She put him out
like the burnin' end of a
midnight cigarette
She broke his heart
He spent his whole life
tryin' to forget
We watched him drink
his pain away
a little at a time
But he never
could get drunk enough
to get her off his mind
Until the night
He put that
bottle to his head
and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away
her memory
Life is short,
but this time it was bigger
Than the strength
he had to get up
off his knees
We found him
with his face down
in the pillow
With a note that said,
"I'll love her till I die."
And when we buried him
beneath the willow
The angels sang a
whiskey lullaby
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
The rumors flew
but nobody knew
how much she
blamed herself
For years and years,
she tried to hide
the whiskey
on her breath
She finally drank
her pain away
a little at a time
But she never
could get drunk enough
to get him off her mind
Until the night
She put that
bottle to her head
and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away
his memory
Life is short,
but this time it was bigger
Than the strength
she had to get up
off her knees
We found her with
her face down
in the pillow
Clinging to his picture
for dear life
We laid her
next to him
beneath the willow
While the angels sang
a whiskey lullaby
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la