Merle Haggard      The Bottle Let Me Down

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

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

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I've always had a bottle I could turn to
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And lately I've been turning everyday
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But the wine don't take effect the way it used to
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And I'm hurting in an old familiar way

CHORUS:
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Tonight the bottle let down
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and let you memory come around
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The one true friend I thought I'd found
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Tonight the bottle let down 
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Tonight the bottle let down