Whiskey On My Soul Lyrics & video

Verse 1

I woke up with the sunrise burning holes through the blinds
Dust on my boots and trouble on my mind
There’s a Bible on the table that I ain’t touched in years
And a half-smoked cigarette drowning in my tears

Mama used to say, “Son, don’t walk that road”
But I had fire in my blood and a heavy load
I took my pride to town and my shame back home
Now there’s whiskey on my soul and I’m sleeping alone

Verse 2

There’s a woman in a town that still remembers my name
I left her with a promise and a porch light flame
She said, “Don’t come back if you’re coming back wild”
But I was born half sinner and half lost child

I heard her crying through the screen door night
While the moon looked down like a judgment light
I should’ve turned around, should’ve made things right
But I chased that road till it swallowed my life

Pre-Chorus

Now every barstool knows my story
Every jukebox knows my pain
I pour another round of sorry
But sorry don’t wash out the stain

Verse 3

I met a preacher on the highway near the county line
He said, “Boy, you look like you’re running out of time”
I said, “Preacher, I’ve been running since I was seventeen
From every bad thing I’ve done and everything I’ve seen”

He said, “There’s mercy for a man who gets down on his knees”
I said, “My knees are too tired and my hands ain’t clean”
He put one hand on my shoulder, said, “Son, don’t you know
Even sinners find grace when they got nowhere to go”

Bridge

So I pulled off the road by an old church sign
Left my keys in the truck and my pride outside
I walked through the doors with my head hung low
Smelling like smoke and the life I know

The choir started humming something deep and slow
Like thunder rolling where the river flows
And for the first time in a long, long while
I felt like more than a broken-down child

Breakdown

I said, Lord, if You hear me
I’m tired and I’m cold
I got dirt on my name
And whiskey on my soul

I can’t undo the damage
I can’t repay the years
But if You still take sinners
I’m standing right here

Outro

Now there’s rain on the windshield
And grace in the road
Still got mud on my boots
But less weight in my bones

I ain’t no saint
But I ain’t what I was
I had whiskey on my soul
Till mercy sobered me up