HI Joe...I had already dug this out, so thought I'd post it anyway....lyrics just a little different from the KK version. And the writer is listed as Tom Ghent.
RITA COOLIDGE/THE LADY'S NOT FOR SALE A & M Records/SP4370
WHISKEY, WHISKEY Singer: Rita Coolidge Writer: Tom Ghent
He's a little bit like the sunshine, just before the rain A little like the quite night, (be)'fore the cold winds came He's a little bit like the weather, I never know when he's gonna change He's a part of my heart and a whole lot of my pain.
CHORUS Whiskey, whiskey, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Milk of mercy, please be kind Drive this feelin' from my mind.
Don't you know somehow his smile makes the day begin He'd take away this mask of gray, let the sunshine in Now I find I've been blinded by the cold and wintry winds He disguised behind his eyes, oh what a fool I've been.