She was glassy eyed at the bar. Someone stole the keys to her heart. The neon lights they bent the bottles on the shelf so she bought another round to feel sorry for herself.
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SheĄŻll drink when sheĄŻs down. SheĄŻll drink when heĄŻs not around. SheĄŻll drink away her paycheck. SheĄŻll drink cause sheĄŻs trying to forget.
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On a barstool with time to pass, she peels away the label from a longneck glass. Her cheeks are as red as the leaves in the fall and she keeps looking down, expecting him to call
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SheĄŻll drink when sheĄŻs down. SheĄŻll drink when heĄŻs not in town. SheĄŻll drink away her paycheck. SheĄŻll drink cause sheĄŻs trying to forget.
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The bottleĄŻs on the desktop, the guitars in my hand. Like a five star general making his last stand. With every passing second, with every painful shot I realize just who I am and what IĄŻm not.
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IĄŻll drink when IĄŻm down. IĄŻll drink when no one else is around. IĄŻll drink every dime of my check. IĄŻll drink cause I got so much to forget.
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Last Stand
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