(Verse 1) Some days you're a smooth Tennessee whiskey, golden in the glass A slow and easy sip of heaven, makin' all the good times last You warm me from the inside out, take the edge off of the day You smooth out all my rough spots in your own sweet, takin'-time way. (Chorus) 'Cause you, you're the hard stuff, darlin', straight and true A hundred-proof of everything a man was meant to go through You knock the wind right out me, leave me seein' stars at night A little bit of heaven, and you make me feel so right. (Verse 2) And some nights you're a shot of clear tequila, with a wild and fiery streak A salty kiss of recklessness, the kind of passion that I seek You're the burn I see comin', and I welcome the attack There ain't no way to ready myself for the way you bring me back. (Chorus) 'Cause you, you're the hard stuff, darlin', straight and true A hundred-proof of everything a man was meant to go through You knock the wind right out me, leave me seein' stars at night A little bit of heaven, and you make me feel so right. (Bridge) I don't need a sweetened mixture, don't need a sugared lie I just need you standin' there with that look of fire in your eyes You're the one that I can handle, and the one that handles me The only kind of intoxicatin' that my heart will ever need. (Chorus) Oh, you, you're the hard stuff, darlin', straight and true A hundred-proof of everything I ever wanna go through You knock the wind right out me, leave me seein' stars at night A little bit of heaven, and you make me feel so right. (Outro) Yeah, you're my slow-sippin' whiskey... My shot of midnight rye... You're the hard stuff, darlin'... The only reason why.
