Whiskey Has The Blues

[Verse 1]
She’s sittin’ at the end of the bar
Mascara runnin’ like a broke-down car
Her hand on a glass that keeps shakin’
Sayin’
"How much hurt can one heart be takin’?"
[Pre-Chorus]
She laughs
Then chokes on the smoke
Says
"Guess I picked the wrong kind of hope"
Yeah
I did too
I did too (mmm)
[Chorus]
It ain’t fair when she has tears in her eyes
And her whiskey has the blues tonight
Every drop tastes like a goodbye truth
Burns goin’ down
But it cuts me too
No
It ain’t fair
Watchin’ that woman lose
When her whiskey
Her whiskey has the blues
[Verse 2]
Her phone lights up
She turns it face-down
Says
"He only calls when he’s leavin’ town"
I see my own ghost in her slow sad smile
Two lonely fools just nursin’ denial
[Pre-Chorus]
We trade those stories we never should tell
Two barstools leanin’ on the same hell
Yeah
I feel it too
I feel it too (oh, I do)
[Chorus]
It ain’t fair when she has tears in her eyes
And her whiskey has the blues tonight
Every drop tastes like a goodbye truth
Burns goin’ down
But it cuts me too
No
It ain’t fair
Watchin’ that woman lose
When her whiskey
Her whiskey has the blues
[Bridge]
[Slide guitar hangs and cries]
She says
"Promise me you’ll treat love kind"
I say
"Only if it don’t break your spine"
We clink those glasses
Fragile truce
Two cracked hearts
Same excuse
[Chorus]
It ain’t fair when she has tears in her eyes
And her whiskey has the blues tonight
Every drop tastes like a goodbye truth
Burns goin’ down
But it cuts me too
No
It ain’t fair
Watchin’ that woman lose
When her whiskey
Her whiskey has the blues
Yeah
It ain’t fair
But it’s the hurt we choose
When her whiskey
Her whiskey has the blues (oh yeah)

funk, Country-blues-funk groove with male vocals, brushed kit and round bass in the pocket; verses stay low and weary against a hanging slide guitar answering each line. Pre-chorus adds organ swells and tighter drums, then the chorus lifts into a gritty, powerful belt with stacked gospel-style harmonies. Guitar leans into bent notes and slow sustains, with a short, aching slide break before the final big chorus., country blues, soft, blues, male vocals