The Bottom of the Bottle

This old smoke filled bar is something I`m not used to But I gave up my home to see you satisfied And I just called to let you know where I`ll be living It`s not much but I feel welcome here inside And I`ve got swinging doors a jukebox and a barstool

(Merle Haggard) Once I lived a life of wine and roses And I drank a lot back then for one concern Success for me lay just around the corner I thought my social friends would help me make the turn. But now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses A v

(Dusty Rose) In the shadows of the wine I see your face before me all the time And there you're smiling from this glass of mine In the shadows of the wine. I'd lift the glass and there you're standing The love I won and lost no longer mine I see the

(Wayne Morse) This smoke filled barroom just suits one fine Just what I need, dear, to get you off of my mind I'd be so happy if they'd leave us alone I'd stop my drinking pack my bags and go home. Turn the jukebox up louder, they're playing our song

(Anne Young) At the bottom of the bottle is where a man can hide When he must cross a river he knows is too wide When the bottle is empty even heartaches are gone Though his eyes can't see no one he don't feel alone. Come go with me to the bottom of

Tonight the bottle let me down I've always had a bottle that I could turn to and lately I've been turning every day But the wine don't take effect the way it used to And I'm a hurtin' in an old familiar way Tonight the bottle let me down and let your