Got my boots under the stool
And my name in the ash
Bartender keeps on askin’
I just nod and give him cash
Half a glass of amber
Turnin’ gold under the light
And the jukebox keeps on hummin’
Like it knows me here tonight
I swear I saw your shadow
On the far side of the room
Then it slipped right through my fingers
Like smoke into the gloom
Whiskey on ice
And you on my mind
Same old hurt
Every single time
One slow sip
And I’m back in that night
Whiskey on ice
And you on my mind
(you on my mind)
You were leavin’ with a smile
In that red July rain
I was standin’ by the doorway
Learnin’ how to hold the pain
Now the TV’s preachin’ headlines
But I can’t hear a thing
Just your laugh in my head
Like a church bell that won’t ring
I keep turnin’ this glass
Like it might turn you around
But it only shows me blue eyes
And a love that hit the ground
Whiskey on ice
And you on my mind
Same old hurt
Every single time
One slow sip
And I’m back in that night
Whiskey on ice
And you on my mind
(you on my mind)
Maybe time is a healer
Maybe time just lets it bruise
But every drop I take down
Tastes like your goodbye blues
So I raise this little glass
To the girl I couldn’t keep
And the one who got away
Still won’t let me sleep
Whiskey on ice
And you on my mind
Same old hurt
Every single time
One slow sip
And I’m back in that night
Whiskey on ice
And you on my mind
(you on my mind)