Country music singers always been a real close family
But lately some of my kinfolks have disowned a few others and me
And I guess it's because, I kinda changed my direction
Lord, I guess I went and broke their Family Tradition
So they wanna know Hank
Why do you drink? (Get Drunk)
Why do you roll smoke? (Get Stoned)
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote? (Get Laid)
Stop and think it over, put yourself in my position
If I get stoned, sing all night long, it's a Family Tradition.
Lord I am very proud, of my daddy's name
Although his kind of music, and mine ain't exactly the same
If I'm down in a honky-tonk, and some ol slicks tryin' to gimme some
friction
Say leave me alone singin' all night long it's a Family Tradition
Still they all wanna know Hank
Why do you drink? (Get Drunk)
Why do you roll smoke? (Get Stoned)
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote? (Get Laid)
Stop and think it over, put yourself in my unique position
If I get stoned and sing all night long, it's just a Family Tradition.
I have loved some ladies, and I have love Jim Beam
And they both tried to kill me, back in nineteen seventy-three
When that doctor asks me, "Son, how'd ya get in this condition?"
I say "Hey Sawbone, I'm just carryin' on an old Family Tradition."
Chorus:3
Why do you drink? (Get Drunk)
Why do you roll smoke? (Get Stoned)
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote? (Get Laid)
Stop and think it over, put yourself in my position
If I get stoned and sing all night long, it's just a Family Tradition.
If I get stoned and sing all night long, it's just a Family Tradition.