Merle Haggard - Must've Been Drunk Lyrics






I remember a girl from the Salvation Army
Walked into the barroom last night
Well, she took out her bible and sat down beside us
And proceeded to show us the light

Well, we must’ve been drunk
When we said we’d stop drinking
A double shot over the line
Oh, we had to be drunk
Lord what were we thinkin’
Well, we must have been out of our minds

Well, I rolled a smoke, as she read us a scripture
St. Peter, St. Luke and St. Paul
And I said, now how come your talkin’ about walkin’ on water
to two drunks who can’t even crawl

Well, we must’ve been drunk
When we said we’d stop drinking
A double shot over the line
Oh, we had to be drunk
Lord what were we thinkin’
Well, we must have been out of our minds

I was down on my knees the last I remember
She was prayin’ me back to the fold
And I might have promised that I’d give up the bottle
but Jack Daniels walked off with my soul

Well, we must’ve been drunk
When we said we’d stop drinking
A double shot over the line
Oh, we had to be drunk
Lord what were we thinkin’
Well, we must have been out of our minds

Well, we must’ve been drunk
When we said we’d stop drinking
A double shot over the line
Oh, we had to be drunk
Lord what were we thinkin’
Well, we must have been out of our minds

Well, we must have been out of our minds





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  1. c.... c....

    george is without a doubt the greatest country singer that ever lived. finally had a ticket to see the possum in concert. concert was cancelled. george passed on shortly after. was a huge disappointment. no one will ever fill your shoes.

  2. C.... C....

    This song idea was have to George by Vern Gosden...in St Louis MO... Woooooo... George and Vern had been drinking one morning in St.louis...before breakfast they borded a little ole twin engine plane and Vern looked at ole Jones and said you know we outta be ashamed of ourselves for drinking before breakfast..ans ole Jones said well let's quit...and Vern said let's bet on it...they bet a1000$on jt...shook hands and then Jones turned took a sip of his drink and ole Vern said pay me my 1000$george..and ole Jones said..well I must've been drinking when I made that bet...thus this song was born ans him and Haggard recorded it...just a little rid bit...***ole country boy from perryville Missouri***

  3. T.... H....

    What a douo.

  4. D.... H....

    The day George Jones died Merle Haggard said we just lost the greatest country singer of all time "and the world don't even know it"

  5. I.... J....

    I quit drinking for a while, then I asked myself what was I thinking?

  6. A.... i....

    This picture alone is enough to get me here. Loved these guys.

  7. I.... J....

    I love this song, but it hits way to close home. Because drinking is all I really know.

  8. s.... ....

    "We must have been drunk when we said we'd stop drinking..."

    Love that line.

  9. D.... C....

    As a PSA: If you don't like this song, please don't have children. The world already has enough idiots in it.

  10. a.... h....

    I know all about that double shot over the line.

  11. M.... D....

    Can you imagine a night in the pub with these two great mick daniels

  12. s.... ....

    THIS is good country. Damn good country.

  13. S.... A....

    fuck yes

  14. C.... D....

    they asked johnny cash who his favorite singer was; johnny said, you mean after george jones?

  15. D.... R....

    I'd love to have a drink with these legends. RIP Haggard & Jones.

  16. D.... A....

    Those were much better days 😋

  17. K.... A....

    There's half of my country music Mount Rushmore

  18. T.... ....

    legends

  19. S.... M....

    I usually do say O God when im puking outside the LongBranch saloon ...

  20. D.... A....

    I guess You 360 thoumbs down have your own opinion but look at the numbers you're opinion don't mean shit

  21. E.... T....

    2 of the VERY BEST EVER and I'm blessed to have seen both in concerts

  22. l.... ....

    when country was country

  23. H.... F....

    "If we could all sing like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones" --Waylon, It's Alright

  24. K.... P....

    Rip to you both . I bet there been alot drunk people haveing these repeat

  25. V.... B....

    Who's going to fill their shoes....

  26. M.... P....

    Never heard this one before. It's my new theme song. Lol

  27. s.... l....

    Aw, God Bless Them Both, Timeless 2019 thank You For Your Music

  28. K.... ....

    I learned when I was 20 to never again promise "never again", because there would ALWAYS be another time. And not too far off either. 🥃

  29. K.... A....

    This is good but "Yesterday's Wine" is their best work together

  30. R.... C....

    Reminds me of me and my buddy when we go out drinking.lol.

  31. J.... S....

    Youre drinking too much!Takes a frighter to turn the other cheek sometimes.Now what else?!

  32. M.... O....

    Damn good stuff

  33. K.... B....

    I'm so glad my mom taught me who George Jones was/is.

  34. s.... s....

    If anyone ever inquires what real country music WAS like... play this old classic for them!

  35. K.... H....

    I skippped upon this song back in the 90's.. i had a great childhood..we didnt have money but music flowed like wine 😂

  36. 0.... C....

    I am the liquor

  37. M.... Y....

    two of my favorite songs🍻🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺😊

  38. R.... C....

    Damn straight.sorry to the new generation but these were real, True,honest, country outlaw cowboys.before Nashville got took over by fake ass, Pop country pussies that try to fill real badass country music singers boots.

  39. 4.... 4....

    The two greatest country singers to ever come down the pike !.

  40. D.... H....

    I don't care if I'm drunk
    ✌🤓🍺 I still like
    this song.
    But I like the old stuff.
    ✌😎🍷

  41. J.... C....

    Look at their faces, they are stoned, lol

  42. J.... F....

    What more is there to say guys

  43. c.... m....

    It gives ya the best fun times.... thats why i choose it 🍺

  44. J.... E....

    Look Randy! I'm mowin' the air!

  45. S.... S....

    Two talented fellas. I fight the same fight as these two did. Only differencs is I'm not famous.

    S.... S....

    Good luck to u .you will win the fight.

    S.... S....

    I got it things sometime take others help maybe others prayers

  46. K.... G....

    Who is gonna fill there shoes??? Music is just no good now.....

  47. E.... ....

    Few good ole some bitches here boe

  48. T.... C....

    auesome shit

  49. R.... B....

    LOL love the two of them..Jack daniels had a hold of me last night!

  50. M.... H....

    MAGA, THIS MUSIC WOULD DO IT!

    M.... H....

    Yes sir.. MAGA..🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸...

  51. a.... ....

    , ..
    L MNBvc

  52. W.... F....

    What the fuck do you want me to say?!

  53. T.... ....

    Orthodoxy, so you don't have to give up the Bible or drinking.

  54. r.... r....

    Miss my womb tomb!

  55. M.... M....

    damn those voices.... Merle's growl. Mzy they both RIP.

  56. K.... M....

    this is COUNTRY

  57. M.... M....

    Fuck I'm. Always smoked

  58. C.... M....

    HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!

  59. O.... G....

    Good country music🎤🎼🎹🎶

  60. J.... A....

    Two true kingd

  61. A.... L....

    I was fucked up when I liked this!

  62. C.... W....

    Song is about getting sober.

  63. L.... B....

    Thank you.......let it run

  64. C.... A....

    245 people were pansies and couldn't get drunk.......

  65. N.... T....

    I'm drinking now & loving this song ❤

  66. M.... W....

    231 people don't drink, I suppose

  67. M.... W....

    As I enjoy beer:30 after work

  68. J.... M....

    I'm proud and white

  69. D.... ....

    Anyone else make promises too LIFE as this song says?

  70. R.... w....

    I am 13 and I really want to drink what is your opinion

  71. C.... C....

    Much Respect....Two Country Gods...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  72. R.... W....

    I once got drunk that I said I would stop drinking but lucky for me when I woke up the next more I was still to drink to remember that I stopped drinking

  73. W.... P....

    Middle aged Biff tannen featuring old Biff tannen...

  74. a.... b....

    There is no beer in Heaven  Grass cuts itself in Heaven

  75. v.... w....

    Was Merle really haggard?

  76. z.... z....

    Damn man this is my song to.

  77. S.... B....

    George Jones puts new artist of today to shame

  78. T.... T....

    That's the perfect song for George Jones and Merle Haggard to be singing

  79. T.... T....

    I must have been drunk the first time I heard this song because I don't remember liking it but I did and I do like it

  80. S.... M....

    Love this so much.

  81. V.... D....

    Fuck Yeah

  82. J.... S....

    Country music can never replace Merle, George,Paychceck, Don Williams and so many more. There is no one today than can replace these guys .Never

  83. T.... ....

    IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776

    The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America



    When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for
    one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected
    them with another, and to assume, among the Powers of the earth,
    the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and
    of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions
    of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which
    impel them to the separation.

    We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
    that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
    that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
    That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,
    deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,
    That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends,
    it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute
    new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing
    its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect
    their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments
    long established should not be changed for light and transient causes;
    and accordingly all experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed
    to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing
    the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and
    usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce
    them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw
    off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
    --Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now
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    be submitted to a candid world.

    He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary
    for the public good.

    He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate
    and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation
    till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended,
    he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

    He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of
    large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish
    the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right
    inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

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    uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their
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    He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing
    with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

    He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions,
    to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers,
    incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large
    for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed
    to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

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    without the Consent of our legislatures.

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    He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction
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    For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

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    Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government,
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    For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves
    invested with Power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

    He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection
    and waging War against us.

    He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns,
    and destroyed the lives of our people.

    He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries
    to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun
    with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the
    most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy of the Head of a civilized nation.

    He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas
    to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of
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    He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has
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    In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress
    in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered
    only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked
    by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler
    of a free People.

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    We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their
    legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us.
    We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and
    settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice
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    common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably
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    acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them,
    as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

    We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America,
    in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of
    the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name,
    and by the Authority of the good People of these Colonies,
    solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are,
    and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States;
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    and that all political connection between them and the State
    of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved;
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    levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce,
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    reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge
    to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

  84. l.... l....

    I love you 2
    I will miss you

  85. M.... A....

    Bad ass

  86. I.... H....

    ain't nothing like old country!!!!

  87. b.... w....

    You Boys are Not Forgotten...........and your memory is cherished

  88. S.... T....

    Oh shit my soul brothers. One shot over the line!

  89. G.... S....

    Two of country music's finest miss going to c them play. Thank you fellers

  90. n.... b....

    Real music, real men

  91. m.... ....

    There's a legend around these parts that if a pussy or a yuppy hears a merle haggard song they spontaneously combust. That's why I ride with my windows down even in the dead of winter.

  92. W.... R....

    :/ this is Hank Jr....

  93. w.... h....

    at leat I can honestly say I have been only drunk once except taste testing my dads drink because I mixed from age 13 and I am dead sober and mad at the world

  94. J.... N....

    Two of the very best artist ever, their music plays on here. 🎶❤️🎶

  95. K.... C....

    good sonig

  96. u.... ....

    GAYEST commercial EVER!!.... no apologies!!

  97. M.... S....

    Me, I pray to Saint Micheal, He shows up. With his Angel Army
    Four rows of, bodylike, Clouds directly, and only, over my home, from Lake Michigan. Everyone who sees my Photos Sees...! I was feeling threatened...
    GOD hears. He sends my Prayers for Double Reinbows... over me...
    Evil folks don't want HIS Trinity's Power known... So stop me from having anything to Celebrate...

  98. J.... R....

    Gregg Allman joined them ...

  99. l.... ....

    Does it get any better ???