Some people say I drink because you left me And they say that wine won't drown your memory But the reason that I drink is not to get you off my mind I just heard this was a good year for the wine It doesn't bother me now that you're gone and I haven't thought about you in so long And I'm not in this honky tonk cause you're no longer mine I just heard this was a good year for the wine It's not the neon lights that drove me to this tavern All the lonely sound you're running to inside It's not my losing you that keeps me drinking all the time I just heard this was a good year for the wine It doesn't bother me now... I just heard this was a good year for the wine