Paper & Whiskey

Paper And Whiskey
Steve Allain

Danny always works hard at the paper mill
Bought a bible and a bottle of pills
Keeps him going six days a week
Living too fast with too little sleep

Never did worry about coming undone
Everywhere to go but nowhere to run
He ran from the good and ran from himself
Left reason at home on a living room shelf

And he knows he should fall in line
Cause his luck will end it’s just a matter of time
And he knows that he’s living still
But if the paper don’t kill him then the whiskey will

Just another young man in another run-down town
Empty storefronts are all around
Left it before but he came back again
To this killer of dreams this killer of men

Oh Danny Danny what did you do?
On that reckless night you never thought through
Came so close to taking a life
She’s a mother of four and a good man’s wife

And he knows he should fall in line
Cause his luck will end it’s just a matter of time
And he knows that he’s living still
But if the paper don’t kill him the whiskey will

Hold on, hold on

He lost his dad and three friends in just one year
That will mess with your head and you can’t see clear
He fell off the train that fell off the track
And took one step closer to not coming back

And he knows he should fall in line
Cause his luck will end it’s just a matter of time
And he knows that he’s living still
But if the paper don’t kill him then the whiskey will
If the paper don’t kill him the whiskey will
If the paper don’t kill him the whiskey will