Wishful Drinking

Album: Good Person (2022)
Charted: 47
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  • Maybe I'm just wishful drinkin'
    Give my heart somethin' to sink in
    Better make it two, nothin' I won't do
    For another round of me and you

    I know it's a shot in the dark
    Lookin' for what's left of a spark
    Throwin' 'em back like I got nothin' to lose
    It's a slow burn just like you
    Everybody says, "Give it time"
    But I'm feelin' like I'm stuck on rewind
    Throwin' 'em back like I got nothin' to lose
    It's a slow burn just like you

    When I'm a couple in, I get optimistic
    Like you and me are realistic

    Maybe I'm just wishful drinkin'
    Give my heart somethin' to sink in
    Better make it two, nothin' I won't do
    For another round of me and you
    I get hopeful when I'm tipsy
    Thinking you might actually miss me
    It's a hundred proof, nothin' I won't do
    For another round of me and you
    I'm wishful drinkin'
    (Ooh, ooh, ooh)

    With every sip, I'm gettin' closer
    To thinkin' that we ain't really over
    I know it ain't right, but baby, just for tonight
    I don't wanna have no closure

    When I'm a couple in, I get optimistic
    Like you and me are realistic

    Maybe I'm just wishful drinkin'
    Give my heart somethin' to sink in
    Better make it two, nothin' I won't do
    For another round of me and you
    I get hopeful when I'm tipsy
    Thinking you might actually miss me
    It's a hundred proof, nothin' I won't do
    For another round of me and you
    I'm wishful drinkin'
    Yeah
    I'm wishful drinkin'
    Wishful drinkin', wishful drinkin', wishful drink-

    I'm tracin' your footprints through my memories
    Tryna find where we went wrong
    Replacin' the space you left with new things
    Nothin' I try lasts long, yeah

    Maybe I'm just wishful drinkin'
    Give my heart somethin' to sink in
    Better make it two, nothin' I won't do
    For another round of me and you (another round of me and you)
    I get hopeful when I'm tipsy
    Thinking you might actually miss me
    It's a hundred proof, nothin' I won't do
    For another round of me and you
    I'm wishful drinkin'
    Yeah
    I'm wishful drinkin'
    I'm wishful drinkin'
    (Ooh, ooh, ooh) Writer/s: Ingrid Andress, Jonathan Percy S. Saxe, Jonny Price, Lucky Daye, Ryan Williamson
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • F from Middle Class UsaSong is all too true.
    I was with someone for 10 years, on and off a few times but mostly “on.”
    Sometimes, when I get drunk, I think about how things could’ve been different. I still fantasize about her.
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