Blood and Whiskey - The Mechanisms

I know what you're thinking I know I did you wrong But I just got this feeling Baby please hold on The way we used to dance We forgot the steps We both lost our balance Now I drink to forget Whiskey and wine Killing me shot at a time You pour the liquor in the cup and then you swirl it around Cause, you don't remember if you're up or you're down (up or you're down) A temporary fix Or moment's elixir Yeah and I will say I put my hand up in the air and I won't do it again, naw (put my hand) Can't promise it because I don't pretend to know (to know what) What the price I pay Yeah yeah Not a remedy for a thing and I will do it again, naw Whiskey and wine Killing me shot at a time Whiskey and wine Killing me shot at a time

The sun you know it rots my brain The way I walk is with a cane The wind it blows it takes me in And times it turns it makes me thin My life is going down the drain My wife you know she went insane My kids are messed up in the brain But when I'm high I feel no shame When my mind won't hold still When I feel the sickening chills When I feel I've had my fill And every voice I hear is shrill I calm myself with whiskey and pills I calm myself with whiskey and pills The people I know Their number's changed Their view of me is rearranged The way I see they're really strange I've got no reason to play their games, yeah They look at me with eyes a stare I look at them but I don't care I tell them all, what's fair is fair And here and there and everywhere When my mind won't hold still When I feel the sickly chills When I feel I've had my fill And every voice I hear is shrill I call upon my friends Whiskey and pills I call upon my friends Whiskey and pills Ooh, ooh, whiskey and pills When you see me I'm a-roaming around My face hits the pavement Yes I'm on the ground Turn me around, see if I'm okay Check out this smile That's on my face I never thought I was gonna die Until I stared into God's eyes He said to me "well, come on son, Better shape up boy, your days are done" Up my mind I got the chills Even though he talked with skill Of the voice I heard the shrill It was a sound I had to kill I turned around and grabbed The whiskey and pills Can't say goodbye to Whiskey and pills I call upon my friends Whiskey and pills I calm myself with Whiskey and pills

There's a bottle on the dresser by your ring And it's empty so right now I don't feel a thing I'll be hurtin' when I wake up on the floor And I'll be over it by noon And that's the difference between the whiskey and you Come tomorrow I can walk in any store It ain't a problem yeah they'll always sell me more But you're forgiveness is something I can't buy Ain't a thing that I can do And that's the difference between the whiskey and you (Chorus) One's the devil and one keeps driving me insane At times I wonder if they ain't both the same One's a liar that helps hide me from my pain And one's a long hard bitter truth And that's the difference between the whiskey and you I've got a problem but it ain't like what you think I drink 'cause I'm lonesome and I'm lonesome 'cause I drink If I don't break down and bring it on myself it'll hit right out of the blue That's the difference between the whiskey and you (Chorus) Yeah that's the difference between the whiskey and you