[Intro]
      


[Verse 1]
            
You don't have

     
 to drink toni

ght
             
Why don't you 

              
just get some 

 
sleep
            
Cause I'm tire

              
d of cryin' in

   
 driveways
             
As you slur th

              
e words you sp


eak
            
And I know tha

          
t growing up
             
Has been an ev

            
il thing to yo

u
            
Makes you awfu

             
lly hard to lo

ve
             
From a lover's

           
 point of view

   

[Verse 2]
            
And I'll never

        
 understand
             
How you wound 

              
up in the shap

         
e you're in
            
But I'll alway

             
s be the fool 

              
that fell for 

 
you
              
And your burni

    
ng skin
          
I'll be prayin

g for you
      
And pining for

 you
             
and hoping you

           
 get some rest
            
From a lover's

           
 point of view
              
It's all been 

             
hard to watch 

    
at best



[Chorus]
             
Cause from whe

          
re I'm standin

g
             
You got a long

         
 climb ahead
             
And I will wip

       
e the vomit
             
when you canno

             
t lift your he


ad
             
Cause a lover 

         
doesn't leave
             
When times lik

             
e these get da


rk
             
I'll be there 

              
to watch the s


unrise
             
When we reclai

        
m your heart


[Verse 3]
            
And I will pic

              
k you up downt


own
             
When you're gr

              
inning with a 

        
busted lip
            
Cause you're n

              
ot known for b


acking down
             
And those boys

              
 are known for

          
 talking shit

            
And now's abou

        
t the time lov

e
             
You really got

       
 to decide
            
Are you gonna 

       
be a good man 

to me
             
Or die the way

              
 your mother d


ied


[Chorus]
             
Cause from whe

           
re I'm standin

g
             
You got a long

          
 climb ahead
             
And I will wip

       
e the vomit
             
when you canno

             
t lift your he


ad
             
Cause a lover 

         
doesn't leave
             
When times lik

             
e these get da


rk
             
I'll be there 

              
to watch the s


unrise
             
When we reclai

        
m your heart


[Outro]
            
You don't have

      
 to drink toni

ght
             
Why don't we j

              
ust get some s

 
leep
            
Cause I'm tire

              
d of crying in

    
 driveways
             
As you slur th

              
e words you sp


eak