The Bottle Let Me Down-Merle Haggard

[00:16.20]Each night I leave the bar room when it's over [00:23.71]Not feeling any pain at closing time [00:31.10]But tonight your memory found me much too sober [00:38.37]Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind [00:45.80]Tonight the bottle let me down [00:53.24]And let your memory come around [01:00.84]The one true friend I thought I'd found [01:08.90]Tonight the bottle let me down [01:30.49]I've always had a bottle I could turn to [01:37.94]And lately I've been turnin' every day [01:45.29]But the wine don't take effect the way it used to [01:52.66]And I'm hurtin' in an old familiar way [02:00.30]Tonight the bottle let me down [02:07.56]And let your memory come around [02:15.20]The one true friend I thought I'd found [02:22.48]Tonight the bottle let me down [02:29.94]Tonight the bottle let me down