Shot glass
d*mn it's been a sh*tty week
Tonight after the kids go to sleep
I'm drinking it all off my mind
Not looking back leaving it all behind
I'll drink one for the broken hearted
Two for the dearly departed
Three for my evil twin
I'll stop and pray as I'm sure I will sin
Four for my heart on a distant shore
Five because what's one more
Six as I fight back the water works
Sometimes I can be a real big jerk
Seven for those I have touched
Eight just to prove that I am tough
Nine as my thoughts are only of you
This is how I will fight my blues
Ten for the fallen brave
Eleven for all the gave
Twelve this bottle is running dry
It's when the first tear falls from my eye
Thirteen as there is a few shots left
Fourteen liquor is now my breath
Fifteen tonight I am in no hurry
From the tears my vision is getting blurry
Sixteen my hands are starting to shake
Seventeen how much more can I truly take
Eighteen the last and final shot
Eyes are flowing as my heart is in a knot
The more I drink the further
I'll travel through my haunted past
Tonight I'll find out how many tears………………..
It takes to fill a shot glass
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Submitted on May 11, 2015
Modified on April 28, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,105 |
Words | 224 |
Stanzas | 19 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
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