When the day goes down and the moonlight breaks
Pray the good Lord gon' carry me away
Where the memories drown and the heartbreak fades
Down that whiskey river
Been a little too long since I saw your face
Woman, and I reckon that ain't never gonna change
Never been let down, not in one damn way
By that whiskey river
Whiskey river, let me forget her
And help me remember them good old days
'Cause I'm on a bender, there's fire on my liver
My hand's on the liquor but I want to change
Whiskey river
(Let me forget her
And help me remember them good old days)
Whiskey river
(Fire on my liver
My hand's on the liquor but I want to change)
Well silence is the sound when a grown man prays
When his woman's headed out like a southbound train
Gotta make it into town 'fore the daylight fades
Floating down that whiskey river
And every word from her mouth that she ever did say
Was a lie from the ground where the devil lay
She took my heart and I doubt there's a woman that can't
So I'ma drown in the whiskey river
Whiskey river, let me forget her
And help me remember them good old days
'Cause I'm on a bender, there's fire on my liver
My hand's on the liquor but I want to change
Whiskey river
(Let me forget her
And help me remember them good old days)
Whiskey river
(Fire on my liver
My hand's on the liquor but I want to change)
Well I float on down this river
But I still just can't forget
All them nights I spent right with her
With no whiskey on my breath
Whiskey river, let me forget her
And help me remember them good old days
'Cause I'm on a bender, there's fire on my liver
My hand's on the liquor but I want to change
Whiskey river
(Let me forget her
And help me remember them good old days)
Whiskey river
(Fire on my liver
My hand's on the liquor but I want to change)
When the day goes down and the moonlight breaks
Pray the good Lord gon' carry me away
Where the memories drown and the heartbreak fades
Down that whiskey river
