She put him out 
Like the burning end of a midnight cigarette 
She broke his heart 
He spent his whole life trying to forget 
 
We watched him drink his pain away 
A little bit at a time 
But he never could get drunk enough 
To get her off his mind 
Until the night 
 
He put the bottle to his head and pulled the trigger 
He finally drank away her memory 
Life is short 
But this time it was bigger 
Than the strength he had to get up off his knees 
 
We found him with his face down in the pillow 
With a note that says I'll love her till I die 
And when we buried him beneath the willow 
The angels sang a whiskey lullaby 
 
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The rumors flew 
But nobody knew 
How much she blamed herself 
For years and years 
She tried to hide the whisky on her breath 
 
She finally drank her pain away 
A little at a time 
But she never could get drunk enough 
To get him off her mind 
Until the night 
 
She put the bottle to her head and pulled the trigger 
And finally drank away his memory 
Life is short but this time it was bigger 
Than the strength she had to get up off her knees 
 
We found her with her face down in the pillow 
Clinging to his picture for dear life 
We laid her next to him beneath the willow 
While the angels sang a whisky lullaby 
 
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