Continuing my ranking of the songs on Miranda Lambert’s new album, Postcards from Texas…
#6. ‘Bitch on the Sauce (Just Drunk)’
The back half of Postcards from Texas features only one foot-stomper, and it’s a great one. ‘Bitch on the Sauce (Just Drunk)’ finds Lambert drinking and thinking about calling an ex, unsure if her feelings are legit or just a product of the alcohol.
This song, like at least one other on the album, was written in 2015 in the aftermath of Lambert’s divorce from Blake Shelton. Musically it’s a bit of a romp, but the lyrics are pretty dark, and Lambert introduces hints of weary sadness in her vocals.
Does the whiskey make you miss me?
‘Cause every time I take a sip, I think about you
I start dialin’, but I don’t call
Are you sittin’ there lookin’ at the phone, not callin’ me too?
A heart is a bitch on the sauce, gon’ do what it do
[Chorus]
This happens every time I crack open up that bottle
And I light that cigarette
And it’s like, “Aw, shit, here come trouble”
Everything about you says, “Don’t do that”
With the devil on my shoulder, sayin’, “Don’t look back”
And I wonder what spell are we under
Are wе in love or we just drunk?
[Verse 2]
That front porch looks like hеaven
But I know in the mornin’ it’s gonna feel more like hell (Woo)
But I drive up anyway
‘Cause the good Lord knows this girl can’t help herself (Yeah)
Yeah, a heart is a bitch on the sauce, so I might as well
[Chorus]
This happens every time I crack open up that bottle
And I light that cigarette
And it’s like, “Aw, shit, here come trouble”
Everything about you says, “Don’t do that”
With the devil on my shoulder, sayin’, “Don’t look back”
And I wonder what spell are we under
Are we in love or we just drunk? (We just drunk, yeah)
[Outro]
Does the whiskey make you miss me?
‘Cause every time I take a sip I think about you
Meet Me In Montauk 
Well, now Gwen Stefani is sitting on that front porch that looks like heaven.🤪