crazy old soldier

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 all my own

just me and the whiskey

and the bottles are ten thousand strong

you'd think i'd give up

as many times i've been hit

but like a crazy old soldier

i just don't know when to quit

barrooms and bedrooms

are just faces and places and names

once for the pleasure

and lord knows

once for the pain

i've tried to forget her

and all of the things that we've done

but as long as there are memories

i'll never hang up my gun

i'm like a crazy old soldier

fighting a war all my own

just me and the whiskey

and the bottles are ten thousand strong

you'd think i'd give up

as many times i've been hit

never

but like a crazy old soldier

i just don't know when to quit