Walking down this road like a man asleep

I feel that darkness creepin’ in

On the promises that I tried to keep

In this lonely life of sin

Day that I was born, that preacher said

Devil had his eye on me

Looking back I never had a chance

Was a drunkard’s destiny

CHORUS

This whiskey prison’s where I’m bound to stay

Til my bones are six feet down

All the wishin’ in the world won’t bring me round (around)

In this prison I will drown

Every girl I knew, every job I took

Gone away like stone to sand

The only thing that I can’t seem to lose

Is this bottle in my hand

Bury me deep down in that Texas ground

In a coffin made of steel

Just to keep my soul from looking round

For another glass to fill