Hank Williams III

Well i'm gonna have to give up something that means the world to me and I dont know what im gonna do or how im gonna be yea im puttin it down gonna try to stand on my two feet so this is the last time the needles going in to try to set my soul free i dont kn...

Standin' by, a lonesome graveyard, everything I love is gone, Weeping as, they lay my darlin', 'Neath a cold gray tomb of stone... In this world, I'm left to wander, with no one to call my own. And the one I love is sleepin', 'Neath a cold gray tomb of stone....

Hey motherfucker you don't have to tell me I know that I am not like you I'm not like you You don't have a way I don't have a way You don't have a sign I don't have a sign Hey man, what the fuck is wrong with you? Ten feet down in a hole In the ground you wi...

3 shades of black is where I come from. Depression, Misery, and Hellacious fun. No we're not the kind to turn our backs and run 'cause 3 shades of black is where we come from. We are a certain breed and we don't like you. Some are junkies some are fr...

Livin alone, singin my songs Thinkin bout the good times when you were my own Lady you taught me how to hurt and cry, and each day I'm not with you I die more inside Honey sweet lady why did you go? and leave me here dying all alone in my world? It's all gon...

Well I'm leavin mississippi and im looking for higher ground said 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways around Well I ain't proud of the things I've done so I've got to change it now I said 7 long months 39 days to turn my ways around I got an 18 wheeler an...

Well, I caught you with him On those damp satin sheets So I packed my things And then I hit the streets 87 southbound To San Antone It's getting late out I ain't got no home The pavement's burning at 92 I don't need to hear no more excuses That I don't love...

I ain't broken down, I'm just broke And there's a lot of folks with me in the same boat Doin' all we can to have some hope We're not broken down, we're just broke Fightin' 9 to 5, just tryin' to stay alive Seein' good folks die When they should have a life I a...

Yeah, I can feel it's time for me to be movin' on. And the reason I know is for us, the good times have gone. We keep gettin' further than closer, day by day. And if you ever need someone to help you, don't ever call my way. 'Cause Lord, I'm fallin' furth...

Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night Now they blew up his house too Down on the boardwalk they're gettin' ready for a fight, Gonna see what them racket boys can do Now there's trouble busin' in from outta state, and the D.A. can't get no r...

I used to have a nice life, I used to live by the right But I've strayed from the good side of the Lord And I flirted with the Devil and he dealt me a card And he told me that you will never win And he told me that I was his best friend I had nothing to go ho...

Well I'm broke, lovesick, and driftin' and I've done a lot of hard, hard livin' Livin' on the road and seein' how it goes I grew up fast and it shows Cause livin' the nightlife is where I belong and drinkin' with the drunks who don't want to go home and it's h...

I've been up all night and I can't sleep I've been thinkin' about you and I can't eat I tried to go outside, but it strarted to rain and I'm sittin' here in tears callin' your name Callin' your name O Lord, I need you now I didn't know how far I was driftin'...

Well i'm a candidate for suicide the more that i get old i'm a candidate for suicide the drugs have taken their toll i'm a candidate for suicide i was raped at 8 yrs old well i'm a candidate for suicide cause i'm a cheap liar and a wh*re well i been busted up...

Well my name is Cecil Brown and I'm from a little town and people don't think much of me I never understood why they thought I was no good But this is how it seems The feelings of this worn out cowboy will make you feel so cold I've traveled up and dow...

Out of breath, I can't breathe in Choking hard when I inhale in Pouring drinks with a broke hand Now I'm up in your face again When I fuck, I don't want to When I drink, I just want to kill When I smoke, I don't get high Maybe I should just fucking chill Cho...

Early one mornin' while making the rounds I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down Went right home and I went to bed I stuck that lovin' .44 beneath my head Got up next morning and I grabbed my gun I took a shot of cocaine and away I run Made a good...

Well, oh what a feeling that burns down low when you ain't got no where to turn, or no where to go It makes me feel like sometimes I'm outta control So I'm gonna get wasted with all my country heroes I'm drinkin' some George Jones, and a little bit of Co...

Well, I was rollin' by myself, went down to Memphis, Tennessee and I was lookin' for a guy who had a mullet and no teeth and I was trippin' on some acid a latino gave to me Hey, I was smokin' morphine 'til it knocked me off my feet Then I scored some "H" from...

[?] I'll kill again, rape you indeed[?] Always a job, for what I need Don't think you're smart [?] When I hear you I'll come to you When I cut you what will you do No one will look into my eyes 'cause no one will cut the cutthroat man I'm not ashamed o...

Way down in West Virginia, There are some people who are one of a kind. They don't need nothin' from nobody, 'Cause they're already doin' fine. You got Hasil Adkins punchin', An' Mamie's raisin' hell. The legend of D Ray White, Will never die like a reb...

Losin' like a loser Who's got nothin' to lose Losin' like a loser Hell, I don't even feel my blues But I'll keep on truckin' 'Till I find me somethin' new I've been thrown down and had it hard I earned every one of my deep and lonely scars You can beat me down...

Well, if the Devil's got a daughter I got her in my arms She drinks gin and water When she hears those Lonely country songs She'll howl all night long Well, she just can't be tamed She's a burnin' flame Well, If the Devil's got a daughter She's sittin' here...

Well some say I'm not country and that's just fine with me 'Cause I don't wanna be country with some faggot looking over at me They say that I'm ill-mannered that I'm gonna self-destruct But if you know what I'm thinkin' you'll know that pop country really...

Hey boy! Hell I've been feeling cold as stone And them long hard days've been movin slow At least I got my dogs to help me sing my songs I'm doin what I can tryin to get along Hey boy Been tryin to get out of this state of mind But sometimes you know...

Well I've been high As the mountains Cruisin' down the road in my 65 And I've got a Hard-rockin' band, Baby that wants to kick it To the other side And we're runnin and a-gunnin And a-jukin' and a-jumpin And I'm lookin for some lovin' In another damn town We...

Well I'm sittin' here drinkin' over mama. Well I just can't believe that she is gone. But I never did think mama would leave us, to fend for ourselves on our own. Well now paw, he can't hardly understand it, 'cause he never did treat our mama wrong. But I gue...

When the closest one is the farthest away How it burns in your mind when there's nothin' left to say When the closest one is the farthest away Is there anything I can do to help you wanna change When the closest one is the farthest away It'll break down your m...

Gettin' drunk and fallin' down Has taken its toll on me I like livin' life full throttle But now it seems like I'm runnin' outta steam I'll never give up on havin' fun And raisin' hell in Tennesse I like a good time livin' on the run With my good friend misery...

Being thrown out at birth Is my curse luck And everybody didn’t understand I was being set up. On the second day I was found By a bloody blood hound From a distant day In Hell's lost and found. [Chorus:] From a ghost to a ghost From a ghost to a ghost Yeah we...

Drifting alone just like a dog now Running with a no place to go I'm trying to get over something That did its best to take my soul [chorus] You gone but not forgotten And i see your smiling face One day I'll be over you dear When I'm done living in this pla...

A long time forgotten are dreams that just felt by the way. And the good life he promised ain't what she's living to day. But she never complains of the bad times or bad things he's done Lord. She's just talks about the good times they've had and all the good...

I gotta buy my paw a truck cause he got totally too fucked up He got so drunk he got in a fight and then he stole my redneck ride I gotta buy my paw a truck cause he got totally too fucked up He got so drunk he got in a fight and then he stole my redne...

Livin' on a bloody street Watch the bullets fly by me as you get your drugs for your disease Livin' on a bloody street Watch the bullets fly by me as you get your drugs for your disease Hangin out on the bad side of town No one likes us 'cause were fuckin' p...

I've been all around Gutter Town Looking for a better frown Beating on misery's door. Looking high and looking low I guess I'm one of those lost souls Who just don't quite fit in no more. Drifting, used and feeling down Staring at another round Will not that...

Yeah i'm rolling down that texas line to see that bar room gill[?] it's time to get fired up and mean and drinking time my friends i know someones going down thats the rumor i hear on the street i'll take my gas and put it on my ass cause i'm a wild fuck from...

Well, I'm cruisin' all alone Just a singing my poor song I've seen them hard hard times But that's my kind of life I like it most the time When I'm drunk and feeling high Sometimes it gets me down Makes me feel I'm unwound And I know it's hard When...

They're making lots of noise down in Texas And I love that red flag of Tennessee Drinkin' with the ghost of Mississippi Flirtin' with old misery I've broken that train in Alabama And I've crossed more than one too many lines Smell that weed deep in Lo...

Well, hey there, mister man What's that you say? Well, you don't like our style And you say that we're out of date With a little bit of Hellbilly country music A little bit of Hellbilly country music A little bit of Hellbilly coming your way I'm a little Hel...

Well down the Mississippi highway Into New Orleans I said everything is going ok I got my hillbilly ride And my gal by my side And we're doing it all the way We're just a cruising around From town to town And we're doing what we like to do And if you don't...

I went honky tonkin' last Saturday night Dancin' and prancin' beneath the neon lights Pocket full of silver and not a care in the world Havin' fun and flirtin' with them honky tonk girls Honky tonkin' baby, I'm gonna make you mine Eyes that sparkle like the s...

Hurtin’ for Certain, I’ve been right there flirtin’ with the danger that’s headin’ my way. Hurtin’ for Certain, I’ve been right hurtin’ for a lover that don’t like my ways. One day I might be feelin’ alright when I ain’t got these blues that’s hurtin’ my mind....

I might get drunk and rob a bank Shoot my car if it don't crank Try to raise a little Cain Mess the walls up with some paint Might even join a rodeo Ride my horse to Buffalo Change my name to Bill I don't think I ever will But I can't promise you I won't Som...

She's standing high on cloud nine, believing all my lies I was trying to win her over, and did to my surprise I don't have all the things I said I could give her I promised her a moon that I can't deliver She'll be hurt when she finds I'm a dead dreamin' fool...

Well i wish i knew what i could say or do that would give me another chance with you well i was mean as i could be but i wish that you could see i never meant for you to end up hating me yeah i wish i knew, i still had you that i wish i knew hell i wish i kn...

All you want to do is sit a round and pout And now I got enough and so I’m getting out. I’m leavin’ now...I’m leavin’ now. I’m a long gone daddy...I don’t need you any how. Lord, I’ve been in the doghouse so dog gone long That when I get a kiss I think there’...

I'm drunk again I'm drunk once again Feeling bad, all alone Since you left me on my own I'm drunk again I'm drunk again I'm drunk again I'm drunk again I had a real good wife Until she took her life And she left me all alone And I don't think I can go on I'...

Sittin' up all night trying to have a good time Singing my songs and trying to get paid I've been roughed up beat up I I've been cut I got a tattoo at a tender age Never could respect a sheriff trying to break my neck With a few friends and a can of mace Born...

Sittin' up all night trying to have a good time Singing my songs and trying to get paid I've been roughed up, beat up, I've been cut I got a tattoo at a tender age Never could respect a sheriff trying to break my neck With a few friends and a can of mace Born...

I was raised by myself down in Arkansas My family had some rich folks' but they'd never call If they wanna be that way well that's fine with me Cause i ain't got a thing to say to a man filled with greed Well if you can't even help your own, Well my friend on...

My mind is breakin', can you feel the heat? My boots are burning, when they hit the street Good morning whiskey Good morning night The end of the world is in my sight Coming out from the other side If you know me you must have died [Chorus] Karmageddon Karm...

Well, I'm runnin' down the road about a hundred and five Don't care if I live, I just wanna die Searching for a gal who wants to keep me alive Satan's in the backseat givin' me advice again Livin' a life of sin Well, the highways are rocking with our hillbill...

Been ridin' hard a thousand miles I think I see the sun is slowly dyin' The only reason I can tell is the way that moon just ain't shinin' Gettin' lost in gutter town took me quite a while to get found. Old life can get hard when your pullin' that pain that...

I don't need nobody To call me on the phone I don't need no company I'd rather be alone I'm just happy by myself Here being blue 'Cause I'm not lonely I'm just lonesome for you When my friends come I don't care if they stay When they talk to me I don't care...

Well, I'm all strung out in Texas And I’m lookin for a damn good time Well, all my friends in Texas they’ve already lost their mind 'Cause I've been drunk for 30 days and I don't care if I die and I’m livin' fast and hard and that's the way I spend my tim...

Hey, looky yonder comin' Runnin' down that mountain My dog's a-sayin' It's a good treein' day Looky yonder comin' Runnin' down that mountain My dog's a-sayin' It's a good huntin' day Ya better look out I tell ya, hold on tight 'Cause the way he's a-runnin' We...

Runnin for the mountains Yeah I got a heavy load thats been hauntin' my day Fightin' my own demons Seems like its getting a lot harder these days But I'm doin' what I can runnin' from my crazy ways Tattooed and branded, shootin' down fame, don' it my own way L...

I've lost in Oklahoma. I've been busted and thrown in jail, And I didn't have no mama to try to pay my bail. Yeah I know about losing, cause I've lost all I've had, but I guess that's the price you'd pay when you're on heartbreak's edge. Down in Arizona, I f...

I got the Louisiana Stripes, and their always chainin' me down I'm in debt for 99 years for shootin' my wife to the ground Well she had to love my friend, and that's not right with me So I grabbed my gun, shot both in the head and then I threw their ass...

Well, we were lovin' and a-huggin' and a-kissin' and a-squeezin' on a Friday an' Saturday night Just a-dancin' and a-prancin' and a lotta romancin' and boy, did it sure feel right But now we're cussin' and a-fussin' and we can't win nuthin' ev'ry Friday an'...

Lowdown, once again Well I'm strugglin' now To get by, my friend It's keepin' me up Late at night I can't settle down My honky tonk life Driftin' 'round 'bout half past four With the blues on my back And a bottle on the floor Drinkin' until I think...

I'm all messed up and drivin around town Well my old trick, well she done had to kick my ass out Now I'm raisin hell and lookin for a light Livin fast and dyin young is the new style of life Me and my friends we like livin on the run Just because we're w...

Sittin' in the bayou country, just me and my fishin' line I raised a lot of hell and I hollered, sippin' on that Georgia moonshine Well, I know how to have a damn good time And I take my shots straight out of the jug and I like to get pure drunk in that Missis...

She said she's gonna quit me, If I didn't quit the booze. So I just started drinkin' more, To see if she would really choose. And I have to hand it to that girl: She meant every breath. An' I'm glad she did, 'cause I was about, To drink myself to death. Becau...

Will you be in my heart, we will be torn apart? I don't know. Will you be passing by, when I have a lonely night? I don't know. Will you be in that bar, waiting for a drinking scar? I don't know. How Much Time will you have, if you gave us a chance? I don't...

Well I'm gonna do some drinkin' I'm gonna drink all that whiskey that I can Well I'm gonna do some drinkin' I'm gonna drink all that whiskey that I can Cause I'm a drinkin', smokin' Nighttime Ramblin' kinda man Well I'm gonna do some smokin' I'm gonna smoke a...

Well, hello there folks, how the hell are you doin'.. It's good to be in your local bar again. So let's get loud, we'll get stoned an' get proud, Have a damn good time until the show's at an' end. Sometimes I'm wired an' sometimes, I'm tired, But I'm doin' the...

Well, I had a good friend He used to shoot a lot of speed He was wild and cranky and man He was always in the need But he always just had to do it But he always just had to do it Now he's lying there fucked up And he cannot breathe 'Cause now he's dead 'Caus...

Lookin' back through the years, I saw my anger There was things that I could not control Wanderin' through my memories with my darlin' Now I fall through the door on my own On my own again, all alone again Now I see what it's like when your away On my own aga...

Ah Yodel-ay-heeee he-he-he Ah Yodel-oh-hooo hoo-hoo-hoo Ah Yodel-ay-heeee he-he-he Well my hat's done worn out my boots are bad I ain't got a gun but I wish I had And I'm down in a one horse town My gal done left me the other day Said I didn't bring home enoug...

From the mountains of Tennessee To those Minnesota lakes I hunt and I fish If I need to get away If you're findin' faults with me Moanin' more than I can stand I tell ya what, for a little while I'll go see the outdoor plan 'Cause I'll fish when I get hungry...

Yeah I'm trying to get along Looking for a good time again I've been rocking more than hard I don’t care about living to win Looking all around Tennessee and looking in Kentucky too I'm a rocking rolling rebel Just doing what I like to do I am rocking rebel ta...

[Pt. I] I drink a lotta whiskey, smokin all the time I'm gettin fucked up every god damn night Everybody's doin cocaine and startin up fights And I'm livin fast and hard and dyin hard with my god damn Loaded fists of fury, doin what I do And I'm spittin...

Well, I've been awake for eight days straight.. Well, it must've been them pills I took. I been twitchin' an' turnin' an' seein' visions.. It must've been them pills I took. Well, I don't know if it were an' I don't know where I got 'em, But they sure did...

You think that you're so tough Since you have your trust And I'm gone, gone, gone And I'm gone Pistol packin' motherfucker Pistol packin' motherfucker Pistol packin' motherfucker Don't you know how you're in control Since you have your trust And I'm gone, go...

Well the bottles getting lower again my friend And hard times are trying it's best to get in The bottles getting lower again my friend So do yourself a shot and lets start to sin The bottles getting lower again my friend And do yourself a shot and lets start...

Well i'm working real hard and not gettin paid i'm sick of this life and i gotta get a break I've been real high and i've been down low and i live in a shack on a country dirt road so i'm workin real hard and not getting paid and i'm sick of this life and i go...

Well, I have got no money but I am doin' fine. I'm just a hillbilly hell-raiser; I'm tryin' to kill my time. An' I'm lookin' for that gal, about five foot ten. An' I'm gonna take her down that road of livin' a life of sin. Because I'm drinkin', druggin'.....

Well why does it hurt when i see you again? Is is the memories, or Jack Daniels understands? And I don't know if I'm out of control. Coz lately I've been spinnin', and drinkin' alone. [chorus] Will you pick up the gun dear, and put me asleep? Coz' I'm s...

Well my worn-out boots are taking me downtown and I'm looking for trouble and I wanna get loud. Serve me up a drink and I'll shoot it right down and I'll jump up on the bar and holler "One more round!" I'm going straight to hell Ain't nothing slowin' me down...

The sun comes up, but I won't go down I been real high up and I've hit the ground Memories of the past race through my mind Just like that train on that old track of life The sun comes up, but I won't go down I'm too far gone to start turning around Well ther...

Well I was driving by myself through Tennessee And I broke down on the side of the road, look at me Well I got a mohawk, and that's really sad That I don't think that they'll think I'm a good man So I went to a bar, so I could use the phone The guy just look...

Tonight the bottle let me down, And left your memory come around; The one true friend I thought I'd found, Tonight the bottle let me down. Each night I leave the bar room when it's over, Not feeling any pain at closing time; But tonight your memory found me m...

I don't want go home, I'm having too much fun Looking for things in life that I've never done I don't want go home, I'm having too much fun 'Cause when I'm home alone, I'm a little bit down My poor heart broken when you said goodbye I cried and tried to drink...

Well the grand ole opry aint so grand anymore Did you know Hank Williams aint a member but they keep em outside their door Hell they didnt even really want Johnny Cash back in 74' Said the grand ole opry aint so grand anymore Well they were nervous about Wayl...

Well, I was standing on a corner at the flat out in [?] in Nashville, North Caroline Waiting for a woman that was putting me down and leaving me way behind And the wind was cold, the wind blew cold. I walked around the corner to have a cup or coffee And I met...

Well you never took my heart, When I tried hard to give it to you. And I know you can't be true, 'Cause you wanna be roamin' free. (Free.) Now I'm lookin' straight at you, An' see you with another man. So I take the shot of whiskey, So I don't have no r...

I been beat up bad, I been kicked around, I been thrown out of every damn bar in this old town, In this old town. I guess you don't like the way we like to have our fun, 'Cause I'm always out there an' I'm on the run, Yeah, I'm a-runnin' an' a-gunnin' an'...

Well, there's some big black clouds That's a blowin' in from the west I've been drivin' all day Lord, I sure could use some rest And there's a motel up ahead where I can unwind 'Cause I sure love thunderstorms and neon signs I grew up on the road from town t...

Hey, I’m tryin’ to get it on, on a Saturday night I been workin’ too hard and I’m feelin’ uptight I’m runnin’ and a gunnin’ all over this town If I ain’t got luck… I got a good coon hound I’m lookin’ for a wild time on Saturday night And I just might fin...

Now Playin' country music it ain't like it used to be I'm so tired of this new stuff they're tryin' to get me to sing That ain't no country music to me Well, you can only take so much of putting people down when you got the best, that's tryin' to beat your bac...

I’m running my dog in a Tennessee holler, listening to what he’s sayin’ [x4] Old Trooper done got that big ol coon, I can hear that’s what he’s sayin’ [x4] He got that coon and now he’s ready to see his bitch for a lay [x4] If you’re steppin’ on my land, yo...

Well walkin' with sorrow through a lonely day with those empty bottles tryin' to ease my pain I'm still here drinkin' over the good ol days when I had my gal and everything was ok [Yodeling] Well walkin' with sorrow is a lonely way with those empty bottles...

Some day you'll find out what it means to be blue 'Cause everybody pays for the things that they do You broke something precious, sacred and true Darlin', what did love ever do to you? I still can't believe what I'm feelin' As my heart turns slowly to stone I...

As I watch the sun set slowly I hold back the tears And I can't help but wonder why the lord had to put me here Caused I've raised hell All night long And I've seen a good man go wrong And I can't help The way that I am Cause the whiskey weed and women had the...

Well I was raised in a holler And I grew up eatin' mud And in my baby bottle was whiskey And I came from bad blood. Well I got relatives here They just don't look quite right. A couple of 'em only got one eye That I heard that they lost in a fight....

Well, last night you told me That I ain't worth a dime Well, don't worry, honey 'Cause I'm leaving this time Why don't you leave me alone? Why don't you leave me alone? Well, your hillbilly daddy's packin' And I'm gonna get gone We never got along I guess we...

Livin hard wild free is the life for me and i'm always good friend with bad company i drink all dayjust to get to feeling right and i'm just trying to get ahead in this wreckless life working hard and playing when i can raisin hell in the mud and livin off the...

I woke up this mornin', kissed my wife goodbye i pray to god that i'll make it home safe tonight it's a dangerous job but i take that risk i'll trade my blood and sweat just to feed my kids i've been working for the man since a tender age now a rich polit...

Well, they gave him his orders at Monroe, Virginia Said, "Steve you're way behind time This is not Thirty-Eight, this is old Ninety-Seven So put her into Spencer on time" Then he turned and said to his black, greasy fireman "Shovel on a little more coal And w...

I lay here at night, I toss and I turn Lovin' you so, how my heart yearns Honey, you're the reason I can't sleep at night Just a walkin' the floor thinking of you Smoke cigarettes and drink coffee too Honey, you're the reason I can't sleep at night I'm betti...