BOTTLE TAKE EFFECT
(Jim Reeves)

Jim Reeves - 1963



 
Well I'm sittin' here, a glass so near, filled with my one concern
Oh, bottle you've done led me to the point of no return
You took away my happy days, my life's a total wreck
You took the only things I owned, so bottle take effect

Take effect and take away these blues that drive me wild
Take effect, make me forget these troubles for a while
Then just lead me to those lights of blue on the corner of regret
In some barroom I'll lose my gloom, so bottle take effect

(Instrumental Break)

You took away my fortune while I drank away my pride
Humiliations my misfortune and there's no place left to hide
The best place is the gutter, there I won't need respect
'Cause when in Rome you'll do as the Romans do, oh, bottle take effect

Take effect and take away all these blues that drive me wild
Please take effect, make me forget my troubles for a while
Then just lead me to all those lights of blue on the corner of regret
In some barroom I'll lose my gloom, oh, bottle take effect


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2010)