CHORUS

if this was whiskey

i'd drink that bottle every single night

'cause i put you on the top shelf

with the finer things in life 

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well, i'm stood at this bar

like i could be elsewhere instead

a stone stuck in a river

with your hat upon my head

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if you need silence

i'm the gunsmoke

warming in the rafters

i'm the blood soaking the rag 

in the morning that comes after

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have i ever walked away?

have i ever called it quits?

'cause i know you need your hat to reach

the cell you're meant to sit 

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CHORUS

if this was medicine

i'd take that dose every single night

'cause you need a drop of poison

just to taste the finer things in life

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well, your absence is my jailer

we've bargained forever 

working out the angles

how it goes when we're together 

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if you need noise

i'm the screams

of the patrons gathered round

i'm the hoof beats on the highway

coming to track you down

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as again the door swings open

as again i face the mirror

as again you point that pistol to my back

that pulls us nearer

to where we're meant to go

and who we're meant to be

but will i ever turn to face the truth

standing right behind me 

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CHORUS