Well I've been in some bars
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Where they serve it in big gobblets and puter and brass
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I've been in some joints
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Where they sevre it in paper cups an maybe an old water glass
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But it's all the same in the old drinking game
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When ya drink and ya try to forget
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One Women who loved you and another who didn't
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And I ain't seen one winner yet
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Chorus
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What'a you got to lose?
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What'a you got to lose?
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Try women and booze and the cigrette blues
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What'a you got to lose?
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Well I've been in some towns with some high rollin heavy's
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And I know some unknown new stars
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The big equalizer is a good drink a liqour
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When they all belly up to the bar
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Some cry for fame, some cry for money
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And some people reach for the sky
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But when a honky tonk heart starts crying for a honky tonk
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You can't get a tear in edgewise
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Chorus
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Solo
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Now an old country boy just can't sit on the porch
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And watch while the world's going by
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Nah he's got to be part of some social endevour
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So he gets him a jug and he trys
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He'll play that old jukebox and chase them ol heights
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About daylight come too in his room
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When that suns commin up he's bout half way to hell
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And bout half way back home around noon
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Chorus X2
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What Have You Got to Lose
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| Tom T. Hall |
