Cheap Whiskey, Empty Chair

Lyrics

Verse 1
Sitting in this old bar
Drinking
This cheap whiskey
Wondering where you are
Your lipstick ghost on my shot glass
Your laugh stuck in the ceiling fan

Chorus
Cheap whiskey
Empty chair
Your coat’s not on the hook
But I still stare
I talk to the jukebox
Call it your name
Every sad song sounds the same
Cheap whiskey
Wondering where you are

Verse 2
Bartender wipes the same spot
Says
"Son
You gonna stay till dawn?"
I shrug and trace your initials
In the water ring you left last fall

Chorus
Cheap whiskey
Empty chair
Your coat’s not on the hook
But I still stare
I talk to the jukebox
Call it your name
Every sad song sounds the same
Cheap whiskey
Wondering where you are

Bridge
Maybe you’re halfway to Memphis
Laughing in somebody else’s car (oh no)
I’m still stuck at our corner table
Counting cracks in this old bar

Chorus
Cheap whiskey
Empty chair
Your coat’s not on the hook
But I still stare
I talk to the jukebox
Call it your name
Every sad song sounds the same
Cheap whiskey
Wondering where you are
Yeah
Cheap whiskey
Wondering where you are