I've had fame and fortune
Women come knock on my door.
I've lived to the limit
And maybe a little bit more.
There are so many stories
Of how I got out of control.
Some say it's a woman,
Some say it's my troubled soul.
I'm like a crazy old soldier
Fighting a war on my own...
Just me and the whiskey,
And the bottles are ten thousand strong.
You'd think I'd give up as many times as I've been hit...
But like a crazy old soldier
I just don't know when to quit.
Bar rooms and bedrooms
Are just faces, and places, and names.
Ones for the pleasure,
And Lord knows ones for the pain.
I've tried to forget her,
And all the things that we've done.
But as long as there are memories
I'll never hang up my gun. (Watch out!)
I'm like a crazy old soldier
Fighting a war on my own.
Just me and the whiskey
And the bottles are ten thousand strong. (Oh, sing ya'll!)
You'd think I'd give up as many times as I've been hit... (Never!)
But like a crazy old soldier
I just don't know when to quit.
Like a crazy old soldier
I just don't know when to quit.