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