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Country music singers |
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Have always been a real close family, |
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But lately some of my kinfolks |
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Have disowned a few others and me |
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I guess it's because |
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I kind of changed my direction |
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Lord I guess I went and broke their family tradition |
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They get on me and want to know Hank |
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Why do you drink? |
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Hank why do you roll smoke? |
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Why must you live out the songs that you wrote? |
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Over and over |
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Everybody makes my prediction |
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So if I get stoned, I'm just carrying on |
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An old family tradition |
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I am very proud |
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Of my daddy's name |
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All though his kind of music |
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And mine ain't exactly the same |
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Stop and think it over |
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Put yourself in my position |
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If I get stoned and sing all night long its a family tradition |
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Don't ask me, |
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Hank why do you drink? |
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Hank, why do you roll smoke? |
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Why must you live out the songs that you wrote? |
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If I'm down in a honky-tonk |
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And some ole slick's trying to give me friction |
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I'll say leave me alone |
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I'm singing all night long |
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It's a family tradition |
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Lord I have loved some ladies |
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And I have loved Jim Beam |
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And they both tried to kill me in 1973. |
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When that doctor asked me, |
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Son how did you get in this condition? |
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I said, hey sawbones, |
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I'm just carrying on an ole family tradition |
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So don't ask me, |
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Hank why do you drink? |
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Hank, why do roll smoke? |
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Why must you live out the songs that you wrote? |
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Stop and think it over, |
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Try and put yourself in my unique position |
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If I get stoned and sing all night long, its a family tradition! |