Written by Bill Anderson & Jon Randall   ©2003 Sony/ATV Tree Pub./Mr. Bubba Music (BMI)/   Reynsong Pub. Corp./Whayasay Music (BMI)      She put him out... like the burning end of a midnight cigarette   She broke his heart... he spent his whole life trying to forget   We watched him drink away his pain a little at a time   But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind   Till the night      He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger   And he finally blew away her memory   Life is short, but this time it was bigger   Than the strength he had to get up off his knees   We found him with his face down in the pillow   With a note that said “I’ll love her till I die”   And when they buried him beneath the willow   The angels sang a whiskey lullaby   La-la-la-la       The rumors flew... but nobody knew just how she blamed herself   For years and years...she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath   She finally drank away her pain a little at a time   But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind   Till the night      She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger   And she finally blew away his memory   Life is short, but this time it was bigger   Than the strength she had to get up off her knees   They found her with her face down in the pillow    Clinging to his picture for dear life   They laid her next to him beneath the willow    And the angels sang a whiskey lullaby   La-la-la-la