Well I gotta get drunk And I sure do dread it Cause I know just what I'm gonna do I'll start to spend my money Call everybody honey And wind up singing the blues I'll spend my whole paycheck On some old wreck And brother I can name you a few But I gotta get drunk And I sure do dread it Cause I know just what I'm gonna do I gotta get drunk I just 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 slowin' it down But there's more old drunkers Than there are old doctors So I guess we'd better have another round Well now I gotta get drunk Well I gotta get drunk