[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Diamonds on the corner of lipstick.
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Rubies shining with the gold.
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Wild night, a woman, and Cadillacs
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Helpless with no one to hold.
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She stood at the edge of a doorway.
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There was nowhere a poor boy could run.
[Chorus]
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I had a fight with a bottle of whiskey last night
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and the bottle of whiskey won.
[Verse]
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She told me to watch from the window
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as she powdered the sweat from my brow.
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I told her I couldn't stay too late
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but it didn't connect anyhow.
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It's funny how small things don't matter
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When you can't recall what you have done.
[Chorus]
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I had a fight with a bottle of whiskey last night
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and the bottle of whiskey won.
[Verse]
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Her mama remembered my picture.
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Her daddy remembered my face.
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There were lawyers all over the city.
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There were cowboys all over the place.
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In the morning the judge asked the jury
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"can you tell me exactly what he's done?"
[Chorus]
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"He had a fight with a bottle of whiskey last night
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and the bottle of whiskey won."
[Verse]
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Your wild night woman and Cadillacs
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are out on the street having fun.
[Chorus]
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I had a fight with a bottle of whiskey last night
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and the bottle of whiskey won.
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I had a fight with a bottle of whiskey last night
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and the bottle of whiskey won.