Whiskey & Regret

[Verse 1] The ice done melted in this glass an hour ago The maids will find the ashtray full, they always know Your lipstick's on a napkin I don't recognize And that mirror keeps on showing me a stranger's eyes [Chorus] So pour me down the drain, boy, pour me down slow Four in the morning and I got no place to go The party took the laughter, left me the debt to pay And this whiskey keeps on lying that it takes the ghosts away [Verse 2] There's a phone off the hook 'cause I dialed a number gone Some woman I let go of back when I was young and wrong The heater's ticking secrets I don't want to hear And the bottle's getting lighter but the reason's still right here [Chorus] So pour me down the drain, boy, pour me down slow Four in the morning and I got no place to go The party took the laughter, left me the debt to pay And this whiskey keeps on lying that it takes the ghosts away [Bridge] [soft] I keep filling up this glass like it can fill the hole But every drop I swallow only deepens out the fall I ain't drinking to remember, Lord, I'm drinking to forget And the sun's about to catch me — the last thing I got left [Outro] [whispered] So pour it one more time... one more before the day Some men outrun their sorrow I just learned its name