There's a bottle on the table and your memory in my mind

Every sip I take just leaves me further behind

The jukebox plays our song, the one we used to know

But whiskey won't wash you away, no matter how it flows

I drove past your house on a cold November night

The porch light was on but you weren't in sight

I saw him there beside you through the kitchen window pane

And all the whiskey in the world can't numb this pain

Your red dress was hanging in the back of my old truck

I threw it in the fire, tried to change my luck

But the smoke just carried your perfume through the air

And every breath I take reminds me you're not there


So I'm sitting at this bar, drowning in regret

Trying to forget your face, but I ain't done it yet

The bartender knows my story, he don't even ask

He just pours another round and watches my past


Whiskey won't wash you away

No matter how much I drink or pray

You're burned into my soul like a brand

And I'm just a broken, lonely man

Whiskey won't wash you away

It just makes the hurt stay

I've tried every bottle from here to Tennessee

But you're the only thing that's killing me

I remember when you said forever was our plan

We'd build a life together on this dusty land

You were my reason, you were my light

But you chose the darkness over me that night

I gave you everything I had to give

My heart, my dreams, my will to live

And you took it all and threw it to the wind

Left me here to wonder where I've been

The boys at the bar say I should move on

Find another girl to help me carry on

But they don't understand what we had was real

They can't comprehend the way I feel

So I'm sitting at this bar, drowning in regret

Trying to forget your face, but I ain't done it yet

The bartender knows my story, he don't even ask

He just pours another round and watches my past


Whiskey won't wash you away

No matter how much I drink or pray

You're burned into my soul like a brand

And I'm just a broken, lonely man

Whiskey won't wash you away

It just makes the hurt stay

I've tried every bottle from here to Tennessee

But you're the only thing that's killing me


Maybe someday I'll find the strength to let you go

Maybe someday this pain won't cut so deep, so low

But tonight I'm just a fool with a glass in my hand

Trying to understand how we came to this end

I see your ghost in every shadow on the wall

I hear your voice in the wind's lonely call

And all the whiskey in this bottle won't set me free

'Cause you're the only thing I need to see


The sun's coming up on another lonely day

And I'm still here at this bar, wishing you'd stay

The neon signs are fading as the morning light breaks through

And all I can think about is you

I should go home and sleep this off

But home just reminds me what I've lost

So I'll order one more round and wait for night to fall

When the darkness comes and I can't see at all


Whiskey won't wash you away

No matter how much I drink or pray

You're burned into my soul like a brand

And I'm just a broken, lonely man

Whiskey won't wash you away

It just makes the hurt stay

I've tried every bottle from here to Tennessee

But you're the only thing that's killing me

Yeah, you're the only thing that's killing me


Whiskey won't wash you away