I woke up one morning and my car wouldn't start
my head was pounding, I couldn't find my shoes
These were the symptoms of a newly broken heart
My pride was burned and my ego had a bruise
I figured I would tell her it was all a mistake
if I could right my wrongs I wouldn't be left for dead
I was tired of all the bullshit, and the same old heartache
A pack of dogged thoughts was racing through my head

But I had a friend who knew me better,
she said, Raph don't write that letter,
we all fuck up, ya gotta live until you're dead.
And I got somewhere we should go,
'cause there's someone you should know
And here's what she said,

I'll take you down to the medicine man
Knock on the door, say Let us in, man
He'll feed us sandwiches of lettuce and ham
Send us on our way
He'll say All you gotta do, to fix that whole in you
Is sing your song, and let whiskey do the rest

Wasn't sure if I believed her, but I thought What the hell?
Heaven knows, I ain't got much to lose
At the end of the adventure, I'd have a story to tell
and if I stayed sad, I could still sing you the blues

But I got a new tune that I'm singin'
since my friend sent my head spinnin'
We tripped along until my troubles fell forgot
and that man we went to see, really had a hold on me
Just like she thought

We went down to the medicine man
Knocked on the door, said Let us in, man
He fed us sandwiches of lettuce and ham
Sent us on our way
He said, All you gotta do, to fix that whole in you
Is sing your song, and let whiskey do the rest

So if you wake up some morning and your tank's out of gas
If you can't untie that bowline in your mind
Well you hafta just trust me, Friend, that feeling it never lasts
but we all need help sometimes

And if you do, there's the medicine man
Knock on the door, say lemme in man
He'll make you choose between salami and ham
send you on your way
He'll say all you gotta do, to fix that whole in you
Is sing your song and let whiskey do the rest
Yeah, sing your song, and let whiskey do the rest