I've had fame and fortune    Women come knock on my door   I've live to the limit 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 trouble soul   I'm like a crazy old solider   fightin' 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      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 solider   Fightin' 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 crazy old solider   I just don't know when to quit   Like a crazy old solider    I just don't know when to quit