Each night
I leave the barroom
When it's over
Not feeling
Any pain
At closing time
But tonight
Your memory found me
Much too sober
Couldn't drink enough
To keep you
Off my mind
Tonight
The bottle let me down
And let your memory
Come around
The one
True friend
I thought I'd found
Tonight
The bottle
Let me down

I've always had a bottle I could turn to
And lately, I've been turnin' every day
But the wine don't take effect the way it used to
And I'm hurtin' in old familiar ways
Tonight, the bottle let me down
And let your memory come around
The one true friend I thought I'd found
Tonight, the bottle let me down
Tonight, the bottle let me down