Mike Murr wrote this: [VERSE1] So we settled down On the edge of town Taking jobs as they stumbled along It could never last Echoes from the past And I could see that it would always go wrong [VERSE2] Took that bottle down Let my sorrows drown Taking me right back to the start Suitcase in the car Porchlight watching my Pa He was crying for my Momma's broken heart [CHORUS] Don't make me choose Between your loving and the bottle For if you do It's only heartbreak that I can see So please don't ask me to choose Between your loving and the bottle Because the bottle Needs no promises from me [BRIDGE] I am always running, heading to nowhere With my foot pushed firmly on the throttle Doesn't matter what you see Don't put your trust in me Cause my only true friend is the bottle [CHORUS] Don't make me choose Between your loving and the bottle For if you do It's only heartbreak that I can see So please don't ask me to choose Between your loving and the bottle Because the bottle Needs no promises from me [OUTRO] Because the bottle Needs no promises from me
