I got lost in whiskey 'bout 1979 To the point I had to learn to fly So I left the [?] To ease my troubled Mind said it was all I'd left behind Couldn't drown the sorrow or fly away All the whiskey and sweet cocaine I woke up in Kingston Face down in the road with half An ounce still in my billfold so I went and bought a forty To chase away the drift I was numb down to my finger tips I Couldn't drown the sorrow or fly Away all the whiskey and sweet cocaine Because the whiskey will leave you Myer while the cocaine takes you Higher no madder where you go it's always The same all the whiskey and sweet cocaine I went back to find her still holding on To him I felt it all come back rushing in So I mixed me up a drink A little powder and the crown I went back home and got that shot gun Down I couldn't drown the memories or Fly away all the whiskey and sweet cocaine Because the whiskey will leave you Myer while the cocaine takes you higher Two Smokey barrels gone in my daddy's old Twelve gauge all the whiskey and sweet cocaine