Whiskey for the Sober (Alt 1)
TitanChord
Intro
Verse 1
Whiskey on the shelf — three years dust
Kept the bottle, killed the man
Buddy still asks if I miss it
I say I drink a different brand
Iron's got a burn that lasts
Doesn't make me say things wrong
Doesn't put my daughter's number
On a stranger's old voicemail song
Pre-Chorus
What I needed
What I had
Two different things, looking back
Chorus
Whiskey for the sober
Iron in the glass I never pour
Bar took my body, took the thirst
Pour it for the man I'm not no more
Verse 2
Buddy died at forty-three
Bottle won, he didn't get the say
I went to the funeral in lifting clothes
Couldn't find the church gray
Pastor said he was a good man
I said yeah, when he wasn't drinking
Sat in the truck for forty minutes
Iron pulling, bottle thinking
Pre-Chorus
What I needed
What I had
Two different things, looking back
Chorus
Whiskey for the sober
Iron in the glass I never pour
Bar took my body, took the thirst
Pour it for the man I'm not no more
Bridge
First year, every Friday at six
I'd drive past the bar like a moth
Now I drive past at four AM
On my way to the only thing that's mine
Whiskey for the sober
Iron in the glass I never pour
Bar took my body, took the thirst
Pour it for the man I'm not no more
Pour it for the man I'm not no more
Outro
Timing is estimated — lines are spaced evenly across the track.
Whiskey for the Sober (Alt 1)
By TitanChord · Outlaw Country Rock
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Lyrics
Intro
Verse 1 Whiskey on the shelf — three years dust Kept the bottle, killed the man Buddy still asks if I miss it I say I drink a different brand Iron's got a burn that lasts Doesn't make me say things wrong Doesn't put my daughter's number On a stranger's old voicemail song
Pre-Chorus What I needed What I had Two different things, looking back
Chorus Whiskey for the sober Iron in the glass I never pour Bar took my body, took the thirst Pour it for the man I'm not no more
Verse 2 Buddy died at forty-three Bottle won, he didn't get the say I went to the funeral in lifting clothes Couldn't find the church gray Pastor said he was a good man I said yeah, when he wasn't drinking Sat in the truck for forty minutes Iron pulling, bottle thinking
Pre-Chorus What I needed What I had Two different things, looking back
Chorus Whiskey for the sober Iron in the glass I never pour Bar took my body, took the thirst Pour it for the man I'm not no more
Bridge First year, every Friday at six I'd drive past the bar like a moth Now I drive past at four AM On my way to the only thing that's mine Whiskey for the sober Iron in the glass I never pour Bar took my body, took the thirst Pour it for the man I'm not no more Pour it for the man I'm not no more
Outro
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