With one drink you can't handle it
Another empty bottle
Come tomorrow you won't remember what you did

The past is in the past
Hanging onto a memory is not gonna bring it back
The people that surrond you
They couldn't care less about you but they're the ones that you love
They're the ones that you love

I prefer not to use a chaser
I like the burn to serve as an eraser
Another empty bottle
Come tomorrow I will remember everything I've done

The past is in the past
Hanging onto a memory is not gonna bring it back
The people that surrond you
They couldn't care less about you but they're the ones that you love
They're the ones that you love

Oh
Were your eyes just free to see what they saw
Or were your lips just free to say what they really want
Do you even remember now what that was
Do you remember

With one drink you can't handle this
Another empty bottle
Come tomorrow I will be reminding you of what you did


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Empty Bottles Lyrics as written by Ian Kirkpatrick Stacy Clark

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    This song is about addiction, pure and simple. I love it's beautiful melody - stark in contrast to the songs brutal reality. In a word, brilliant. Stacy Clark is a rare talent.

    • This song would serve great as the theme song to the A&E show "Intervention".

    -Ron Wiles

    RonWilesMusicShowon April 27, 2008   Link
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    General Comment

    It's about a dude who has a shady past and can't get over what he did, so he drowns his sorrows in alcohol.

    constanton June 01, 2008   Link

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