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9 Sep '78 Country
Well I've been in some bars where they serve them in big silver goblets, and pewter and brass
I've been in some joints where they serve them in paper cups and maybe an old bar glass
But it's all the same in the old drinkin' game, you drink and you try to forget
One woman who loved you and another who didn't, and I ain't seen one winner yet
What have you got to lose
What have you got to lose
Try women and booze
And the cigarette blues
What have you got to lose
Well I've been in some towns with some high rollin' heavies and I know some unknown scars
The big equalizer is a good drink of liquer when they all belly up to the bar
Some cry for fame, some cry for money, and some people reach for the sky
But when a honky tonk heart starts cryin' for a honky tonk, you can't get a tear in edgeways
What have you got to lose
What have you got to lose
Try women and booze
And the cigarette blues
What have you got to lose
Now an old country boy just can't sit on the porch and watch while the worlds go by
No, he's got to be part of some social endeavour so he gets him a jug and he tries
He'll play that old juke box and chase them old lies while daylight comes to his room
When that sun's comin' up he's 'bout half way to hell and about halfway back home by noon
What have you got to lose
What have you got to lose
Try women and booze
And the cigarette blues
What have you got to lose (2X)
# Debut Chart
9 Sep '78 Country
Well I've been in some bars where they serve them in big silver goblets, and pewter and brass
I've been in some joints where they serve them in paper cups and maybe an old bar glass
But it's all the same in the old drinkin' game, you drink and you try to forget
One woman who loved you and another who didn't, and I ain't seen one winner yet
What have you got to lose
What have you got to lose
Try women and booze
And the cigarette blues
What have you got to lose
Well I've been in some towns with some high rollin' heavies and I know some unknown scars
The big equalizer is a good drink of liquer when they all belly up to the bar
Some cry for fame, some cry for money, and some people reach for the sky
But when a honky tonk heart starts cryin' for a honky tonk, you can't get a tear in edgeways
What have you got to lose
What have you got to lose
Try women and booze
And the cigarette blues
What have you got to lose
Now an old country boy just can't sit on the porch and watch while the worlds go by
No, he's got to be part of some social endeavour so he gets him a jug and he tries
He'll play that old juke box and chase them old lies while daylight comes to his room
When that sun's comin' up he's 'bout half way to hell and about halfway back home by noon
What have you got to lose
What have you got to lose
Try women and booze
And the cigarette blues
What have you got to lose (2X)