Dewey Wayne - Songs About Drinkin'
from the album: Here for the Music

Verse 1:
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There's so much about country music that I love
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Songs about heartache and when push comes to shove
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But the only kind that fire me high as a kite
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Are the songs about drinkin' and up all night

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It's songs about drinkin' and songs you drink to
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"This Cowboy's Hat" by Chris LeDoux
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Songs that get you up and songs that get you loud
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Songs that get you like "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"

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Hank Sr., Jr., and Hank III
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Hank Thompson got it started but Kitty had the last word
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It's the ones by Waylon Jennings and The Buckaroos
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Songs about drinkin' and songs you drink to
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    Songs you drink to

Verse 2:
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Now there's great country songs about love and romance
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And the kind that make you want to put your drink down and dance
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But every time it's "Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye"
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Well I grab up my beer and point it straight to the sky

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For songs about drinkin' and songs you drink to
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The uncensored version of "A Boy Named Sue"
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The Stranger Willie Nelson, there's a million from Merle
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And all the ladies love to hear about a "Brown Eyed Girl"

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The Possum George Jones and David Allan Coe
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And Paycheck: "ain't a-workin' here no more"
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You got "Set 'em up Joe" and "London Homesick Blues"
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Songs about drinkin' and songs you drink to
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    Songs you drink to

Play me a drinkin' song!

Solo
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Verse 3:
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Well I've wrote a few songs and I guess they're alright
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And I'd love to sit and play for y'all all night
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But you'll know when it's a classic beer drinkin' song
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When everybody raises glasses and starts to sing along

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To songs about drinkin' and songs you drink to
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Like "Why Don't We Get Drunk and Screw"
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You've got Pat, and Charlie, and Robert Earl Keen
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But you know down in Texas "Bob Wills is Still the King"

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I love love songs about drinkin' from them Red Dirt Fellers too
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Guys like Jason Boland and Stoney LaRue
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They've got you favorite modern day party songs
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Like "Them Boys From Oklahoma Roll Their Joints all Wrong"

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Songs about drinkin' and songs you drink to
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We'll keep on drinkin' until they're through
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Hey guitar man you know what to do
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Play me some songs about drinkin' and songs you drink to
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Lordy-Lord Lordy-Lord-Lord-Lord
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      songs you drink to
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Hey play me a drinkin' song somebody!
Time to quit? Man I just got started!
Well that felt pretty good!