Artist: Merle Haggard
Song: The Bottle Let Me Down
(This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the
song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research)
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Each night I leave the barroom when it's over
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Not feeling any pain at closing time
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But tonight you memory found me much to sober
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Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind
[Chorus]
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Tonight the bottle let down
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and let you memory come around
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The one true friend I thought I'd found
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Tonight the bottle let down
I've always had a bottle I could turn to
And lately I've been turning everyday
But the wind don't take effect the way it used to
And I'm hurting in an old familiar way
[Chorus]
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Tonight the bottle let down
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and let you memory come around
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The one true friend I thought I'd found
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Tonight the bottle let down
Tonight the bottle let down