Well Whiskey - Bright Eyes

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 are 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 is a secret like the soul of a whore

That if you want to have fun you’ll just have to ignore

Now let my troubles solve themselves

I used to get involved but I’m just no help

But tonight let’s pretend that we are just like we were

Let me stay until the morning;

I will sleep on the floor

And we can talk in circles, no dollar figures

Just what is owed or paid

And you can make predictions

I know you see the future and I agree

And we agree tonight’s not happening

When I got dry as a desert I got mean

I was as lonely and empty as a canteen

With no anesthetic you are bound to be sore

But tonight I am drinking all peaceful and warm

And just when I got fed up with that 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 just like I feel tonight

But 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 door

So we can talk in circles around a dirty mirror

Night trickles down our throats

And we could make a timeline to last our whole lives

But we don’t know--

But no one knows what’s further up the road

Just wait and see, just wait and see

All in time, all in time