"I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" is a 1982 single written by Dewayne Blackwell and recorded by David Frizzell

David Frizzell

David Frizzell is an American country music singer. He is the younger brother of country music legend Lefty Frizzell. His career first started in the late 1950s, but his biggest success came in the '80s, 30 years into his career....

. "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" would be David Frizzell's only number one on the country chart as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of 14 weeks in country music's top 40.

Song content

The song talks of a wife who grows tired of her husband's barhopping (and spending his entire paycheck doing so).

But instead of ending the marriage, she comes up with a unique plan – she decides to redecorate their house into a bar, and play the part of bartender/waitress as an inducement to get her husband to stay at home (and possibly bring his friends along with him, so they can spend their paychecks). While he recovers from his hangover

Hangover

A hangover describes the sum of unpleasant physiological effects following heavy consumption of alcoholic beverages. The most commonly reported characteristics of a hangover include headache, nausea, sensitivity to light and noise, lethargy, dysphoria, diarrhea and thirst, typically after the...

the following morning, she'll deposit the proceeds in their bank account.

Chart performance

Chart (1982)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3
Canadian RPM Top Singles	20