I've Got to Get Sober

Well, the life we've been given and the way we been livin's

Just a song that we write 'til we die

Some people write songs on livin' just right

But I write mine on just gettin' by

And I'll go on a whim

Start to writin' a hymn that sounds so sweet

But the troubles and the sin of the world that we're in

Knock me back off my feet

I gotta get sober, I gotta start livin' right

Oh, I don't know how it's gonna go

But it ain't gonna happen tonight

So pour 'em down strong until I drown

And if I wake up tomorrow when that sun comes back around

I'll be wishin' I was sober

Well, the liquor and the bowl, they been numbin' my soul

From the pain that the world's put on me

But I know that, upstairs, there's an old man who cares

And one day, well, He'll set me free

And I'll go on a whim

Start to writin' a hymn that sounds so sweet

But the troubles and the sin of the world that we're in

Knock me back off my feet

I gotta get sober, I gotta start livin' right

Oh, I don't know how it's gonna go

But it ain't gonna happen tonight

So pour 'em down strong until I drown

And if I wake up tomorrow when that sun comes back around

I'll be wishin' I was sober

Well, the life we've been given and the way we been livin's

Just a song that we write 'til we die