I've h ad fame and fortune
Women come knock on my d oor.
I've l ived to the limit
And maybe a little bit m ore.
There are so many stories
Of how I got out of cont rol.
Some s ay it's a women
Some say it's my troubled s oul.
I'm like a c razy old soldier
Fightin a war on my o wn.
Just m e and the whiskey
And the bottles are ten-thousand s trong.
Y ou'd think I'd give up
As many times as I've been h it.
But like a c razy old soldier
I just don't know when to q uit.
B arrooms and bedrooms
are just faces and places and n ames.
O ne's for the pleasure
And lord knows what's for the p ain.
I've tried to forget her
And all of the things that we've d one.
But as l ong as there's memories
I'll never hang up my g un.
I'm like a c razy old soldier
Fightin a war on my o wn.
Just m e and the whiskey
And the bottles are ten-thousand s trong.
Y ou'd think I'd give up
As many times as I've been h it.
Like a c razy old soldier
I just don't know when to q uit.