TONIGHT THE BOTTLE LET ME DOWN WRITER MERLE HAGGARD Tonight the bottle let me down I've always had a bottle that I could turn to and lately I've been turning every day But the wine don't take effect the way it used to And I'm a hurtin' in an old familiar way Tonight the bottle let me down and let your mem'ry come around The one true friend I thought I'd found tonight the bottle let me down Each night I leave the barroom when it's over not feeling any pain at closing time But tonight your mem'ry found me much too sober I couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind Tonight the bottle... Tonight the bottle let me down
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