Everything From Jesus To Jack Daniels Lyrics - Tom T. Hall

You wake up in the morning drink a beer and take a Valium 

And you're trying to forget about the things you did last night 

Flip through the morning paper read the horoscope and the comics 

You're as well informed as anybody on the left or the right 

You make it to your job and hear Atlanta lost another 

How can you lose while making half a million bucks or near 

The old man who sweeps the floor and wears a big blue Reagan button 

Says the Russians are a coming but they've been here for years 

Trying everything from Jesus to Jack Daniels it's the all new American diet 

Trying everything from Jesus to Jack Daniels 

You get on it and you're on it for the rest of your life 

[ fiddle ] 

There's a story in the paper about a man who killed his family 

He jumped off a bridge because he couldn't take it anymore 

Down at the local tavern a young man comes in limpin' 

And he claims that he's a veteran of the Falkland Islands war 

You head home and you're accosted by a youngster wearin' robes 

And wanting money for his God who sits upon a plastic throne 

You ignore him if you can and make it to the local tavern 

Where you order up a drink and give some money to your own 

Trying everything from Jesus... 

There's a man in Tennessee who's got it figured out completely 

I guess that he's as happy as a thinking man can be 

I asked him what he thought and he said brother let me tell you 

Try a little bit of both and leave out everything in between 

Trying everything from Jesus... 

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