Didn't look like alcohol to me   But his hands were shakin' like a willow leaf   Reaching out for one more drink   He didn't look like a loser to me   But he was lost behind his tears   Something had to drive him in here   He don't fit in with this crowd   Somewhere,sometime he was proud      There's a storm stretched out   A million miles across his heart   And a war he's fighting   In the dark   Whatever it is,something bigger then him   Drove him too far down to crawl   But it didn't look like alcohol      Thought I heard him say somebody's name   But I pretended like I didn't hear   I just wished that I could disappear   He was cracking like a desert of burning shame   Pleading with someone that I couldn't see   He might as well've been on his knees   Like a bomb tickin' ready to blow   He got up in a hurry to go      There's a storm stretched out   A million miles across his heart   And a war he's fighting   In the dark   Whatever it is,something bigger then him   Drove him too far down to crawl   But it didn't look like alcohol      The girl behind the bar says she guesses he forgot her   I said, "Don't worry I'll get his tab   And gave me two of whatever he had"   And she said, "Water"      Whatever it is,something bigger then him   Drove him too far down to crawl   But it didn't look like alcohol   Didn't look like alcohol to me