C. Scruggs I'm out till four and I'm up at six And when I wake I have a fix To try and cure the morning after blues To help me make it through the day So I can drink the night away That Honky Tonkin' Lifestyle Will get the best of you I pay my fair and get on the bus Cause I lost my keys and I drank too much The only money I have's in my shoe I hear the words roll through my head That my folks and the preacher said That Honky Tonkin' Lifestyle Will get the best of you
Well I drink and drink And drink and drink some more And though I feel high as a kite I'm laying on the floor My friends tell me to lose the booze And then I read the same old news That Honky Tonkin' Lifestyle Will get the best of you I dance drink liqour, beer, and wine I try to have a happy time But by the time I'm thirty I'll be through I try to turn to God and pray But when I do I hear him say That Honky Tonkin' Lifestyle Will get the best of you