She put him out like the burning end of a midnight cigarette
Like come on...They don't teach this in English class kids. Only the godfather of songwriting, Bill Anderson could write a hallmark like this gem. The instrumentation with this haunting melody is chill-bounding; add in these clever, handcrafted like they wrote this song over years, lyrics, and you have a life changer. They could probably rerelease this song and it would still go to #1...its just that good. Oh PLUS this music video...I'm gone.
FM Radio:
Singer: Brad Paisley & Allison Krauss
Songwriters: Bill Anderson, Jon Randall
Song: "Whiskey Lullaby"
She put him out like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette
She broke his heart, he spent his whole life tryin' to forget
We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time
But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind
Until the night
He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away her memory
Life is short, but this time it was bigger
Than the strength he had to get up off his knees
We found him with his face down in the pillow
With a note that said, 'I'll love her till I die.'
And when we buried him beneath the willow
The angels sang a whiskey lullaby
The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself
For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath
She finally drank her pain away a little at a time
But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind
Until the night
She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away his memory
Life is short, but this time it was bigger
Than the strength she had to get up off her knees
We found her with her face down in the pillow
Clinging to his picture for dear life
We laid her next to him beneath the willow
While the angels sang a whiskey lullaby
