Whiskey Taught Me Patience
TitanChord
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.
Whiskey Taught Me Patience
By TitanChord · Country Blues
From the album WHEN I GO QUIET, YOU BETTER RUN
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Lyrics
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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