Hemingway's whiskey Hemingway's whiskey, warm and smooth and mean Even when it burns, it'll always finish clean He didn't like it watered down, he took it straight up and neat If it was bad enough for him, you know it's bad enough for me Ah, it's tough

I swallow the truth to keep from lying I was diving, I was diving Yeah, I surfaced when all of my being was enlightened I shut and locked the front door No way in or out I turned and walked the hallways And pulled the curtains down yeah I knelt and

Yeah when that summer sun starts to beatin' down And you don't know what to do Inflatable pool full of dad's hot air I was three years old Splashin' everywhere And so began my love affair With all my friends

Hallelujah, I need your love For you, there's only love You're how I'm living When all my friends say I should take some space Well I can't envision, that for a minute When I'm down on my knees, you're how I pray It never was about the money or the drugs

Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today She is sorry to be delayed But last evening down in Lover's Lane she strays When she woke up and found that her dream of love was gone She ran to the man who had led her so far astray And from under her

And I feel so all alone I feel so all alone No one's gonna fix me when I'm broke How do you cry with inanimate eyes? You're never gonna smile with the way that you are I fell in love with a wind-up souvenir I bought it downtown as I was on my way to meet

You try to tell me not to worry When you knowin' I be stressed I looked on the bright side Just to see you love me less When I was down and had nobody You's the only one I'd text, I know I'm on the road and I just gotta go I'm really stuck in my zone

You cut me down When I'm on my knees I'll still believe, And when I've hit the ground, neither lost nor found, If you believe in me I'll still believe So I was lost, go count the cost, Before you go to the Holland Road, With your heart like a stone you

He was a million miles from a million dollars But you can never spend his wealth When I was a kid, my grandfather was a preacher He said God only helps those Who learn to help themselves Wave, put your hands up, and hands down When I was a kid, I used to

I don’t lose, I don’t win, if I’m wrong, then I’m halfway right I scream at myself when there’s nobody else to fight All you said to do was slow down I woke up driving my car I remember, now I remember But I was already gone I know what I want, but It