Why Henry Drinks Live by Drive-By Truckers Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
Them obnoxious drunks downstairs are fighting and cussing
Twelve years of me and you don't add up to goddamn nothing
You say what's on your mind, tell it to your shrink
Then he can charge you two hundred and fifty dollars an hour to explain to us both why Henry drinks

[Verse 3]
Few more hours 'til the sun comes back around
To drink another round, to tear each other down
Lost it on the way and now I'm hating what we found
Mendacity and grudge-fucks, pieces out of town

[Verse 4]
I drink half a case of beer 'fore I get home from work
Daddy needs his medicine to keep his hands off mama's throat
Baby, push a littlе harder, you got me on the brink
Of spilling morе than guts about why Henry drinks
[Refrain]
Telling you so much about why Henry drinks

[Outro]
That's the first time in about a year and a half on that one