Kiss the Bottle

[Verse 1]

It gets loneliest at night

Down at the liquor store

Beneath the neon sky

My moonlight

Six A.M., floor comes alive with lice

The pan's dried up so tight

With hardened beans

We're hungry

[Pre-Chorus 1]

So I lean on you sometimes

Just to see you're still there

Your feet can't take the weight of one

Much less two, we hit concrete

How were we born into this mess?

I know I painted you a prettier picture, baby

We were run out on a rail

Fell from the wagon to the night train

[Chorus]

I kissed the bottle

I should've been kissing you

You wake up to an empty night

With tears for two

[Verse 2]

And cigarettes they fill the gaps

In our empty days

In our broken teeth

We're jonesing

Say, Mister, can you spare a dime?

Some change could make a change

Could buy some time

Some freedom

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Or an ear to hear my story

It's all I've got, my fiction

Beats the hell out of my truth

A palm upturned burnt blue

Don't call it sunburn

You've been shaking on the job

Just one drink ahead of your past

There's a white light coming up

You draw the blinds hoping it'll pass

[Chorus]

I kissed the bottle

I should've been kissing you

You wake up to an empty night

With tears for two

I kissed the bottle

I should've been kissing you

You wake up to an empty night

With tears for two

Tears for two