
I said, ‘Well, let’s forget about the 'Midnight Cigarette.’ Man, you’ve got the perfect idea for the song there.‘’ And it just kind of flowed there. Jon loved that line, so we wrote it down, and then he said, 'Here’s a line here: 'He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger.’' Whiskey Lullaby Lyrics by Alison Krauss from the Mud on the Tires album - including song video, artist biography, translations and more: She put him out. INTRO: G VERSE 1: G C Em She put him out like the burning end of a midnight cigarette G C D She broke his heart he spent his whole life trying to forget Em D G We watched him drink away his pain, a little at a time Em D G But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind D Until the night CHORUS: G D He put that bottle to his head.

I went to the writing session with the idea to write a song called ‘Midnight Cigarette.’ Basically, that turned out to be the first line of ‘Whiskey Lullaby’: ‘She put him out like the burnin’ end of a midnight cigarette.‘ That was what I wanted to write the whole song about. My name is samantha and I recently lost my dad and this was his favorite song when I would listen to this song it made me feel like my dad was there right by my side and I really miss him and whenever I here this song I cry for two and a half hours thinking to my self why did I let my dad go I should have kept him in my arms for ever. He said, ‘Man, I’m sorry for the way I’ve acted the last couple of weeks.’ And his friend said to him, ‘That’s alright, Jon I’ve put the bottle to my head and pulled the trigger a few times in my life.’ So when Jon came to the writing session, that was fresh on his mind. When he decided to sober up and come back and join the living again, he apologized to his friend. Whiskey Lullaby Lyrics She broke his heart. And he went over to a friend’s house and crashed for a couple of weeks. Whiskey Lullaby Lyrics: She put him out, like the burnin' end of a midnight cigarette / She broke his heart, and he spent his whole life tryin' to forget / We watched him drink his pain away a. Jon was going through some pretty rough times back then: He had gotten a divorce and lost his writing deal and his record deal all within just a day or two of each other.

I cant forget and I dont think I ever will. She put him out like the burnin end of a midnight cigarette. In an interview with The Boot, the songwriter Bill Anderson talked about how the song was mainly inspired by Jon Randall during a very rough moment in his life: I understand what it is to live a constant nightmare from which you cant wake up. Sign up for Deezer and listen to Whiskey Lullaby by Alison Krauss and 90 million.
