Drinkin' My Baby Goodbye Lyrics - Charlie Daniels Band

[Chorus] 

Sitting on a bar stool 

Acting like a dern fool 

That's what I'm a doin' today 

I'm sittin' here drinkin' 

Tryin' to keep a thinking I'm crusin' my troubles away 

Well now I couldn't make her stay 

Well dog gone her anyway 

She can't say that I didn't try-hi-hi 

Poor me another one I'm finished with the other one 

I'm drinkin' my baby goodbye 

Every time we disagree she was always asking me 

Are you a man or a mouse? 

Now that she's gone she probably thinks that I'm home just a moping around the house 

She probably thinks that she's the one thing I just couldn't get along without 

Well wouldn't this surprise her 

I gotta sympathize her as long as these bottles hold out 

Well I'm a 

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Every time I tried to sit down and talk with her it always ended up in a fuss 

I tried to reason with her right up till the time that she got on that Grayhound bus 

It'd be better if I just forget if 'cause she sure forgot about me 

And if it takes all night I'm gonna do it right 

I'm gonna sit here till I can't see 

Well I'm a 

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Well I'm a 

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I said to pour me another one I'm finished with the other one. 

I'm drinking my baby goodbye 

I said to pour me another one I'm finished with the other one. 

I'm drinking my baby goodbye