From The Bottle To The Bottom Song Lyrics and Chords
From The Bottle To The Bottom Song Lyrics and Chords by Billy Walker
From The Bottle To The Bottom
Recorded by Billy Walker
Written by Kris Kristofferson
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You ask me if I'm happy now
That's good as any joke I've
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heard
It seems that since I've seen you last
I done forgot the meaning of the
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If happiness is empty rooms and drinking in the afternoon
Well I suppose I'm happy as a
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clown
But
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if it's got a thing to do with smiling or forgetting you
Well I don't guess that I can say I
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am
Did you ever see a down and outer waking up alone
Without a blanket on to keep him from the
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dew
When the water from the weeds has soaked the paper
He's been putting in his shoes to keep the ground from coming
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through
And his future feels as empty as the pocket in his pants
Because he's never seen a single dream come
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true
Well that's the
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way that I've been feeling
Since the day I started falling
From the bottle to the bottom stool by stool
Learning how to live with losing
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You wonder if I'm better off with freedom
Now to do the things I
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choose
Well all my times my own and I got nothing left
But sleeping time to
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lose
There's no one here to carry on if I stay out the whole night long
Or give a tinkers damn if I don't
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call
I'm
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living like I wanted to and doing things I wanna do
And nothing seems to mean a thing at
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From the bottle to the bottom losing
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you
FAQ
Who sang the the song From The Bottle To The Bottom?
- The song From The Bottle To The Bottom was sang by Billy Walker.
Who is Billy Walker?
- William Marvin Walker (January 14, 1929 - May 21, 2006) was an American country music singer and guitarist best known for his 1962 hit, "Charlie's Shoes". Nicknamed The Tall Texan, Walker had more than 30 charting records during a nearly 60-year career, and was a longtime member of the Grand Ole Opry.
