[ti:From The Bottle To The Bottom] [ar:Kris Kristofferson] [al:The Essential Kris Kristoffers] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]From The Bottle To The Bottom - Kris Kristofferson [00:04.92]You ask me if I'm happy now [00:07.42]That's good as any joke I've heard [00:14.41]It seems that since I've seen you last [00:17.03]I done forgot the meaning of the word [00:23.73]If happiness is empty rooms [00:26.04]And drinkin' in the afternoon [00:28.48]Well I suppose I'm happy as a clam [00:35.50]But if it's got a thing to do [00:37.56]With smilin' or forgettin' you [00:38.81]Well I don't guess that I could say I am [00:42.24]Did you ever see a down and outer waking up alone [00:46.67]Without a blanket on to keep him from the dew [00:51.67]When the water from the weeds has soaked the paper [00:56.16]He's been puttin' in his shoes to keep the ground from comin' through [01:00.28]And his future feels as empty as the pocket in his pants [01:05.65]Because he's never seen a single dream come true [01:10.57]That's the way that I've been feelin' since the day I started falling [01:14.57]From the bottle to the bottom stool by stool [01:20.63]Learnin' hard to live with losin' you [01:29.61]You wonder if I'm better off [01:31.67]With freedom now to do the things I choose [01:36.42]With all my times my own and [01:40.53]I got nothin' left but sleepin' time to lose [01:48.08]There's no one here to carry on [01:50.14]If I stay out the whole night long [01:52.51]Or give a tinker's damn if I don't call [01:57.44]I'm livin' like I wanted to [01:59.44]And doin' things I wanna do [02:01.75]And nothin' means a thing to me at all [02:09.35]Did you ever see a down and outer waking up alone [02:11.85]Without a blanket on to keep him from the dew [02:15.90]When the water from the weeds soaked the paper [02:19.21]He's been puttin' in his shoes to keep the ground from comin' through [02:23.64]And his future feels as empty as the pocket in his pants [02:29.44]Because he's never seen a single dream come true [02:34.50]That's the way that I've been feelin' since the day I started falling [02:38.93]From the bottle to the bottom stool by stool [02:41.80]Learnin' hard to live with losin' you