[Verse 1] I drink every day 'til the lights go dim, 'Til I can't remember him, her, or them, Bottle talks louder than my own kin, And mornin' comes and it does me in. [Verse 2] I wake up face down in the Arizona dirt, Shirt ripped open and my jeans all hurt, Boot on the wrong foot, hat gone astray, Can't tell night from the break of day. [Verse 3] My head's stuck through that old fence line, Wire bit deep in this neck of mine, Back's all scratched from the bramble and stone, Knees give out like a busted trombone. [Verse 4] Mouth like cotton, tongue like lead, Hammer poundin' inside my head, Truck's still runnin' out in the field, But I got no memory of that wheel. [Chorus] So it must've been Bigfoot got a hold of me, Big old shadow from the Mammoth pines past three, Dragged me, ragged me, swung me 'round, Left me tangled where I was found. Must've been Bigfoot, big and mean, Roughest wrestlin' I ever seen, Whiskey don't leave you this beat and torn, Must've been Bigfoot from dusk 'til morn. [Verse 5] Second day, same glass, same pour, Tell myself I won't drink no more, But sundown comes and I'm back on that stool, Playin' that same old thirsty fool. [Verse 6] Third verse, same as the first, Same bottomless, ragged thirst, Blackout deep as a canyon wide, Wake up wonderin' how I survived. [Verse 7] Found a print big as a dinner plate, Right beside my busted tailgate, Bent fence post where I hit hard, Burrs and stickers in my whole backyard. [Verse 8] My buddies laugh and say, "Brad, you fell," I say, "Boys, you don't know that smell, That musky, woodsy, wild man stink, That ain't whiskey, that's the missing link." [Chorus] So it must've been Bigfoot got a hold of me, Picked me up like a sack of feed at three, Tossed me through the mesquite and the manzanita, Left me moanin' like an old Victrola. Must've been Bigfoot done got me again, My only alibi, my only friend, 'Cause no man-made liquor hits that hard, Leaves you lyin' broken in your own yard. [Bridge] Now I wake up every mornin' feelin' dead, Pine straw pillow for my poundin' head, If whiskey did it I'd know the score, But this feels like somethin' a whole lot more. [Verse 9] So I blame Bigfoot, what else could it be? Only Bigfoot could stomp a man like me, Leave me twisted in that old barbed wire, Feelin' lower than a funeral choir. [Verse 10] Bigfoot got me last night, got me today, He'll get me tomorrow if I drink that way, That's my story, that's my truth, Bigfoot's been gettin' me since my reckless youth. [Outro] And if you find me in that fence tomorrow, Don't feel pity, don't feel sorrow, Just pour one out and let it be, Bigfoot done got a hold of me. Bigfoot done got a hold of me.
