Song Description

Loneliness sets in hours after the character's wife of 11 years has left him, as the whiskey turns to tears.

Lyrics

You promised me forever eleven years ago
We made handprints in the drive but they?re hidden ?neath the snow

You didn?t pay November?s bill so they cut off the phone
You turned our home into a house with me left so alone

There?s a bottle beside me where you used to lie
It?s here and you?re gone and I still don?t know why
Your leaving will hurt when the bottle runs dry
And the whiskey turns to tears

I ask myself what I did to make you make this choice
The only answer that I hear?s the echo of my voice

You left behind your toothbrush and an empty front-porch swing
And over on the table?s where you left your wedding ring

There?s a bottle beside me where you used to lie
It?s here and you?re gone and I still don?t know why
Your leaving will hurt when the bottle runs dry
And the whiskey turns to tears

The furnace makes the curtains dance
Why weren?t we worth another chance?
They?re twirling, swirling gracefully
There?re two of them but one of me

There?s a bottle beside me where you used to lie
It?s here and you?re gone and I still don?t know why
Your leaving is hurting, the bottle?s run dry
And the whiskey?s turned to tears
And the whiskey?s turned to tears