Lyrics
[Intro]
(Soft Hammond organ… rain tapping windows… whiskey glass sets on bar)
Lord…
I done ran outta answers tonight…
So I guess all I got left…
Is whiskey prayers…
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[Verse 1]
Sitting in this corner booth by myself again
Watching smoke dance underneath dim lights and sin
Bartender know my pain without a word being said
Just keep pouring memories till my soul feel dead
Your picture still folded inside my coat
Right beside this Bible and these notes I wrote
Funny how love and loss walk side by side
One hand holding heaven… the other holding pride
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[Pre-Chorus]
And every sip burn slower tonight
Like God trying to speak through neon lights
But I can’t hear nothing over this pain
And this old bluesman heart breaking again
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[Chorus]
Whiskey prayers falling from my lips tonight
Asking heaven why you left my life
I been talking to God through Tennessee flames
Trying to wash your memory away
But every bottle bring your ghost back near
Every lonely night end right here
Whispering whiskey prayers…
Into the dark again
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[Verse 2]
Church bells ringing somewhere uptown slow
While bourbon rivers through my bloodstream flow
I told myself I wouldn’t say your name
But heartbreak got a way of ignoring shame
The old piano player stopped and looked my way
Said “son some wounds don’t ever fade”
Then he played a melody soft and low
Like he understood what I ain’t told nobody before
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[Pre-Chorus]
Cause every saint got scars somewhere
And every bluesman carry despair
Tonight mine sitting next to me
Inside this glass of misery
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[Chorus]
Whiskey prayers falling from my lips tonight
Asking heaven why you left my life
I been talking to God through Tennessee flames
Trying to wash your memory away
But every bottle bring your ghost back near
Every lonely night end right here
Whispering whiskey prayers…
Into the dark again
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[Bridge]
If love was easy
Blues songs wouldn’t exist
If healing came quickly
Bars like this wouldn’t stay rich
And maybe God listening right now…
Through the trumpet cries and thunder sounds…
Cause even broken souls still pray sometimes…
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[Instrumental Break]
(Emotional guitar solo backed by gospel organ and soft trumpet harmonies)
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[Final Chorus]
Whiskey prayers falling through this empty room
Like smoke drifting underneath the moon
I gave you my heart and everything inside
Now all I got left is this blues tonight
And every tear taste like bourbon rain
Every sunrise bring the hurt again
Whispering whiskey prayers…
Till heaven call my name
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[Outro]
(Organ fades slowly… thunder rolling in distance)
Yeah…
Sometimes a bottle become a confession booth…
Mmm…
And sometimes the blues…
Is the only prayer left…
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