I've borrowed from Peter and paid it to Paul. I've taken from my brother and given to my maw. Life has been a struggle, That I can't ever win And every week I draw my pay, Then Monday starts again Routine Life, With a Routine wife, Same dam thing, Both day and night. Loves so blind and So unkind, And if whiskey was a nickel, I'd be, Drinking all the time I work my butt into the ground, My fingers to the bone, Of all the things I'd love to have, None of them I own. I wouldn't give a dollar for a Mansion on a hill But fancy cars and topless bars, Now that's another deal Routine Life, With a Routine wife, Same dam thing, Both day and night, Loves so blind, And so unkind, And if whiskey was a nickel, I'd be, Drinking all the time Don't think that I'm complaining, I'm happy all the time. Life just sucks when things get tough And you never have a dime But I still pray to Jesus, I know that I'll be fine And Monday starts it all again, This Routine Life of mine. Routine Life, With a Routine wife, Same dam thing, Both day and night, Loves so blind And so unkind And if whiskey was a nickel, I'd be, Drinking all the time