[Verse 1]
Just as long as I can keep a lot of friends around me
Oh, it helps to keep a worried mind occupied
I do alright till dark of night surrounds me
And then I think of her and then I cry

[Chorus]
Lord, there's the cold hard dawn and I'm stoned at the jukebox
Playin' "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)"
'Cause that's the kind of songs it takes to get all this ole hurtin' out
Lord, I love that hurtin' music, 'cause I am hurtin', too
(I'm a-hurtin' for certain)

[Verse 2]
Lord knows I been runnin' up and down this ol' Interstate 65
I loved a Nashville, Tennessee high-falutin' woman, I tried
Now I'm busted stone flat down in Spring Hill
I got nothin' but time and the bottles to kill
Well, I never thought I could ever feel like that

[Chorus]
But there's the cold hard dawn and I'm stoned at the jukebox
Playin' "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)"
'Cause that's the kind of songs it takes to get all that ole hurtin' out
And Lord, I love that hurtin' music, 'cause I am hurtin', too