Crazy Old Soldier

I've had fame and fortune

Women come knock on my door.

I've lived to the limit

And maybe a little bit more.

There are so many stories

Of how I got out of control.

Some say it's a woman,

Some say it's my troubled soul.

I'm like a crazy old soldier

Fighting a war on my own...

Just me and the whiskey,

And the bottles are ten thousand strong.

You'd think I'd give up as many times as I've been hit...

But like a crazy old soldier

I just don't know when to quit.

Bar rooms and bedrooms

Are just faces, and places, and names.

Ones for the pleasure,

And Lord knows ones for the pain.

I've tried to forget her,

And all the things that we've done.

But as long as there are memories

I'll never hang up my gun. (Watch out!)

I'm like a crazy old soldier

Fighting a war on my own.

Just me and the whiskey

And the bottles are ten thousand strong. (Oh, sing ya'll!)

You'd think I'd give up as many times as I've been hit... (Never!)

But like a crazy old soldier

I just don't know when to quit.

Like a crazy old soldier

I just don't know when to quit.

• Artist:Johnny Cash and Ray Charles