I went out to get my bottle of whiskey I laid low by the riverside now my only sin is praying I'll die they say fools rush in where the wise man may never go I'm that fool down from the start drowning in booze with a screaming heart I went out far as a bottle would take me I gave up on a love and it died now my baby's untrue my bottle never lies I went out to get that bottle of whiskey and went down by the riverside now my only sin is praying I'll die they say fools rush in where the wise man may never go I'm that fool down from the start drowning in booze with a screaming heart I went out far as a bottle would take me I gave up on a love and it died now my baby's untrue my bottle never lies never lies never lies