Whiskey Lullaby

She put him out like the burning end of a midnight cigarette She broke his heart, he spent his whole life tryin to forget We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind Until the Chorus He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger And finally drank away her memory Life is short but this time it was bigger Than the strength he had to get up off his knees We found him with his face down in the pillow With a note that said, I ll love her till I die And when we buried him beneath the willow The Angels sang a whiskey lullaby Break La la la la la la la, la la la la la la laa La la la la la la la, la la la la la la laa Verse 2: Alison Krauss The rumors flew, but nobody knew how much she blamed herself For years and years, she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath She finally drank her pain away a little at a time But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind Until the night Chorus She put that bottle t