I stood there in the middle of

the church of the broken people

Listenin' to the walkin' wounded

tell their stories

My turn came

I told 'em my name

I said this ain't my first time

Then a man started talkin' how the devil

and the bottle was ruinin' my life

With last night on my breath

I stood up and said

It ain't the whiskey

It ain't the cigarettes

It ain't the stuff I smoke

It's all these things I can't forget

It ain't the hard times

It ain't the all nights

It ain't that easy

It ain't the whiskey

that's killin' me

So what do you got for this

empty spot inside of me?

The deep dark hole

where love used to be

Before she ripped it out and ran

into the arms of someone else

Y'all sit in this room and you talk

like you got some kind of remedy

Well I hear what you're tellin' me

But I've got all the proof I need

It ain't the whiskey

It ain't the cigarettes

It ain't the stuff I smoke

It's all these things I can't forget

It ain't the hard times

It ain't the all nights

It ain't that easy

'Cause it ain't the whiskey

that's killin' me

I've done everything

to drown this hurt inside

But I can't wash you off of my mind

It ain't the whiskey

It ain't the cigarettes

It ain't the stuff I smoke

It's all these things I can't forget

It ain't the hard times

It ain't the all nights

It ain't that easy

'Cause it ain't the whiskey

that's killin' me

It ain't the whiskey

that's killin' me