Backup singers:
How do you spell relief?
John Hartford:
I get D-R-U-N-K.

Hartford:
Lately, Dave, since my baby left me,
I do it almost every day.
It's the only thing that I've found,
That'll take the hurt away.

David Allan Coe: But, how do you spell relief, John?
Hartford: I get D-R-U-N-K.

Harford:
Well, ev'ry night about sundown,
I get a pain down deep inside.
This old broken heart acts up,
There's a hurtin' in my pride.
But I've found a sure fire treatment,
That'll get me feelin' right.
When your memory starts a-flarin' up,
I just head for the neon lights.

Backup singers: How do you spell relief,
Hartford: David?
Coe: I get D-R-U-N-K.

Lately since my baby left,
I do it almost every day.
It's the only thing that I've found, John,
That'll take the hurt away.

Hartford & backup singers: Well how do you spell relief?
Coe: I just get D-R-U-N-K.

Instrumental break.

John Hartford.
Yeeeaaaah.
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Coe:
I don't need no doctor,
Tell me what is wrong.
I can fill my own perscriptions.
And it lasts me all night long.
It's the perfect medication,
For an ailment such as mine.
I forget about the tears I've cried,
When the whiskey hits my mind.

Hartford, Coe & backup singers:
How do we spell relief?
We get D-R-U-N-K.

Hartford:
Lately since my baby left me,
I do it almost every day.
Coe:
Well I tell ya, Johnny,
It's the only thing I've found,
That'll take the pain away.

Hartford, Coe & backup singers:
How do we spell relief?
We get D-R-U-N-K.

How do we spell relief?
We get D-R-U-N-K.

How do we spell relief?
We get D-R-U-N-K.

Coe:
We're havin' fun now ain't we?

D-R-U-N-K
Written by: Tim DuBois & Larry Paxton
Performed by: David Allan Coe & John Hartford
Appears on: Tenessee Whiskey-1981 & Invictus Means Unconquered/Tennessee Whiskey-1995.