You think you're a big deal with that guitar in your hand
But you'll never be Parsons, Earle, or Van Zandt
There's one like you on every corner of this town
Your songs all feel like whiskey watered down

I liked the way you looked at me and the way you tipped your head
I grew tired of seeing you at the bottom of an empty glass
There's one like you on every corner of this town
Loving you's like drinking whiskey watered down

'Cause nothing about you packs a punch
And I know that loving you won't ever get me drunk
So I packed my bags and I turned my heart around
'Cause there's nothing I need less than whiskey watered down

Sometimes all you want is just a simple song
There ain't no shame in loving just to see if it won't go wrong
So I've been searching high and low and all around this town
For something that won't feel like whiskey watered down

'Cause nothing about you packs a punch
And I know that loving you won't ever get me drunk
So I packed my bags and I turned my heart around
'Cause there's nothing I need less than whiskey watered down