I 'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home - Wikipedia I 'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home `` I 'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home '' Single by David Frizzell from the album The Family 's Fine, But This One 's All Mine B - side `` She 's Up to All Her Old Tricks Again '' Released April 1982 Genre Country Length 4 : 00 Label Warner Bros. Songwriter ( s ) Dewayne Blackwell Producer ( s ) Snuff Garrett, Steve Dorff David Frizzell singles chronology `` Another Honky - Tonk Night on Broadway '' ( 1982 ) `` I 'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home '' ( 1982 ) `` I Just Came Here to Dance '' ( 1982 ) `` Another Honky - Tonk Night on Broadway '' ( 1982 ) `` I 'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home '' ( 1982 ) `` I Just Came Here to Dance '' ( 1982 ) `` I 'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home '' is a song written by Dewayne Blackwell and recorded by American country music artist David Frizzell. It was released in April 1982 as the first single from the album The Family 's Fine, But This One 's All Mine. `` I 'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home '' was 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. The song also became an unexpected mainstream pop hit in Canada, peaking at No. 20 on the RPM Top Singles chart ( in addition to peaking at No. 3 on the magazine 's Top Country Tracks chart ). Contents 1 Content 2 Charts 3 References 4 External links 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 the following morning, she will deposit the proceeds in their bank account. Charts Chart ( 1982 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Canadian RPM Country Tracks Canadian RPM Top Singles 20 References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 128. Jump up ^ `` David Frizzell Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics David Frizzell Notable singles `` L.A. International Airport '' `` I Just Ca n't Help Believing '' `` I 'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home '' `` Lost My Baby Blues '' Singles with Shelly West `` You 're the Reason God Made Oklahoma '' `` A Texas State of Mind '' `` Husbands and Wives '' `` Another Honky - Tonk Night on Broadway '' `` I Just Came Here to Dance '' Related articles Warner Bros. Records RCA Records Lefty Frizzell This 1982 country song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I%27m_Gonna_Hire_a_Wino_to_Decorate_Our_Home&oldid=847328231 '' Categories : 1982 singles David Frizzell songs Songs written by Dewayne Blackwell Song recordings produced by Snuff Garrett Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles Warner Bros. Records singles 1982 songs 1982 country song stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Singlechart called without song All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 24 June 2018, at 14 : 57 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote i'm going to hire a wino
Answer: Dewayne Blackwell