Lonnie Johnson - Drunk Again (1947) lyrics

I’ve been drinkin’ all night long, I’ve started again today.

Yes, I’ve been drinkin’ all night long, and I’ve started again today.

I’m just tryin’ my best, to drink these blues away.

People says drinkin’ can help them, but drinkin’ don’t mean a thing.

People think drinkin’ can help them, but drinkin’ don’t mean a thing.

When you think you’ve drinked away your worries, and you find your fool self drunk again.

Friends, I drink to keep from worryin’, and I smile just to keep from cryin’.

Yes, I drink to keep from worryin’, friends, I smile to keep from cryin’.

I try to cover my troubles, so the public don’t know what ‘s on my mind.

My brains is so cloudy, the world seems upside down.

Yes, my brains is so cloudy, that the world seems upside down.

Yes, I would feel so much better, if was no liquor around.

Love has caused so many men to drink and gamble, and stay out all night long.

Love has caused so many men to drink and gamble, and stay out all night long.

Love will drive a man into places, friends, where he don’t belong.