Family Tradition lyrics

Artist  : Hank Williams Jr. 
Song : Family Tradition
 


Country music singers
have always been a real
close family
but lately some of my kin
folks
have disowned a few others and me
i
guess its because
i kinda changed my
direction
i guess i went and broke the family
tradition

they get on me wanna know
Hank
why do you drink?
(Hank) why do you
roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs
that you wrote?
over and over
everybody
made my prediction
so if i get stoned
I'm
just carryin'
on an old family
tradition

I am very proud
of my daddys
name
although his kinda music
and mine
ain't exactly the same
stop and think it
over
put yourself in my position
if i get
stoned and sing all night long
it's a family
tradition

Don't ask me Hank
why do you
drink?
(Hank) why do you roll smoke?
Why
must you live out the songs that you wrote?
If
I'm down in a Honky-Tonk
Some ol' slicks tryin
to give me corrections
I'll say leave me
alone
I'm singin all night long
it's a
family tradition

Lordy, I have loved some
ladies
and I have loved Jim Beam
and they
both tried to kill me
in 1973
when that
doctor asked me
Son how did you get in this
condition
I said hey sawbones I'm just carryin
on
an old family tradition

So don't ask
me Hank
why do you drink?
(Hank) why do you
roll smoke?
Why must you live out the songs you
wrote?
Stop and think it over
Try and put
yourself in my unique position
If I get stoned
and sing all night long
It's a family
tradition!