| She put him out like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette
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| She broke his heart he spent his whole life tryin' to forget
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| We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time
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| But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind
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| Until the night
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| 1st Chorus
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| He put that bottle to his head and 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 knees
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| We found him with his face down 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 lullaby
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| (Sing lullaby)
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| The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself
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| For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath
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| She finally drank her pain away a little at a time
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| But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind
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| Until the night
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| 2nd Chorus
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| She put that bottle to her head and 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 knees
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| We found her with her face down in 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 lullaby |