When I woke up this mornin' 
I promised it would end 
To walk the straight and narrow 
Now it's comin' round again 

4 o'clock in the mornin' 
To the break of day 
In a Hollywood apartment 
Two lost souls about to pay 

Bad, bad whiskey 
Please don't take my happy home 
Say it again 
Bad, bad whiskey 
Please don't take my happy home 
My home 

When the moon is over 
Runnin' 'cross the sky 
That's the time I get looser babe 
That's the time I wanna fly 

It's a long way down 
To the willow bend 
It's a lonely world out there 
When the bottle's your only friend 

Bad, bad whiskey 
Please don't take my happy home 
Say it again, child 
Bad, bad whiskey 
Please don't take my happy home 

Mama, let me go down easy 
Mama, take me to my bed 
Mama, let me lose myself 
Got stars in my achin' head 

Soul like a burnin' hand 
Soul like a China doll 
Soul got your hand in the wishin' well 
And by God you're gonna crawl 

Bad, bad whiskey 
Please don't take my happy home 
Bad, bad whiskey 
Please don't take my happy home