Well Whiskey

Bright Eyes

I get my whiskey from a well, except on holidays
Then it's the top shelf
But tonight I don't mind if I spend a little more
Cause you're a tolerant woman and the world is at war

I know you witnessed my decline
You used to push back the darkness like a floodlight
But tonight that's a secret, like the soul of a whore
That if you want to have fun you'll just have to ignore

Now I let my troubles solve themselves
I used to get involved, but I'm just no help
But tonight let's pretend that we're just like we were
Let me stay until the morning, I will sleep on the floor

We can talk in circles, no dollar figures
Just what is owed or paid. We can make predictions
I know you see the future and I agree
We agree, tonight's not happening

When I got dry as a desert, I got mean
I was lonely and empty as a canteen
With no anesthetic you're found to be sore
But tonight I am drinking, all peaceful and warm

And just when I got fed up with the grey sky
The sun came out of nowhere like a bar fight
And it knocked out the wind and it bruised me with light
and I felt grateful for living like I feel tonight

Well, I know you feel safer in a group
Where you could be anyone or they could be you
But tonight, we'll take risks that you can afford
You still have bars on your windows and a hole in your doo

We can talk in circles around the dirty mirrors
Night trickles down our throats
And we can make a time line to last our whole lives
But we don't know, no one knows
What's further up the road
Just wait and see
All in time