Well, I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it,
                                  
 cause I know just what I m gonna do.
I start to spend my money, callin  everybody honey,
                         
and wind up singin  the blues.
                                
I ve spent my whole paycheck on some old wreck,
                               
and brother, I can name you a few.
                              
Well, I gotta get drunk and I sure do dread it,
                                 
 cause I know just what I m gonna do.
      
2. I gotta get drunk, I can t stay sober,
                                    
    there s a lot of good people in town,
    who d like to hear me holler, see me spend my dollars,
                                        
    and I wouldn t think of lettin   em down.
      
    There s a lot of doctors that tell me,
                                        
    that I d better start to slowin  it down.
                                           
    But there s more old drunks than there are old doctors,
                                       
    so I guess we d better have another round.