That made you write the songs that way, oh, yeah
Lord, it must have been a real mean bottle
Hag, it must have been a real mean bottle
A real mean bottle made you such a rebel
The stories you told about prison
It must have been a real mean bottle made you sing that way
It's a miracle we're standin' here today
Lord, it must have been a real mean bottle
Must have been a real mean bottle made you sing that way
You spent most all your life with strangers
A real mean bottle poured straight from the devil
That made you write the songs that way
A real mean bottle made you such a rebel
It's a miracle you're standin' here today
With a ramblin' fever in your veins
A real mean bottle poured straight from the devil
That made you sing that way
It must have been a real mean bottle made you sing that way
'Bout a young man gone astray
