[Verse]
Uncle Dan with his paintbrush and a dream
Stories of the past flowing like a stream
But the bottle called louder than the history he knew
When she slammed the door he broke right through
[Chorus]
Whiskey whispers stole his light
He drank the day and bled the night
Memories of love now just a ghostly hand
We lost the artist we lost Uncle Dan
[Verse 2]
Family dinners he’d light up the room
Laughing and teaching 'bout empires and ruins
But the colors faded when she said goodbye
The man we loved drowned in the rye
[Chorus]
Whiskey whispers stole his light
He drank the day and bled the night
Memories of love now just a ghostly hand
We lost the artist we lost Uncle Dan
[Bridge]
The canvas waits blank where his soul used to be
A historian trapped in his own tragedy
His friends and his kin still carry his name
But the fire in his eyes never burned the same
[Chorus]
Whiskey whispers stole his light
He drank the day and bled the night
Memories of love now just a ghostly hand
We lost the artist we lost Uncle Dan