He said I'd be damned if I left the poppy He said I'd be damned if I left the whiskey It puts a little aching in these bones So hallelujah for the misery And hallelujah for the song Iv'e been through stranger times but I'm still wishing through it all That I was stoned cold sober But I found the deepest night Reaching through the hole in my heart Feeling for anything trying to hide I'll say just looking at me now I'm like the prophets of old I got some good news to tell with a heart beat getting low Stoned cold He gets it honest from his daddy They say those genes go way down He'll tell you like it is but you'll soon be crying Cock back his white lies and fill you up inside through a whiskey grin Iv'e been through stranger times but I'm still wishing through it all That I was stoned cold sober But I found the deepest night Reaching through the hole in my heart Feeling for anything trying to hide They'll say just looking at him now He's like the prophets of old He's got some good news to tell with a heart beat getting low Stoned cold