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“Can I Borrow a Whiskey”
Written By: Heather Platania
If these barstools could talk… they’d spill more than the drinks ever did.
This song isn’t about the whiskey.
It’s about the stories soaked into the wood, barstools and walls.
The jukebox that’s heard every heartbreak and all the love stories. The walls that remember every hello and goodbye, and the bar top that’s held more happiness and pain than any glass ever could.
“Can I Borrow a Whiskey” is for the ones who aren’t chasing the buzz —
they’re chasing the memories that live inside the silence of the room.
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Can I Borrow A Whiskey?
Written By: Heather Platania
Verse 1
There’s dust on the jukebox, smoke in the air
Every barstool’s a witness, every shadow’s a prayer
I don’t need the burn, I don’t need the lies
Just the truth in these walls, not the alibis
Pre-Chorus 1
I don’t need to taste it, just set it down slow
A glass full of stories only the whiskey knows
Chorus
Can I borrow a whiskey, just a couple shots?
Let it pour me the stories all old bars forgot
Every crack in these walls holds the battles they fought
Can I borrow a whiskey, just a couple shots?
Verse 2
The cracks in this counter been carved by the years
Soaked in the laughter, the heartbreak, the tears
I don’t need the courage, don’t need the disguise
I just wanna feel their truth for tonight
Pre-Chorus 2
Go on and pour it, let the glass hit the light
I’ll borrow the memories, not the burn tonight
Chorus
Can I borrow a whiskey, just a couple shots?
Let it pour me the stories all old bars forgot
Every crack in these walls holds the battles they fought
Can I borrow a whiskey, just a couple shots?
Bridge
If bottles could talk, they’d tell the whole town
Of the broken, the dreamers, the lost and the found
So don’t pour me the fire, just lend me the past
I’ll hold on to the echoes that were built to last
Final Chorus
Can I borrow a whiskey, just a couple shots?
Let it pour me the stories all old bars forgot
Every crack in these walls holds the battles they fought
Can I borrow a whiskey, just a couple shots?…
just a couple shots?
*Demo uses AI-generated vocals and instrumentation for presentation purposes only. Lyrics and melody 100% written by me.
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Another goodie here.
Only thing i have here is line 2 in the chorus. When I sing it back, I had to get my phrasing just right to make it work. You want the chorus to be singable. To use a word I’ve received before lol. “It’s a clunker just trying to rhyme”.
What story is the bar forgetting? Pull me in and describe it to me.
Also, “these walls holds” might be better as “these walls hold”. Double plurals are harder to sing.
Maybe line 2 and 3 can pull a scene together and give me a reason for wanting the shots.
Your pre-chours set me up that it knows something, give me an image to drink to 
January 26, 2026
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Rick Carroll
Another goodie here.
Only thing i have here is line 2 in the chorus. When I sing it back, I had to get my phrasing just right to make it work. You want the chorus to be singable. To use a word I’ve received before lol. “It’s a clunker just trying to rhyme”.
What story is the bar forgetting? Pull me in and describe it to me.
Also, “these walls holds” might be better as “these walls hold”. Double plurals are harder to sing.
Maybe line 2 and 3 can pull a scene together and give me a reason for wanting the shots.
Your pre-chours set me up that it knows something, give me an image to drink to
January 26, 2026
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