(Ry Cooder & Jim Keltner) 



Yes, it's me and I'm drinking again 

Tell everybody I'm drinking again 

Doctor said it'd kill me 

But he didn't say when 

Have mercy, I'm drinking again 



Yes, it's me and I'm drinking again 

I'd like to dry out but I doubt if I can 

My baby said she'd quit me but she didn't say when 

'Cause I'm drinking again 



Working two jobs, tryin' to get straight 

Don't need the money, just want to lose weight 

Gonna get you all the things that you lack 

Diamond ring and a red Cadillac 

Came home drunk and pushed you around 

Don't you quit me baby, don't you put me down 



I'll never do it again 

I'll never do it again 

I'll never do it again 

I promise this time 



I came home last night about half past four 

Whole neighborhood was rocking out on my floor 

And my baby was working up under the sheet 

With a teenage boy that lives down the street 

I grabbed a bottle, he grabbed a gun 

I heard somebody holler: "Shoot him 'fore he runs" 

And that's the reason why I'm drinking again 

Tell everybody I'm drinking again 

You can't lick 'em and you just can't win 

Yes, it's me and I'm drinking again 



Ain't it enough to start you drinking again 

We got to live in a world full of sin 

Thank you Jesus for what you have done 

I'm sick and tired tryin' to be number one 

Change my suit, change my shirt 

Change what I dig and get out of the dirt 



I'll never do it again 

I'll never do it again 

I'm going to get back in my gin 

I'm drinking again