Family Tradition - Darius Rucker (达柳斯.拉克)

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 its 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 honkytonk

Some old slicks tryin to give me friction

I 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

And 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 that 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 just a family tradition