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.
Poet419
