Merle Haggard - The Bottle Let Me Down

Chorus / Description : The song The Bottle Let Me Down by Merle Haggard is about the singer's reliance on alcohol to numb his pain and forget about his lost love. It does not have any explicit biblical references.

The Bottle Let Me Down Lyrics

Each night I leave the bar room when it's over
Not feeling any pain at closing time
But tonight your memory found me much too sober
Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind

Tonight the bottle let me down
And let your memory come around
The one true friend I thought I'd found
Tonight the bottle let me down

I've always had a bottle I could turn to
And lately I've been turnin' every day
But the wine don't take effect the way it used to
And I'm hurtin' in old familiar ways

Tonight the bottle let me down
and let your memory come around
The one true friend I thought I'd found
Tonight the bottle let me down

Tonight the bottle let me down

The Bottle Let Me Down - Merle Haggard Cover (with lyrics)

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