I'm out till four and I'm up at six   And when I wake I have a fix   To try and cure the morning after blues   To help me make it through the day   So I can drink the night away      That honky tonkin' lifestyle   Will get the best of you      I pay my fare and get on the bus   'Cause I lost my keys and I drank too much   The only money I have's in my shoe   I hear the words roll through my head   That my folks and the preacher said      That honky tonkin' lifestyle   Will get the best of you      Well I drink and drink and drink and drink some more   And though I feel high as a kite   I'm laying on the floor   My friends tell me to lose the booze   And then they read the same old news      That honky tonkin' lifestyle   Will get the best of you      I dance, drink liquor, beer, and wine   I try to have a happy time   But by the time I'm thirty I'll be through   I try to turn to God and pray   But when I do I hear him say      That honky tonkin' lifestyle   Will get the best of you