Staring at a bottle of 80 proof main whiskey I know what’s gonna happen all too well As the bottle touches my lips I watch the last swallow roll out And hear the devil laughing from the pits of hell Bourbon and tears Taking control of me again Washing away the years With an unforgiving fit of sin There’s no answer in this bottle Girl your memory’s just too cle-ar So tonight I’ll drink it down And do my damndest not to drown In my bourbon and tears Looking for the answer in the bottom of the bottle But I realize my search is all in vain As the tears start to roll out My blood shot eyes can’t see clearly Even though my body’s numb I feel the pain So tonight I’ll drink it down And do my damndest not to drown In my bourbon and t-ears