Emma White has released an intimate new live performance of her powerful song That s Why I Drink, and she s letting Taste of Country readers see it first in this exclusive premiere.
White co-wrote That s Why I Drink with Brinley Addington and Neil Medley, and the track reached the Top 50 on the
Music Row chart after she released it in September of 2019. The lyrics detail the reasons the narrator tries to escape reality by drinking, which are really all just excuses in the end. That s why I drink / To get lost / To not think / To get gone / Get out of my head take off the edge for a little while / Not to get drunk / Just unwind and untangle my mind / I try to remember / I try to forget / That s why I drink, White sings in the chorus.