I don't know why I drink so much can't even stand the taste But liquid courage helps me through my day If I take time to stop and think the booze just goes to waste I'm still the same cause I was born that way My love walked out and momma cried I've heard she even cursed And said I'm turnin' all my family gray Of all the kids she raised no doubt Stonewall turned out the worst Guess I must have just been born that way I guess there's a streak of sorry buried in each man And it only shows up now and then Mine wasn't buried deep enough it's got the upper hand Cause that line between the good and bad's so thin The preacher said my only chance was to be borned again So I got baptized and tried so hard to pray But the devil in me laughed and danced when I went back to sin Guess I must have just been born that way I'm just no good cause I was born that way What can I do when I was born that a way