From the recording As If Whiskey Could Put Out A Fire
"As If Whiskey Could Put Out A Fire," co-written by Michael R. J. Roth & Eric Ramsey, was a Silver Award Winner in the Mid-Atlantic Song Contest, and a Finalist in The Great American Song Contest. It was recorded at Tommy's Dungeon Studio in Nashville. It features the talents of Dylan Rossin (acoustic), Nate Keeterle (electric), Gary Lynn (bass), Steve Peffer (keys), Vivian Rogers (engineer), and Tommy Harden on drums.
Lyrics
As If Whiskey Could Put Out A Fire
©2024 Michael R. J. Roth/ Eric Ramsey
I sat at a bar with some lonely hearts
Cracked and broken like ice in brown liquor
We were soothing our sorrows with songs of romance
Drinking hard so the clock would run quicker
Then we settled our tabs and wandered on home
To wait for the ache of tomorrow
When again we’ll pour out some thoughts from a bottle
And sip the sweet poison of sorrow
Chorus:
We’re trying to heal our bleeding hearts
And the smoldering burn of desire
By pouring this whiskey over our wounds
As if whiskey could put out a fire
As if whiskey could put out a fire
We’ll be wishing that we were somebody we’re not
Till reality starts to set in
Thinking we might end it all with a shot
From the bottle that’s our only friend
Chorus:
We’re trying to heal our bleeding hearts
And the smoldering burn of desire
By pouring this whiskey over our wounds
As if whiskey could put out a fire
As if whiskey could put out a fire
Bridge:
Then we’ll stumble on home and surrender to sleep
And be back on our barstools tomorrow
It’s better, it’s kinder, than drinking alone
To share the sweet poison of sorrow
Chorus:
We’re trying to heal our bleeding hearts
And the smoldering burn of desire
By pouring this whiskey over our wounds
As if whiskey could put out the fire
We’re trying to heal our bleeding hearts
And the smoldering burn of desire
By pouring this whiskey over our wounds
As if whiskey could put out a fire
As if whiskey could put out a fire