Song Lyrics

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

Oberst

The duration of Well Whiskey is 0:16 minutes and seconds.