Bottle & Chain

Driving 90 miles an hour in a beat up truck

Not looking for cops trying to push my luck

Don't think I'm ever coming back

Got my whole life in a paper sack

When I can get off the liquor

I pretend that I am with her

I'm drinking all alone

And I call her on the phone

Many times I've tried to change

But I'll always be this way

Tied down the old bottle and chain

Tied down the old bottle and chain

When I get too drunk I smoke cigarettes

The next day it's a big regret

But not as bad as leaving you

This bottle of jack is gonna help me through

When I can get off the liquor

I pretend that I am with her

I'm drinking all alone

And I call her on the phone

Many times I've tried to change

But I'll always be this way

Tied down the old bottle and chain

Tied down the old bottle and chain

I hit a backroad

And I drive, real slow

I play alibis and lying eyes

And all the best lines lord

No she's heard them all

When I can get off the liquor

I pretend that I am with her

I'm drinking all alone

And I call her on the phone

Many times I've tried to change

But I'll always be this way

Tied down the old bottle and chain

Tied down the old bottle and chain

Tied down the old bottle and chain

I'm tied to the old bottle and chain