Well the life we've been given and the way we've been livin'<br />That's the song that we write 'til we die<br />Now some people write songs on livin' just right<br />But I write mine on just getting by<br /><br />I'll go on a whim, start writing the hymn<br />That sounds so sweet<br />But the troubles and the sin of the world that we're in<br />Knock me back off my feet<br /><br />I gotta get sober<br />I gotta start livin' right<br />I don't know how it's gonna go<br />But it ain't gonna happen tonight<br />So pour 'em down strong<br />'Til I drown<br />And if I wake up tomorrow<br />When that sun comes back around<br />I'll be wishing I was sober<br /><br />Well the liquor and the bowl, they'vе been saving my soul<br />From the pain that the world's put on me<br />Lord, I know that upstairs thеre's an old man who cares<br />And one day he'll set me free<br /><br />I'll go on a whim, start writing the hymn<br />The sound so sweet<br />But the troubles and the sin of the world that we're in<br />Knock me back off my feet<br /><br />I gotta get sober<br />I gotta start livin' right<br />I don't know how it's gonna go<br />But it ain't gonna happen tonight<br />So pour 'em down strong<br />'Til I drown<br />And if I wake up tomorrow<br />When that sun comes back around<br />I'll be wishing I was sober<br /><br />Well the life we've been given and the way we've been livin'<br />That's the song that we write 'til we die
