Lyrics

Punish Myself by Richard Schuttler

Well I wake up in the morning and I stumble out of bed
Got a get a cup of coffee figure out where I’m at
Well a blond is on the left of me, a brunette’s on my right
Tell me momma what happened last night
I wanna know, ah what did I do

You see the last thing I remember we was laying it down
At a club called Bennies on the East side of town well
Bennie came in and started buying us drinks
Hadn’t had this much business since 68
He says as long as you keep rocking I’ll keep buying the rounds
I said there ain’t enough whisky in whole damn town!

Cause I punish myself, I gotta punish myself
I gotta punish myself, ah (punish myself) punish myself
Gotta punish myself, for being so damn good

Well all week long ya know I work like a dog
To put food on the table keep jam in them jars
Well I got an ex-wife and all my lady friends
Complain I ain’t got enough money to spend
I wanna know, ah what am I gonna do

You see the trouble with women is they’re always around
When you need a little comfort and you’re feeling down
Well the trouble with me is that I never say no
A woman or a bottle or better both
And as long as I keep rocking they keep coming around
Ya know ya just can’t keep a good man down

So I punish myself, I gotta punish myself
Punish myself, punish myself
I gotta punish myself, for being so damn good

Gotta punish myself, punish myself
I gotta punish myself, ah punish myself
Gotta punish myself, for being so damn good

And so I wake the next morning with this breath in my face
To find a woman whose name I can’t seem to place
And I sleep all day on the back of a bus
Have a beer for breakfast and bourbon for lunch
By the time I get strait well it’s time to play and
Wouldn’t ya know it starts all over again I’ve got to

Punish myself, punish myself
I gotta punish myself, punish myself
I gotta punish myself, for being so damn good

I said I punish myself (I gotta punish myself), Punish myself, (punish myself)
I gotta punish myself, (punish myself), Punish myself, (punish myself)
I gotta punish myself for being so damn good
I said I punish myself for being so damn good
I gotta punish myself for being so damn good

Ah come on now honey
Hurt me, hurt me real good, ouch (laughter)