She´s got a picture of him as a drifter   she knows all about his outlaw past   he couldn´t see that, gave up his freedom   she didn´t even have to ask.   as far as she knows, he´s over all of that   but she doesn´t know how close he´s come to going back      Cause the whiskey and the wind   are stronger than they´ve ever been   and not to now the two best friends he´s ever known   they keep whispering to him   he don´t need her when he´s got them   so he prays to God that they don´t prove him wrong again   or he´ll be gone again with the whiskey and the wind      Stuck in Chicago, three feet of fresh snow   but he´s got a company creditcard   the end of a long day, he eats in a cafe   across the lobby from the hotelbar   and the devil on his shoulder   reminds him he´s alone   as he walks passed the bar,   to his room to call back home      Cause the whiskey and the wind   are stronger than they´ve ever been   and not to now the two best friends he´s ever known   they keep whispering to him   he don´t need her when he´s got them   so he prays to God that they don´t prove him wrong again   or he´ll be gone again with the whiskey and the wind      oooh the whiskey and the wind   the whiskey and the wind