Tom T. Hall What Have You Got To Lose lyrics

Well, I've been in some bars
Where they serve it in big goblets and pewter and brass
I've been in some joints
Where they serve it in paper cups an maybe an old water glass

But it's all the same in the old drinking game
When ya drink and ya try to forget
One women who loved you and another who didn't
And I ain't seen one winner yet

What'a you got to lose?
What'a you got to lose?
Try women and booze and the cigarette blues
What'a you got to lose?

Well I've been in some towns with some high rollin heavy's
And I know some unknown new stars
The big equalizer is a good drink a liquor
When they all belly up to the bar

Some cry for fame, some cry for money
And some people reach for the sky
But when a honky tonk heart starts crying for a honky tonk
You can't get a tear in edgewise

What'a you got to lose?

What'a you got to lose?
Try women and booze and the cigarette blues
What'a you got to lose?

Now an old country boy just can't sit on the porch
And watch while the world's going by
Nah he's got to be part of some social endeavor
So he gets him a jug and he tries

He'll play that old jukebox and chase them ol' heights
About daylight come too in his room
When that suns comin' up, he's 'bout half way to hell
And 'bout half way back home around noon

What'a you got to lose?
What'a you got to lose?
Try women and booze and the cigarette blues
What'a you got to lose?

What'a you got to lose?
What'a you got to lose?
Try women and booze and the cigarette blues
What'a you got to lose?