Jack Daniels, if you please, knock me to my knees.
You're the only friend there has ever has been,
That didn't do me wrong.
Jack Daniels, if you please, knock me to my knees.
You can kill this pain that's drivin' me insane,
Since my baby's gone.

Cigarettes and whiskey calm my shakin' hand.
I just lost a lover to a one-night stand.
Somethin' temporary, too late I had learned.
Someone from the past, said it couldn't last.
A bridge she could burn.

Jack Daniels, if you please, knock me to my knees.
You're the only friend there has ever has been,
That didn't do me wrong.
Jack Daniels, if you please, knock me to my knees.
You can kill this pain that's drivin' me insane,
Since my baby's gone.

Promises were broken, dreams were left to die.
Empty words were spoken, tears were in our eyes.
Somethin' temporary, those tears will fade away,
Do the best you can, help me understand,
These games that people play.

Jack Daniels, if you please, knock me to my knees.
You're the only friend there has ever has been,
That didn't do me wrong.
Jack Daniels, if you please, knock me to my knees.
You can kill this pain that's drivin' me insane,
Since my baby's gone.

Fade.
You can kill this pain,
That's drivin' me insane,
Since my baby's gone.
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JACK DANIELS, IF YOU PLEASE
Written by: David Allan Coe
Performed by: David Allan Coe12-1978
Appears on: Human Emotions-1978,34 Encore-1981, 17 Greatest Hits-1985,
Super Hits-1993, Country Legends-1994, Human Emotions/Spectrum VII (Double
CD)-1995, The Essential David Allan Coe-2004, et al.

1Covered by: Michael Buffalo Smith & P.J. Elliott-2008.

2Background vocals by Lea Jane Berinati, Janie Fricke, Yvonne Hodges,
Ginger Holladay, Robert Landrum and Harold Smallets.

3Transcribed from the track on this album.

4In the liner notes for this album, Coe writes, "Dedicated to my wife...
Dear Wife, You left me taking our daughter and my dog. You left behind a
painting or two including the first painting you ever did... You will find me
as hard to forget as I have you, because I am everywhere... radio...
magazine... newspaper... TV... even the movies... No, my love, you will never
forget me. And I shall never forget either. That's Human Emotions. Side one is
songs I wrote before you left me ("Would You Lay with Me (in a Field of
Stone)," "If This Is Just a Game," "You Can Count on Me," "Mississippi River
Queen" and "Tomorrow is Another Day"). Side two is songs I wrote after you
left. I decided to call side one 'Happy Side,' because I was happy then. We
had our new house, our daughter was in school, and you were 'the happiest
I've ever been in my life,' as you told my parents the day before you drew
all the money out of the bank and left... Side two is called 'Su-i-cide.'
The first three songs ("Human Emotions," "(She Finally Crossed Over) Love's
Cheating Line" and "Whiskey & Women") I wrote before I knew who you were with
and where you had gone. The last two songs ("Jack Daniels If You Please" and
"Suicide") I wrote when I got your 'notice of divorce proceedings...' There's
an empty feeling in my chest as I write these words -- I love you. How silly
it seems to say that now... Love, David. PS: Give my love to our daughter."
From all accounts this isn't some stunt Coe tried for publicity or a joke.
Most sources confirm the veracity of the events and the letter.