Hank, why do you drink?
Put yourself in my position
It's a family tradition
I say leave me alone I'm singin' all night long
It's a family tradition
I am very proud
Hank, why do you roll smoke?
Lordy, I have loved some ladies
If I'm down in a honky tonk
I said "Hey sawbones, I'm just carryin' on
Of my daddy's name
It's a family tradition
But lately some of my kinfolk
I kinda changed my direction
And broke their family tradition
If I get stoned and sing all night long
So if I get stoned I'm just carryin'
And Lord, I guess I went
The songs that you wrote?
Hank, why do you drink?
Stop and think it over
Some old slicks trying to give my friction
They get on me want to know
Have always been a real close family
Country music singers
"Son, how'd you get in this condition?"
And mine ain't exactly the same
And I have loved Jim Beam
If I get stoned and sing all night long
Have disowned a few others and me
I guess it's because
The songs that you wrote?
So don't ask me
Hank, why do you drink?
Why must you live out
Everybody met my prediction
Why must you live out
When my doctor asked me
And they both tried to kill me in 1973
Although his kind of music
Hank why do you roll smoke?
Publisher: BOCEPHUS MUSIC INC
Hank, why do you roll smoke?
Stop and think it over
Try to put yourself in my unique position
The songs that you wrote?
Songwriter: Hank Jr Williams
Over and over
Why must you live out
An old family tradition"
So don't ask me
On an old family tradition