Story Behind The Song

This song started with the lines: On a lonely hill top Drenched in pain Sits an empty toolbox Rusted with rain That's when we came up with the idea of a guy who's a drunk. He's lost his job (hence the toolbox), his wife, and everything else because

Song Description

This is a song about a drunk who has lost everything and is wondering if he'll ever get it back again.

Lyrics

On a lonely hill top
Drenched in pain
Sits an empty toolbox
Rusted with rain
And on this endless highway
The billboards call my name
I end up in a rundown bar
Playing the same old game

3 Sheets to the wind
An empty bottle to call my friend
Just wondering if I'll ever go back there again
And I'm 3 sheets to the wind
An empty bottle to call my friend
Just wondering, will I ever go back there again
Yeah, I'm wondering
Will I ever go back again

Bring another bottle
I'm drowning in shame
You know it wasn't my fault
But I'm the one to blame
I'm standing in my sorrow
It seems like nothing's changed
Sitting on this barstool
And the whiskey call my name

3 Sheets to the wind
An empty bottle to call my friend
Just wondering if I'll ever go back there again
Now I'm 3 sheets to the wind
This empty bottle to call my friend
Just wondering, will I ever go back there again
Yeah, I'm wondering
Will I ever go back again

Now it's time for last call
Give me one more of the same
Goodbye 'til tomorrow
I'll see you here again
I've never found another
Because you know I'll never change
Just another empty bottle
Yeah, that's my claim to fame

And I'm 3 Sheets to the wind
This empty bottle to call my friend
Just wondering if I'll ever go back there again
Still I'm 3 sheets to the wind
An empty bottle to call my friend
Just wondering, should I ever go back there again
Yeah, I'm 3 Sheets to the wind
This empty bottle to call my friend
Just wondering, Could I ever go back there again
Yeah, I'm wondering
Will I ever go back again