I'm a drunken hearted man my life seem so misery I'm the drunken hearted man my life seem so misery And if I could change my way of livin' it t'would mean so much to me I been dogged and I been driven eve' since I left my mother's home I been dogged and I been driven eve' since I left my mother's home And I can't see no reason why that I can't leave these no-goods womens alone My father died and left me my poor mother done the best that she could My father died and left me my poor mother done the best she could Every man likes that game you call love but it don't mean no man no good Now, I'm the drunken hearted man and sin was the cause of it all spoken: Oh, play 'em now I'm a drunken hearted man and sin was the cause of it all And the day that you get weak for no-good women that's the day that you bound to fall