THE BOTTLE LET ME DOWN
Merle Haggard 


Each night I leave the barroom when it's over 
Not feeling any pain at closing time 
But tonite your memory found me much too sober 
Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind 

CHORUS: 
Tonite the bottle let me down 
And let your memory come around 
The one true friend I thought I'd found 
Tonite the bottle let me down 

I've always had a bottle I could turn to 
And lately I've been turning every day 
But the wine don't take effect the way it used to 
I'm hurtin' in that old familiar way 

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