drunk by noon on new years day   In the hills outside of town some place   With the smoke and the wine   And a stranger's eyes   Smoke and the wine and the whiskey don't mix   Shaken' so bad, think I'm gonna be sick   Buy 'another scotch as I head to the door   Now it won't make me better   But I want to make sure   Now hold, me close,   I love you more than you know   And I step outside   Now I drank away all of my fears and my doubts   Stole away hearts from town to town   Now the things I fear   Come back here   I feel the cold ground underneath my boots   For no good reason it reminds me of you   Never made good, though I tried and I tried   So I turn back around...   And I walk inside   Now hold, me close   I love you more than you know   Now hold, me close   I love you more than you know   and that won't make things right