She put him out... like the burning end of a midnight cigarette

She broke his heart... he spent his whole life trying to forget

We watched him drink away his pain a little at a time

But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind

Till the night



He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger

And he finally blew away her memory

Life is short, but this time it was bigger

Than the strength he had to get up off his knees

We found him with his face down in the pillow

With a note that said “I'll love her till I die”

And when they buried him beneath the willow

The angels sang a whiskey lullaby

La-la-la-la



The rumors flew... but nobody knew just how she blamed herself

For years and years...she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath

She finally drank away her pain a little at a time

But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind

Till the night



She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger

And she finally blew away his memory

Life is short, but this time it was bigger

Than the strength she had to get up off her knees

They found her with her face down in the pillow

Clinging to his picture for dear life

They laid her next to him beneath the willow

And the angels sang a whiskey lullaby

La-la-la-la