This is the song that earned Soldiers of Fortune their 2017 Muse on the Waccamaw songwriting competition victory. It's the first Soldiers of Fortune song not to be about any one specific event, but to take inspiration from a variety of experiences they and their friends have shared and put it all together into a fictitious narrative. Matt came up with the guitar part during a writing session after receiving some bad news, and Davy started improvising dramatic and hilarious country-song lyrics to cheer his buddy up. Somehow, that turned into this. Go figure. Whiskey may have been involved.
lyrics
I lost my job today, I don't know what to say
Bossman told me that he don't need me around here anymore
Tossed me out the door, now I'm in this bar waiting
Waiting for whatever comes next
I don't know what to do, but sit here and sing the blues
Barkeep you know this tune, so won't you
Turn around and help me when I say
Pass the whiskey, let it hit me
Drown my sorrows in that sweet amber Tennessee burn
Pass the whiskey, it whispers to me
"Tomorrow is another day, boy, maybe it'll be your turn"
Tomorrow I'll take my turn
I lost my love today, my baby's gone away
Left me a not saying she ain't stickin' 'round here anymore
Oh, what can I do but scream and cry to you
'Cause there's got to be somebody out there
Who understands me when I say
Pass the whiskey, I wanna feel it hit me
Drown my sorrows in that sweet amber Kentucky burn
Pass the whiskey, it whispers to me
"Boy aren't you tired of this dizzy dance?
When are you ever gonna learn?"
When am I gonna learn?
When am I gonna learn?
I lost my mind today, I can't carry on this way
It seems at every turn I'm losing, and I can't help but wonder if this is all my fault
Joe down at the liquor store greets me by name when I walk through that door
He begs me to take it slow 'cause he can't stand to see me like this anymore
But then again, Jack and Jim have always been my best friends
Like no one else, they know exactly what I need, so I scream
Pass the whiskey, let it hit me
I drown my sorrows in that sweet amber Tennessee burn
Pass the whiskey, I hear it screaming to me
"Close your eyes boy, enjoy the ride
'cause you're never gonna learn"
Pass the whiskey, I wanna feel it hit me
I drown my sorrows in that sweet amber Kentucky burn
Pass the whiskey, I hear it screaming to me
"Close your eyes boy, enjoy the ride
'cause you're never gonna learn"
I'm never gonna learn
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