the drinking man don't stand a chance against all his bottled friends they don't care how drunk he gets they don't care how he gets back home. after the bar closes at two am chorus he let's go with a rebel yell then thinks about the early times when he got drunk at knob creek his first shot at wild turkey out hunting with Elijah craig they met up with Colonel Taylor and then he picked four roses on his way to widow jane then he hears the old crow crowing down at Noah's mill no the drinking man don't stand a chance No the drinking man don't stand a chance Jim says come on lets dance Jack says come on let's start romance Evan will take all his balance no the drinking man don't stand a chance if cold bud keeps calling his name chorus he let's go with a rebel yell then thinks about the early times when he got drunk at knob creek his first shot at wild turkey out hunting with Elijah craig they met up with Colonel Taylor and then he picked four roses on his way to widow jane then he hears the old crow crowing down at Noah's mill no the drinking man don't stand a chance no the drinking man don't stand a chance