Whiskey Barrel Heartache

I walked the Highwayman chasing shadows through the dark,

A restless soul with a bottle, tearing love apart.

He Stopped Loving Her Today but I can't stop this ache,

Each sip of whiskey’s bitter,each memory I can't shake.

And it's Ain't That Lonely Yet the echoes never die,

I built a castle out of sorrow,now it's crumbling in the sky.

Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line but I stumble through the night,

Trading love for rebellion,an' wrong for what felt right.

She said,You’re Forever and Ever, Amen,but now it’s just a lie,"

I wore Ring of Fire like a badge, but it burned me dry.

I thought I was The Man in Black tough as nails, unbowed,

But love ain’t built for rebels, ust whiskey and the crowd.

And the jukebox keeps on spinning,

The songs we used to sing,

But every note's a dagger,

Cutting deep beneath the strings.

You were my Always Be My Maybe

In a single-wide with a shaky roof

I was Man In Blacktop crazy

You were Chasin’ Cars for the truth

We slow danced to He Stopped Lovin’ Her Today

On a scratchy Conway tape

You said, “Baby, this ain’t no I Will Always Love You

Then you drove my heart away

Now whiskey ain’t my Always And Forever

But it’s all I’m holdin’ tonight

Play that poor “Lonesome,Ornery And Wild”

Under these fluorescent bar lights

This ain’t some shiny “From This Moment”

It’s a Good Time Charlie kind of end

Yeah whiskey ain’t my Always And Forever

But it’s learnin’ to be my friend

We were Almost Persuaded n a K-Mart parking lot To buy that two-ring set

Dreamin’I Swear and ruly,Madly,Deeply

On a beat-up cassette

But I was more I’ve Always Been Crazy

Than a Conway wedding tune

You said,This feels like a sad boy band bridge

That’s gonna break real soon

Now it’s just me and “Walk The Line”

On a busted Walmart phone

Scrollin’ past those Un-break My Heart” nights

Parked outside your home

You found your I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing

In some Jones-singin’ better man

And I’m stuck in this outlaw How Do I Live

With a bottle in my hand

So pour one more Help Me Make It Through The Night

Let that steel guitar complain

This ain’t no My Heart Will Go On ending

Just a Jones song in my veins

Yeah, whiskey ain’t my Always And Forever

But it’s all that still

And it's Ain't That Lonely Yet the echoes never die,

I built a castle out of sorrow,now it's crumbling in the sky.

Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line but I stumble through the night,

Trading love for rebellion, an'wrong for what felt right.

There’s no Heaven's Just a Sin Away when the bottle’s in your hand,

No Stand By Your Man when you’re a ghost in the promised land.

I kissed her Sweet Dreams goodbye,she faded like the dawn,

Now I’m just a whiskey rebel,singing broken-hearted songs

The whiskey river's dry tonight,

No good-hearted woman in sight.

I’m a lonesome fugitive on this road,

Chasin’ dreams where the neon glowed.

Every sip’s a memory, every shot’s a sin,

But I still hear her voice in the howlin’ wind.

Pour me one more barrel of heartache,

Let it burn like fire in my veins.