Ive had fame and fortune

Women come knock on my door

Ive live to the limit maybe a little bit more

There are so many stories of how I got out of control

Some say its a woman

Some say its my trouble soul

Im like a crazy old solider

fightin a war on my own

Just me and the whiskey

And the bottles are ten thousand strong

Youd think Id give up

as many times as Ive been hit

But like a crazy old soldier

I just dont know when to quit



Barrooms and bedrooms

Are just faces and places and names

Once for the pleasure

And Lord knows once for the pain

Ive tried to forget her

And all of the things that weve done

But as long as there are memories

Ill never hang up my gun



Im like a crazy old solider

Fightin a war on my own

Just me and the whiskey

And the bottles are ten thousand strong

Youd think Id give up

As many times as Ive been hit

But like crazy old solider

I just dont know when to quit

Like a crazy old solider

I just dont know when to quit