Rot gut whiskey’s gonna ease my mind<br />Beach town rests on the “drying” line<br />Do I remind you of your daddy in his 88 Ford?<br />Labrador hanging out the passenger door<br />The sand from your hair is blowing in my eyes<br />Blame it on the beach grown men don’t cry<br /><br />Do you remember that beatdown basement couch<br />I’d sing you my love songs and you’d tell me about<br />How your momma ran off and pawned her ring<br />I remember, I remember everything<br /><br />A cold shoulder a closing time <br />you were begging me to stay till the sun rose<br />Strange words come on out of a grown man’s mouth when his minds broke<br />Pictures and passing time you only smile like that when you’re drinking<br />I wish I didn’t but I do, remember every moment on the nights with you<br /><br />You’re drinking everything to ease your mind<br />When in the hell are you gonna ease mine<br />You’re like concrete feet in the summer heat<br />It burns like hell when two souls meet <br />And you’ll never be the man you always swore<br />But I’ll remember your singing in that ’88 Ford<br /><br />A cold shoulder a closing time <br />you were begging me to stay till the sun rose<br />Strange words come on out of a grown man’s mouth when his minds broke<br />Pictures and passing time you only smile like that when you’re drinking<br />I wish I didn’t but I do, remember every moment on the nights with you<br /><br />Rot gut whiskey gonna ease my mind<br />Beach town rests on the “drying” line <br />Do I remind you of your daddy in my’88 Ford<br />Labrador hanging out the passenger door
