Some people say I drink because you left me

And they say that wine won't drown your memory

But the reason that I drink is not to get you off my mind

I just heard this was a good year for the wine

It doesn't bother me now that you're gone and I haven't thought about you in so long

And I'm not in this honky tonk cause you're no longer mine

I just heard this was a good year for the wine

[ steel ]

It's not the neon lights that drove me to this tavern

All the lonely sound you're running to inside

It's not my losing you that keeps me drinking all the time

I just heard this was a good year for the wine

It doesn't bother me now...

I just heard this was a good year for the wine