MISERY LOVES COMPANY
(Jerry Reed)

as recorded by Porter Wagoner
1961


So break out the bottle, bring on the crowd,
Just gather round me, 'cause misery loves company!

I just left my home, friends, (just left my home friends)
Where I couldn't sleep, (I couldn't sleep)
For missin' a woman (missin' a woman)
That I couldn't keep. (I couldn't keep)
She just walked out and left me
For somebody else,
Now her memory keeps hauntin' me
When I'm by myself. (I'm by myself)

So break out the bottle, bring on the crowd,
Tell funny stories, turn the jukebox up loud.
Come on, sit at my table where the drinks are on me,
Yes gather round me, 'cause misery loves company!

Now I'm not the first one (I'm not the first one)
Who's lost everything (lost everything)
To a false hearted woman (false hearted woman)
With a false hearted dream. (false hearted dream)
But this is the first time
I've suffered myself!
Help me get over this love,
I'll handle the next love all by myself! (all by myself)

So break out the bottle, bring on the crowd,
Tell funny stories, turn the jukebox up loud.
Come on, sit at my table where the drinks are on me,
Yes gather round me, 'cause misery loves company!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - August 2019)