He was strong and of sound mind   Till the day he crossed the line   Between an east Kentucky girl and his wife      In his heart there wasn't room   So they tore his heart in two   And he survived by pouring whiskey on the wound      Another faithless heart   Locked inside a neon tomb   Hiding in the dark and   Pouring whiskey on the wound      Well, the girl was just the first   In a string of bad to worse   Yet the bourbon seems to deaden all that hurts      But closin' time comes way too soon   He can't abide a cold bedroom   So he survives by pouring whiskey on the wound      Another faithless heart   Locked inside a neon tomb   Hiding in the dark and   Pouring whiskey on the wound      By tomorrow he'll be gone   And they'll say he left alone   But that old bar stool won't be empty long      'Cause some other hopeless fool   Trying to escape the truth will sit right down   And pour some whiskey on the wound      Now it's another faithless heart   Locked inside a neon tomb   Hiding in the dark and   Pouring whiskey on the wound