Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down

Each night I leave the barroom when it's over

Not feelin' any pain at closin' time

But tonight your memory found me much too sober

I couldn't drink enough to get you off of my mind

Tonight the bottle let me down

Let your memory come around

The one true friend that I thought I'd found

Tonight the bottle let me down

I've always had a bottle that I could turn to

Lately I've been turnin' every day

But the booze don't take effect the way it used to

I keep a-hurtin' in an old familiar way

Tonight the bottle let me down

Let your memory come around

The one true friend that I thought I'd found

Tonight the bottle let me down

Tonight the bottle let me down

Let your memory come around

The one true friend that I thought I'd found, tonight