Whiskey Taught Me Patience

Intro

Verse 1 Folks think the bottle makes you loud Makes you swing, makes you draw a crowd Not this one, no — this one's a teacher Sits me down and turns me into a keeper Of grudges aged like the good stuff is In an oak-dark corner, all my business It don't drown a thing, that's a lie they tell It just keeps it warm and it keeps it well

Chorus Whiskey taught me patience, not to drown Not to swing until the time was right It don't drown the devil, it sits him down And pours him one more, every night

Verse 2 First glass is for the woman I lost Second's for the man who set the cost Third one, I don't drink at all I just watch it sweat and I let it fall

Chorus Whiskey taught me patience, not to drown Not to swing until the time was right It don't drown the devil, it sits him down And pours him one more, every night

Bridge They'll tell you time will heal the ache Time don't heal — time just marinates Two years steeping in the same dark glass Makes a sweeter poison than the first night's was Whiskey taught me patience, not to drown Not to swing until the time was right It don't drown the devil, it sits him down And pours him one more, every night

Outro Every night. I'm in no hurry.

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