Why Henry Drinks - Live at Tasty World, Athens, GA/1999

Them stories that you tell me are so hard to swallow
You said, "Go to hell", but I know you'd just follow
The future's closing in quicker than you think

And hanging with you, I know why Henry drinks

Those obnoxious drunks downstairs are fighting and cussing
12 years of me and you don't add up to goddamn nothing
You say what's on your mind, tell it to your shrink

So he can know like me why Henry drinks

Few more hours 'til the sun comes back around
To drink another round and tear each other down
Lost it on the way, now I'm hating what we found
Mendacity and grudge-fucks and pieces out of town

Drink half a case of beer for a get home from work
Daddy needs his medicine to keep his hands off mama's throat
Baby, push a little harder 'cause you got me on the brink

Of spilling more than guts about why Henry drinks
Telling you so much about why Henry drinks

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