Lyrics

How the Whisky Rescued Me

The course of love never does run true
(A drink before I leave this world)
When your love’s beloved isn’t you
(A drink before I go)
Another man enjoys her charms
(A drink before I leave this world)
So I’ll be held in the earth’s cold arms
(A drink before I go)

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Well the first it did for the thirst you know
And the second one cleared my head
And the third was the pill that cured my ills
So I raised a fourth and said
“Friends here’s farewell to misery,” and that’s how the whiskey rescued me

The coin and I have ne’er been friends
My labor yields no dividends
The high road is too steep for me
But the one that leaves this life is free

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For love no man I’ve met is fit
Long of wind and dim of wit
They raise their voice they raise their hand
And that I can no longer stand

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All my life I’ve had to roam
No land no wife no happy home
No welcome anywhere awaits
Except I pray at heaven’s gates

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