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