I’ll be drinking whiskey in the parking lot

Bout five or six bucks is all I got

And what I’m getting paid

Won’t even drive me home

Been playing every night this week

My day job won’t let me get no sleep

Gotta pay for drinks

I guess I’ll bring my own

 

Woke up with an aching head this morning

Sat in traffic til it made sure I was late

Into pieces where my life it seems is falling

But I know somehow it will all be worth the wait

One of the other girls didn’t end up showing

Found out I was gonna have to stay

The tips weren’t for shit

And my boss threw a fit

Now I only got an hour ‘fore I play

 

When I’ll be drinking whiskey in the parking lot

Bout five or six bucks is all I got

And what I’m getting paid

Won’t even drive me home

Been playing every night this week

My day job won’t let me get no sleep

Gotta pay for drinks

I guess I’ll bring my own

 

Got home just in time to let the dogs out

Found my shoes in pieces on the floor

Had to starve myself instead of eating dinner

Cuz I ain’t had time to make it to the store

Those dishes keep on piling in the sink

My house looks like it just went through a storm

Got bills in the mail

And my cousin’s in jail

And a disconnection notice on my door

 

That’s why I’m drinking whiskey in the parking lot

Bout five or six bucks is all I got

And what I’m getting paid

Won’t even drive me home

Been playing every night this week

My day job won’t let me get no sleep

Gotta pay for drinks

I guess I’ll bring my own

 

Sometimes I think I’ll write a Dear John letter

And leave this life I’m putting myself through

So I pack up my car

But I end up back at the bar

Cuz I ain’t got no John to write it to

 

That’s why I’m drinking whiskey in the parking lot

Bout five or six bucks is all I got

And what I’m getting paid

Won’t even drive me home

Been playing every night this week

My day job won’t let me get no sleep

Gotta pay for drinks

I guess I’ll bring my own