Tie One On - The Ziggens

Perhaps I misunderstood

Exactly what you meant

When you said exactly what you meant

But I knew at one time

You’d fight me, your man

From wrecking the shaky hand you’d been dealt

See I’ve been accused

Of being fall down drunk

And pickled consistently

But I never laid a hand on you

And when I’d get home

At least you’d been crying for me.

But you said

Tie one on Tonight for me Oh tie one on tonight

Those words she said

I’ll never forget

I looked down

At my sliced up hands

From twisting on those non twist caps

And I looked back

At my half empty beer

As 5 or 10 seconds elapsed.

Guess none of my friends

They wouldn’t look at me Their eyes were set down on the floor

And I could feel

The heat in my face

As I stood and I shouted one more.

But she said

Tie one on Tonight for me Tie one on tonight,

Those words she said

I’ll never forget

The night I stopped loving me.