Strung Out & Poured In

I woke up with my six-string hangin’

Like a ghost on the wall at dawn

She’s been cryin’ all night in open chords

Since the whiskey and you were gone

I tuned her low, like my mood last night

Let the silence bend the tone

And every strum was a stumble,

Like I was drinkin' alone

'Cause I'm strung out and poured in

This bottle’s my only sin

Mixin' sorrow with a slide

Where the hurtin' songs begin

Each note’s a shot of memory

That burns me from within

I’m a man of broken verses

Strung out and poured in

Bourbon sits where your perfume used to

On that table by the bed

My pick’s a corkscrew twistin’

Through every word you said

She moans just like a barfly

With a secret in her tone

And I write what the liquor whispers

When I’m drinkin’ all alone

Yeah I'm strung out and poured in

On strings soaked in my sin

Bleeding blues across the fretboard

Till the bottle lets me in

My melody’s a confession

My solo’s soaked in gin

I’m a prisoner of this rhythm

Strung out and poured in

The amp hums like a warning

But I keep pushin’ through

This room’s a bar, my heart's a scar

Still echoing you

Still strung out and poured in

Where the broken songs begin

Every note’s a damn reminder

Of the hell I'm livin’ in

When the lights go down, I'm fading

In this smoky violin

Just a soul with strings and sorrow

Strung out and poured in