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Artist: Kris Kristofferson
Canonical path: /kris-kristofferson/hemingway-s-whiskey
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Hemingway's Whiskey
Read Hemingway's Whiskey lyrics by Kris Kristofferson on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Hemingway's Whiskey
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Hemingway’s whiskey
Warm and smooth and mean
Even when it burns
It’ll always finish clean
He didn’t like it watered down
He took it straight up and neat
If it was bad enough for him
You know it’s bad enough for me
Hemingway’s whiskey
Ah, it’s tough out there
A good muse is hard to find
Living one word to the next
One line at a time
There’s more to life than whiskey
There’s more to words than rhyme
Sometimes nothing works
Sometimes nothing shines
Like Hemingway’s whiskey
Sail away, sail away
Three sheets to the wind
Live hard, die hard
This one’s for him
Hemingway’s whiskey
Warm and smooth and mean
Even when it burns
It’ll always finish clean
He didn’t like it watered down
He took it straight up and neat
If it was bad enough for him
You know it’s bad enough for me
Hemingway’s whiskey
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