Country music singers  Have always been a real close family  But lately some of my kin folks  Have disowned a few others and me  I guess it's because  I kinda changed my direction  Lord I guess I went and broke   their family tradition    They get on me wanna know   Hank, why do you drink?  (Hank) why do you roll smoke?  Why must you live out the   songs that you wrote?  Over and over  Everybody made my prediction  So if I get stoned  I'm just carryin' on   an old family tradition    I am very proud  Of my daddy's name  Although his kinda music  And mine ain't exactly the same  Stop and think it over  Put yourself in my position  If I get stoned and   sing all night long  it's a family tradition    So Don't ask me   Hank, 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-Tonk  Some ol' slicks   tryin to give me friction  I'll say leave me alone  I'm singin' all night long  It's a family tradition    Lordy, I have loved some ladies  And I have loved Jim Beam  And they both tried to kill me  In 1973  When that doctor asked me  "Son how did you   get in this condition?"  I said "hey, Sawbones   I'm just carryin' on  an old family tradition"    So don't ask me   Hank, why do you drink?  (Hank) why do you roll smoke?  Why must you live out   the songs you wrote?  Stop and think it over  Try and put yourself   in my unique position  If I get stoned and   sing all night long  It's a family tradition    these lyrics are submitted by aurita girl