It Ain't The Whiskey

I stood there in the middle of the church of the broken people

Listened to the walking wounded tell their stories

My turn came, I told 'em my name, I said, "This ain't my first time"

Then a man started talking how the devil and the bottle was ruining my life

With last night on my breath, I stood up and said

It ain't the whiskey, it ain't the cigarettes

It ain't the stuff I smoke, it's all these things I can't forget

And it ain't the hard times, it ain't the all nights

It ain't that easy, it ain't the whiskey that's killin' me

So what do you got for this empty spot inside of me?

The deep, dark hole where love used to be

Before she ripped it out and ran into the arms of someone else

Y'all sit in this room and you talk like you got some kind of remedy

Well, I hear what you're telling me, but I've got all the proof I need

It ain't the whiskey, it ain't the cigarettes

It ain't the stuff I smoke, it's all these things I can't forget

And it ain't the hard times, it ain't the all nights

It ain't that easy 'cause it ain't the whiskey that's killin' me

I've done everything to drown this hurt inside

But I can't wash you off of my mind

It ain't the whiskey, it ain't the cigarettes

It ain't the stuff I smoke, it's all these things I can't forget

And it ain't the hard times, it ain't the all nights

It ain't that easy 'cause it ain't the whiskey that's killin' me

It ain't the whiskey that's killin' me