Drank Like A River Lyrics - Whiskeytown

Well, he was nearly died when he returned to the town he'd come from 

He's brown bagging it tonight behind some tavern 

Somebody wrecked his life and I'll bet you it was his darlin' 

Somebody wrecked his life and I'll bet you it was his darlin' 

So he drank like a river when the wedding bells rang 

Watched from the steeple as the choir girls sang 

Died in a gutter on his feet and his hands 

The same hands that had once touched her face 

Well, he was nearly died when he returned to the town he'd come from 

He's hanging out drinking beer with his brother-in-law 

He was a drinker at night and in the morning he was unnerving 

He was a drinker full time, the day that he lost his darlin' 

So he drank like a river when the wedding bells rang 

Watched from the steeple as the choir girls sang 

Died in a gutter on his feet and his hands 

The same hands that had once touched her face