I Only Want to Drink Alone

V8
Gary Robinson
04:32
2026-03-14 19:46
soulful country / blues, soulful, guitar, 4/4, male
2
[Intro]
0:00
Verse 1
0:20
The house still holds your shadow
0:20
In the quiet of every room
0:24
Two coffee cups still on the shelf
0:28
But one won't be used soon
0:33
I walk past pictures on the wall
0:37
Where we both still look the same
0:42
Funny how a life can fade
0:46
But leave behind the frame
0:50
Pre-Chorus
0:54
Everybody says it happens
0:54
Everybody says move on
0:59
But they don't hear the silence
1:04
After midnight comes along
1:07
Chorus
1:11
(Hook)
1:11
I only want to drink alone tonight
1:11
Let the quiet say the things I can't say right
1:16
No I’m not looking for a fight
1:20
Or someone telling me I'll be alright
1:24
Just let the whiskey hold the truth I’ve known
1:29
I only want to drink alone
1:35
Verse 2
1:43
Friends keep calling on the weekend
1:43
Saying “man you should get out”
1:47
But I’m tired of explaining
1:51
What this emptiness is about
1:55
It’s not the bar or conversation
2:00
It’s not the music or the crowd
2:04
It’s the ghosts that start talking
2:09
When the world’s not so loud
2:13
Pre-Chorus
2:17
Every memory keeps asking
2:17
Where the good years really went
2:21
And every answer I come up with
2:26
Feels a little heaven-sent
2:30
Chorus
2:32
(Hook)
2:32
I only want to drink alone tonight
2:33
Let the quiet say the things I can't say right
2:38
No I’m not looking for a fight
2:43
Or someone telling me I'll be alright
2:47
Just let the whiskey hold the truth I’ve known
2:51
I only want to drink alone
2:57
Bridge
3:05
Some nights get darker than a man should face
3:05
Thought about disappearing without a trace
3:09
But somewhere in the stillness of this empty home
3:13
A small voice whispers, just hold on
3:18
And the silence doesn’t judge me
3:22
And the night just lets me be
3:26
Sometimes the loneliest freedom
3:30
Is the only way to breathe
3:34
Final Chorus
3:37
So I only want to drink alone tonight
3:38
Where the broken hearts don’t have to hide their fights
3:42
If you’ve ever lost a love
3:47
You know exactly what I’m talking of
3:51
No shame in sitting with the truth you've known
3:55
Sometimes we all drink aloneYeah the house is quiet now
4:01
But the morning will come along
4:09
And somewhere in that silence
4:14
I might learn how to be strong
4:19