Roaring Jack - Go Leave lyrics

I tried to remember your face in the light As you moved to the beat of the band But the smoke and the beer made it all too unclear So I ordered another and drank Ah whiskey's the devil and love is the curse When you're battered and beaten and down And you can't find your feet and your head hits the street And you lie there dreaming out loud So go, leave, make what you can of your life As you travel the road With my feet planted fast I'll forget that dark past And stumble back into the world There's a noose for the hangman, a rose for the grave And a pint to forget all you can You curse and swear to the wretched night air And you wake up in anger and shame Ah whiskey's the devil and love is the curse When you're battered and beaten and down And you fight till you lose and you can't even choose How you'll feel when you're picked off the ground The streets are empty, your money's all spent So you gather what's left of your pride You walk all alone in the direction of home And you end up sleeping outside Ah whiskey's the devil and love is the curse When you're battered and beaten and down And you fight till you lose and you can't even choose How you'll feel when you're picked off the ground