Ballad of the Beaten Hearted

from Whiskey Protect My Heart by The Saloons

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She was never kind to me she used to sleep around
I never saw her swing at me until I met the ground
She was never home at night, always stepping out
But when I found the two of them we were over there’s no doubt

Whiskey-i-oh
Whiskey drag me on home

Alone at last, I’ve never asked for anymore then this
But truth be told I’m rather cold without her icy kiss
I’ve drowned her out I’ve let her go or at least you know I tried
But the day I chose to kick her out many pieces of me died

Whiskey-i-oh
Whiskey drag me on home

Now she up to begging me to please just take her back
I remembered then how warm she felt but that heart her heart is black
Could I just for moments here forget about her dark
And pull her in and kiss her skin and let her leave her mark

Whiskey-i-oh
Whiskey drag me on home

She found her way inside somehow she my weakness she my sin
These promises she’ll never kepi’s going to take this on the chin
But laying there I have to stare at the vision that she is
She’s killing me entirely but she mine for now not his

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from Whiskey Protect My Heart, released July 15, 2014
written by Higgins
performed by The Saloons

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