The Brad Paisley Whiskey Lullaby song is a duet recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley and bluegrass artist Alison Krauss on Paisley’s album Mud on the Tires. “Whiskey Lullaby” was composed by Bill Anderson and Jon Randall and appeared on Brad Paisley’s album “Mud on the Tires”. The song . The song was released on March 29, 2004 as the album’s third single. Whisky Lullaby peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, and No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The song won the 2005 Country Music Association Song of the year award. The music video is set during the World War II era and debuted on CMT June 30, 2004. This haunting video tells the story of a soldier who returns from battle to find his wife with another man. Whiskey Lullaby chronicles the devastating effects of a veteran finding his wife with another man. The music video won the CMA Award for “Country Music Video of the Year” for 2004.
Watch the music video and see the written lyrics below.
Brad Paisley Whiskey Lullaby featuring Alison Krauss Music Video
The song tells a story of a couple who fall in love, get married, and then fall apart due to their addiction to whiskey. The lyrics describe their downward spiral as they drown their sorrows in alcohol, leading to infidelity, heartbreak, and ultimately, death. The chorus repeats the haunting phrase, “He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger, and finally drank away her memory”, alluding to the suicide of the male protagonist. The melody of the song is slow and melancholic, with a mournful fiddle and guitar accompaniment, which enhances the somber tone of the lyrics.
This song was written by Bill Anderson and Jon Randall.
Brad Paisley Whiskey Lullaby Lyrics
She put him out like the burnin’ end of a midnight cigarette
She broke his heart he spent his whole life tryin’ to forget
We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time
But he never could get drunk enough to get her off his mind
Until the night
[1st Chorus]
He put that bottle to his head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank 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 we buried him beneath the willow
The angels sang a whiskey lullaby
(Sing lullaby)
The rumors flew but nobody knew how much she blamed herself
For years and years she tried to hide the whiskey on her breath
She finally drank her pain away a little at a time
But she never could get drunk enough to get him off her mind
Until the night
[2nd Chorus]
She put that bottle to her head and pulled the trigger
And finally drank away his memory
Life is short but this time it was bigger
Than the strength she had to get up off her knees
We found her with her face down in the pillow
Clinging to his picture for dear life
We laid her next to him beneath the willow
While the angels sang a whiskey lullaby
(Sing lullaby)
