Whiskeytown - Drank Like A River lyrics

Well, he was nearly died when he returned to the town he'd come from<br>He's brown bagging it tonight behind some tavern.<br>Somebody wrecked his life, and I'll bet you it was his darlin'<br>Somebody wrecked his life, and I'll bet you it was his darlin'<br>So he drank like a river when the wedding bells rang<br>Watched from the steeple as the choir girls sang<br>Died in a gutter on his feet and his hands...<br>The same hands that had once touched her face<br><br>Well, he was nearly died when he returned to the town he'd come from<br>He's hanging out drinking beer with his brother-in-law<br>He was a drinker at night, and in the morning he was unnerving<br>He was a drinker full time, the day that he lost his darlin'<br><br>So he drank like a river when the wedding bells rang<br>Watched from the steeple as the choir girls sang<br>Died in a gutter on his feet and his hands...<br>The same hands that had once touched her face<br><br>So he drank like a river when the wedding bells rang<br>Watched from the steeple as the choir girls sang<br>Died in a gutter on his feet and his hands...<br>The same hands that had once touched her face<br><br>So he drank like a river when the wedding bells rang<br>Watched from the steeple as the choir girls sang<br>Died in a gutter on his feet and his hands...<br>The same hands that had once touched her face