HE'S PUT HER THROUGH SOME CRAZY THINGS|NO WOMAN SHOULD ENDURE|SHE'S LAID AWAKE SO MANY NIGHTS|WHEN HE'D STUMBLE THROUGH THE DOOR|AND SHE'S BAILED HIM OUT A DOZEN TIMES|WHEN SHE COULD HAVE WALKED AWAY|HER LOVE WAS STRONGER THAN GOODBYE|SHE ALWAYS CHOSE TO STAY||CHORUS: SHE PROMISED SHE WOULD LOVE HIM|IN FRONT OF GOD AND ALL|SHE STOOD THERE WITH THE MAN HE WAS|BEFORE THE ALCOHOL|HER FRIENDS ALL SAY SHE'S FOOLISH|TO KEEP ON HANGIN' ON|BUT SHE'LL BE THERE BY HIS SIDE EVEN WHEN|HE'S DRINKING WHISKEY THROUGH A STRAW||HE'S TRIED TO OVERCOME|THAT BOTTLE MANY TIMES BEFORE|BUT IT'S BEEN A LOSING BATTLE|EVER SINCE THAT DAMNED OLD WAR|HE CARRY'S ONE TOO MANY|PAINFUL MEMORIES IN HIS MIND|THAT'S WHY SHE FINDS IT IN HER HEART|TO FORGIVE HIM EVERYTIME||REPEAT CHORUS||_ CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL||HER FRIENDS ALL SAY SHE'S FOOLISH|TO KEEP ON HANGIN' ON|BUT SHE'LL BE THERE BY HIS SIDE EVEN WHEN|HE'S DRINKING WHISKEY THROUGH A STRAW|