Everything From Jesus To Jack Daniels — текст песни (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...