Now I live across town from the only one I love

No woman wants a man that drinks too much

I know she'd take me back again if I could quit for good

Lord knows I'd quit if I could



I'm not holdin' the bottle the bottle's holdin' me

I could win that goal I've lost but I'm not free

In my darling's loving arms that's where I wanna be

I'm not holdin' the bottle the bottle's holdin' me

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My friends come around me but they can't stop the rain

The way you could if you were mine again

When that evening sun goes down they all hit for home

And leave me here all tied up alone



I'm not holdin' the bottle...

I'm not holdin' the bottle the bottle's holdin' me