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Tom:

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.

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