Verse 1
There’s a longneck sweating in my hand
Like it knows I don’t understand
How a love that burned that bright
Faded out on a Tuesday night
Your laugh’s still hanging in the air
Like smoke that won’t go anywhere
Bartender says, “Son, what’ll it be?”
I say, “Something strong enough for me.”
Pre-Chorus
Make it clear, make it strong
Make it last all night long
Chorus
Pour me a memory, heavy on the past
Let it hit me hard and burn goin’ down fast
I’ll raise it up to what we used to be
Yeah, drown every “forever” you promised me
If I can’t have her, I’ll have Tennessee whiskey
Turn that hurt into history
Fill it up till I can’t see
And pour me a memory
Verse 2
There’s a two-step spinning by the band
Couple holding tight hand in hand
Used to be us on this old floor
Now she’s walking through another door
Neon lights and a steel guitar
Playing truth like a battle scar
If heartbreak had a melody
It’d sound like this next song to me
Pre-Chorus
Make it smooth, make it strong
Keep ‘em coming all night long
Chorus
Pour me a memory, heavy on the past
Let it hit me hard and burn goin’ down fast
I’ll raise it up to what we used to be
Yeah, drown every “forever” you promised me
If I can’t have her, I’ll have Tennessee whiskey
Turn that hurt into history
Fill it up till I can’t see
And pour me a memory
Bridge (big 90s lift moment)
Tomorrow I’ll swear I’m finally done
Tonight I’m chasing what we were
One more round, one more song
One more shot at missing her
Final Chorus (bigger, harmony stacked)
Pour me a memory, make it double this time
Let the jukebox play her goodbye
I’ll toast to the fool I used to be
And the man she swore she’d never leave
If love’s on the rocks, then so am I
Let that steel guitar cry
Till her ghost don’t follow me
Yeah, pour me a memory
Tag (band drops, vocal + steel)
Bartender, can’t you see…
She ain’t here — so pour me a memory
SilasCrowe