Whiskey lullaby

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 enought

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'til I die..

.

And 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 laaa..

.

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 enought

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

Clingin'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 laa...

.

- Brad Paisley