merle haggard
the bottle let me down
Each night I leave the bar room when it's over Not feeling any pain at closing time But tonight your memory found me much too sober Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind   Tonight the bottle let me down And let your memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found Tonight the bottle let me down  I've always had a bottle I could turn to And lately I've been turnin' every day But the wine don't take effect the way it used to And I'm hurtin' in an old familiar way  Tonight the bottle let me down And let your memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found  Tonight the bottle let me down  Tonight the bottle let me down