Hard time, hard time, 'bout to drive me wild
Take a big fat woman, workin' down to my boogiein' side
REFRAIN: I keep on a-drinkin', try to drive my blues away
Say, the sun's going to shine in my backdoor someday
Says, I wouldn't keep on a-drinkin', if I could help my bookin' self
Wouldn't be lovin' you if I could love someone else
REFRAIN: I keep on drinkin', try to drive my blues away
Say, the sun's going to shine in my backdoor someday (Spoken: Play that thing, boy!)
SOLO
Says, I ain't gonna tell nobody, I ain't gonna drink no more
I don't feel welcome no place I go
REFRAIN: I keep on drinkin', try to drive my blues away
Say, the sun's going to shine in my backdoor someday
Says, I may be crazy, but I ain't nobody's fool
'Fore I'll take your doggin', I kick like a buckin' Georgi' mule
REFRAIN: I keep on drinkin', try to drive my blues away
Say, the sun's going to shine in my backdoor someday