Brother, my cup is empty

Brother, buy me one more drink

Explain the nature of my pain, yeah

Let me tell you once again

I am the captain of my pain

Brother, my cup is empty

And I haven't got a penny

For to buy no more whiskey

I have to go home

I cannot blame it all on her

To blame her all would be a lie

For many a night I lay awake

I wished that I could watch her die

To see her accusing finger spurt

To see flies swarm her hateful eye

To watch her groaning in the dirt

To see her clicking tongue crack dry

Brother, buy me one more drink

One more drink and then goodbye

And do not mock me when I say

Let's drink one more before I die

Brother, my cup is empty

And I haven't got a penny

For to buy no more whiskey

I have to go home

I've been sliding down on rainbows

I've been swinging from the stars

Now this wretch in beggar's clothing

Bangs his cup across the bars

Look, this cup of mine is empty

Seems I've misplaced my desires

Seems I'm sweeping up the ashes

Of all my former fires

So brother, be a brother

And fill this tiny cup of mine

But please, sir, make it whiskey

I have no head for wine