Jim McBride - The Whiskey and the Wind lyrics

[Verse 1] She's got a picture of him as a drifter She knows all about his outlaw past He couldn't see that, gave up his freedom And she didn't even have to ask As far as she knows, he's over all of that But she don't know how close he's come to going back [Chorus] 'Cause the whiskey and the wind are stronger than they've ever been And up 'til now the two best friends he's ever known They keep whispering to him he don't need her when he's got them So he prays to God that they don't prove him wrong again Or he'll be gone again With the whiskey and the wind [Verse 2] Stuck in Chicago, three feet of fresh snow But he's got a company credit card The end of a long day, he eats in a café Across the lobby from the hotel bar And the devil on his shoulder Reminds him he's alone As he walks past the bar To his room to call back home [Chorus] 'Cause the whiskey and the wind are stronger than they've ever been And up 'til now the two best friends he's ever known They keep whispering to him he don't need her when he's got them So he prays to God that they don't prove him wrong again Or he'll be gone again With the whiskey and the wind They keep whispering to him he don't need her when he's got them So he prays to God that they don't prove him wrong again Or he'll be gone again With the whiskey and the wind Oooh the whiskey and the wind The whiskey and the wind