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Hank Williams, Jr.
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Country music singers
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have always been a real close family
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but lately some of my kin folks
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have disowned a few others and me
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i guess its because
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i kinda changed my direction
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i guess i went and broke the family tradition
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they get on me wanna know Hank
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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
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everybody made my prediction
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so if i get stoned
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I'm just carryin'
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on an old family tradition
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I am very proud
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of my daddys name
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although his kinda music
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and mine ain't exactly the same
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stop and think it over
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put yourself in my position
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if i get stoned and sing all night long
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it's a family tradition
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Don't ask me Hank
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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
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Some ol' slicks tryin to give me corrections
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I'll say leave me alone
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I'm singin all night long
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it's a family tradition
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Lordy, I have loved some ladies
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and I have loved Jim Beam
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and they both tried to kill me
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in 1973
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when that doctor asked me
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Son how did you get in this condition
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I said hey sawbones I'm just carryin on
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an old family tradition
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So don't ask me Hank
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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 you wrote?
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Stop and think it over
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Try and put yourself in my unique position
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If I get stoned and sing all night long
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It's a family tradition!
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