| She put him out like the burning end
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| Of a midnight cigarette
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| She broke his heart
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| He spent his whole life trying to forgetWe watched him drink his pain away
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| A little at a time
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| But he never could get drunk enough
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| You get her off his mind, until the nightHe put that bottle to his head and
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| pulled the trigger
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| And finally drank away her memory
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| Life is short, but this time it was bigger
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| Than the strength he had to get up off his kneesWe found him with his face down
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| in the pillow
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| With a note that said, «I'll love her till I die»
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| And when we buried him beneath the willow
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| The angels sang a whiskey lullabyLa la la la la la la
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| La la la la la la la
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| La la la la la la la
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| La la la la la la laThe rumors flew but nobody knew
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| How much she blamed herself
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| For years and years, she tried to hide
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| The whiskey on her breathShe finally drank her pain away
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| A little at a time
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| But she never could get drunk enough
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| To get him off her mind, until the nightShe put that bottle to her head and
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| pulled the trigger
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| And finally drank away his memory
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| Life is short, but this time it was bigger
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| Than the strength she had to get up off her kneesWe found her with her face
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| downing the pillow
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| Clinging to his picture for dear life
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| We laid her next to him beneath the willow
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| While the angels sang a whiskey lullabyLa la la la la la la
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| La la la la la la la
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| La la la la la la la
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| La la la la la la la |