Country mus

ic singers, 
              
   Have always

       
 been a real c

lose family,
         
   But lately 

some of my kin

folk,
              
   Have disown

              
ed a few other

     
s and me,
              
   I guess it'

              
s because, I k

     
inda' changed 

my direction,
            
   Lord I gues

              
s I went and b

              
roke their fam

   
ily tradition,
   They get on me and wanna' know Hank,
   
   CHORUS
    
    Why do ya 

drink?,
       
   Hank why do

 you roll smok

e?,
            
   And why mus

              
t you live out

              
 the songs tha

     
t you wrote?,
              
   Over and ov

         
er every body 

met my predict

ion,
            
   If I get st

              
oned I'm just 

              
carrying on an

           
 old family tr

adition

   I am very proud, of my daddy's name,
   Although his kind of music and mine ain't exactly the same,
   Stop and think it over, put yourself in my position,
   If I get stoned and sing all night long it's a family tradition,
   So don't ask me Hank,

   Why do ya drink?, Hank why do you roll smoke?,
   And why must you live out the songs that you wrote?,
   If I'm down in a honky tonk and some ol' slick tries to give me friction,
   I'll say leave me alone I'm singin' all night long 'cause it's a,
   family tradition

   Lordy I have loved some ladies, and I have loved Jim Beam,
   And they both tried to kill me, in 1973,
   When that doctor asked me, son how'd ya get in this position?,
   I said a hey sawbones I'm just a carrying on and ol' family tradition,
   So don't ask me Hank,

   Why do ya drink?, Hank why do you roll smoke?,
   And why must you live out the songs that you wrote?,
   Stop and think it over, try to put yourself in my unique position,
   If I get stoned and sing all night long it's a family tradition.