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Whiskey Don’t Love Me Back

Otis Claybrooke | July 22, 2026

[Verse 1]
I pulled you down off the shelf
You never asked me once
I pour my truth in your mouth
You just burn and run
Your label says easy
Mine says hard to heal
I keep on holding on
Like this could ever be real

[Pre-Chorus]
You never call me
You never stay
You take my name
Then drift away

[Chorus]
Whiskey don’t love me back
(whiskey don’t love me back)
I keep on coming back
I keep on coming back
One-sided heart
One-sided glass
Whiskey don’t love me back
(whiskey don’t love me back)

[Verse 2]
There’s a ring on the table
A stain on my sleeve
I talk to the bottle
Like it’s got needs
It never gets jealous
It never gets mad
It just leaves me lonely
And calls that good and bad

[Pre-Chorus]
You never call me
You never stay
You take my name
Then drift away

[Chorus]
Whiskey don’t love me back
(whiskey don’t love me back)
I keep on coming back
I keep on coming back
One-sided heart
One-sided glass
Whiskey don’t love me back
(whiskey don’t love me back)

[Bridge]
Maybe I wanted
A hurt I could hold
A one-way fire
In a paper-thin soul
But the truth sits heavy
In the dark by my bed
You can’t break up with a bottle
If it never cared

[Final Chorus]
Whiskey don’t love me back
(whiskey don’t love me back)
I keep on coming back
I keep on coming back
One-sided heart
One-sided glass
Whiskey don’t love me back
(whiskey don’t love me back)

Written by Otis Claybrooke





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