The Bottle Never Lets Me Down

Every day you tell me I'm a drunkard
 And every night you lie awake and stew
 I never claimed to be anything other, darling
 'Cause the bottle never lets me down the way you do
 Every night I sit 'til sun-up drinkin'
 And every day I wait for night to fall
 So I can clear the darkest mem'ries from my recollection
 And hear no sounds and feel nothing at all
 The bottle never lets me down
 You won't find it running round
 In the darkest corners of this town
 Away from me
 No, I keep this bottle close in hand
 It's the only thing left that I got that I can
 Make me feel the man I used to be
 I never want to remember the joy you bought me
 Oh, I how used to laugh, all of the things we'd do
 I've forgotten all about the things that could be, darling
 'Cause the bottle never lets me down the way you do
 The bottle never lets me down
 You won't find it running round
 In the darkest corners of this town
 Away from me
 No, I keep this bottle close in hand
 It's the only thing left that I got that I can
 Make me feel the man I used to be
 Make me feel the man
 Make me feel the man
 Make me feel the man I used to be