Story Behind The Song

A man's girl leaves him for another, his heartache seeks a wrong solution at the bar: Drinking and dialing can leave you with regret!!!! Lift up a bottle and it won't return the favor-- lift up a bottle and that bottle will put you down.

Song Description

"Beers and shots are the forget-me-nots of a clown!!" The cautionary comical and charming tale of regrettable drunk dialing provoked by being dumped by his girlfriend and playing a jukebox heartache song... A common story but told with very clever lyrics and sympathetic humor... fun music with a catchy beat, and loads of twangy ear candy to let it be known that we are in honky-tonk land,,,, The chorus provides the warning "Lift up a bottle, it won't return the favor --- lift up a bottle and that bottle's gonna put you down"... This song has has beer-glass-swinging-sing-along power.....

Lyrics

"Lift Up a Bottle"
Writer: Barry Thompson ©2024 Registered BMI All Rights Reserved

His girl found someone new... so what's a man to do?
He hits the bar at five for one but stays till two
As the rounds sink down old memories rise and shine
They well up in his eyes and wash the sense right out of his mind

Lift up a bottle, it won't return the favor
You can drown your sorrows but lord knows they don't die
Lift up a bottle like a fool you'll run and chase her
Yeah lift up a bottle, and that bottle's gonna put you down

Like a juke box jockey he scrolled through the digital cloud
Clicked on some old heartbreak song and turned it way up loud
Caused his fingers to get walking across that not-so-smart phone screen
Whisky did the dialin', beer did the cryin' and she was wondrin' whyin' again

Lift up a bottle, it won't return the favor
Beers and shots are the forget-me-nots of a clown
Lift up a bottle like a fool you'll run and chase her
Yeah lift up a bottle, and that bottle's gonna put you down

Now he's tradin' rounds with some new found brothers
Yeah, that bottle is making friends but it ain't fixin' his troubles

When you drink till you think there's an old heart link you can patch
As if some time machine flew you back for a do-over match
Then the line clicks in your ear and lands you back to this day and year, right where
the bottle put you down, that cold hard bottle don't care

Lift up a bottle, it won't return the favor
No drink mix can fix her runnin'around
Lift up a bottle like a fool you'll run and chase her
Yeah lift up bottle and that bottle's gonna put you down
One sip to your lip and that grip won't slip till you drown
Yeah lift up a bottle and it's sure to put you down.

Writer: Barry Thompson ©2024 Registered BMI