Winonah Michael Nesmith / Linda Hargrove / James Miner Winonah, the whiskey owns her So she takes to the taverns to take some company Winonah, nobody's shown her That barrooms are a prison and whiskey is no key Contemplating why her youth so quickly slipped away Winonah pours another drink to wash the pain away Taking whiskey for her wages Winonah looks for truth While sweeping up the sawdust underneath the barroom booth Early in her younger days she felt she could not cope So dependency on drink became her only hope And now the dreams she's dreamin' come from bottles on the shelf So gaily, drinking daily, sweet Winonah finds herself