Family Tradition Song Lyrics
Country music singersHave always been a real close familyBut lately some of my kinfolksHave disowned a few others and meI guess it’s becauseI kinda changed my directionLord, I guess I went and broke their family tradition
They get on me and want to knowHank, why do you drink?Hank, why do you roll smoke?Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?Over and overEverybody makes my predictionSo if I get stoned, I’m just carrying onAn old family tradition
I am very proudOf my daddy’s nameAlthough his kind of musicAnd mine ain’t exactly the sameStop and think it overPut yourself in my positionIf I get stoned and sing all night longIt’s a family tradition
So don’t ask meHank, 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-tonkAnd some ole slick’s trying to give me frictionI’ll say leave me aloneI’m singing all night longIt’s a family tradition
Lordy, I have loved some ladiesAnd I have loved Jim BeamAnd they both tried to kill me in 1973When that doctor asked me“Son, how did you get in this condition?”I said, “Hey, SawbonesI’m just carrying on an ole family tradition”
So don’t ask meHank, why do you drink?Hank, why do roll smoke?Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?Stop and think it overTry to put yourself in my unique positionIf I get stoned and sing all night longIt’s a family tradition