(ry cooder & jim keltner)



Yes, it's me and i'm drinking again

Tell everybody i'm drinking again

Doctor said it'd kill me

But he didn't say when

Have mercy, i'm drinking again



Yes, it's me and i'm drinking again

I'd like to dry out but i doubt if i can

My baby said she'd quit me but she didn't say when

'cause i'm drinking again



Working two jobs, tryin' to get straight

Don't need the money, just want to lose weight

Gonna get you all the things that you lack

Diamond ring and a red cadillac

Came home drunk and pushed you around

Don't you quit me baby, don't you put me down



I'll never do it again

I'll never do it again

I'll never do it again

I promise this time



I came home last night about half past four

Whole neighborhood was rocking out on my floor

And my baby was working up under the sheet

With a teenage boy that lives down the street

I grabbed a bottle, he grabbed a gun

I heard somebody holler: "shoot him 'fore he runs"

And that's the reason why i'm drinking again

Tell everybody i'm drinking again

You can't lick 'em and you just can't win

Yes, it's me and i'm drinking again



Ain't it enough to start you drinking again

We got to live in a world full of sin

Thank you jesus for what you have done

I'm sick and tired tryin' to be number one

Change my suit, change my shirt

Change what i dig and get out of the dirt



I'll never do it again

I'll never do it again

I'm going to get back in my gin

I'm drinking again


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