Whiskey Lullaby
(Duet with Melissa O'Neil)
(REX)
She put him out like the burning end
Of a midnight cigarette
She broke his heart, he spent his whole life
Trying 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
(REX AND MELISSA)
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.
They 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 (x 4)
(MELISSA)
The rumours 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
(REX AND MELISSA)
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
They found her with her face down in the pillow,
And she was 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 (x 4)
Instrumental break
La la la la la la la (x 4)