can read between the lines of his withered face

See defeat in his eyes that keeps searching every place

Just when he tells you he can quit you see the tremble in his hands

Then up comes the bottle and down down down goes the man

Up comes the bottle and down goes the man

There's just one thing can stop him the love of my woman is all that can

For he loves her you see but she left him for me

I can't help him but I can understand

When up comes the bottle and down down down goes the man