Merle Haggard The Bottle Let Me Down Each night I leave the barroom when it's over Not feeling any pain at closing time But tonight you memory found me much to sober Couldn't drink enough to keep you off my mind CHORUS: Tonight the bottle let me down and let you memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found Tonight the bottle let me down I've always had a bottle I could turn to And lately I've been turning everyday But the wine don't take effect the way it used to And I'm hurting in an old familiar way CHORUS: Tonight the bottle let down and let you memory come around The one true friend I thought I'd found Tonight the bottle let down Tonight the bottle let down