Well I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it
'cause I know just what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna spend my money callin' everybody honey
and wind up singin' the blues
I'll spend my whole paycheck on some old wreck
And, brother, I can name you a few
Yeah, I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it
'cause I know just what I'm gonna do

I gotta get drunk, Lord, I can't stay sober
There's a lot of good people in town
and if you hear me holler, see me spendin' my dollars
I wouldn't think of lettin 'em down
Well, there's a lot of doctors keep telling me,
"Tom, brother, you better slow down,"
but there's more old drunks than there are old doctors