Drive-by Truckers Why Henry Drinks Lyrics

Why Henry Drinks Lyrics

Them stories that you tell me are so hard to swallow



You said “Go to hell? but I know you'd just follow



The future's closing in quicker than you think



and hanging with you I know why Henry drinks







Those obnoxious drunks downstairs are fighting and cussing



and twelve years of me and you don't add up to nothing



You say what's on your mind - tell it to your shrink



so he can know like me why Henry drinks







Just a few more hours till the sun comes back around



to tear each other down and drink another round



lost it on the way now I'm hating what we found



mendacity and grudge-fucks and pieces out of town







I drink half a case of beer on my way home from work



Daddy needs his medicine to keep his hands off Mama's throat



Baby, push a little harder cuz you got me on the brink



of spilling more than guts about why Henry drinks







Telling you so much about why Henry drinks















lyrics by Patterson Hood



music by Drive-by Truckers (Cooley, Hood, Howell, Lane, and Neff)