The Beer Song

Now there are those that like to think

We'd be best without the drink

No beer, ale, or frothy pints of porter

So let's hypothesize

How it would change your lives

If everyone were only drinking water

There'd be no public houses

No bars to take our spouses

No party kegs or cans to celebrate

No deliriums or visions

Regrettable decisions

No excuses to be coming home too late

So brothers, sisters, it's time to take a stand

You can pry my beer from my cold, dead hand

Raise 'em up, raise 'em up and drink 'em down

Yeah, raise 'em up, raise 'em up and drink 'em down

There'd be no swinging form the rafters

No blearing morning-afters

We wouldn't challenge strangers to a fight

There'd be no singing around the fire

With the drunken boozy choir

We'd all be home and tucked up for the night

We'd have no way to wake the dead

We couldn't wet the baby's head

Or toast the bachelor or bride-to-be

We'd have no cheery pint to sup

Watching Ireland lose the Cup

We'd barely need to go and have a pee

So brothers, sisters, it's time to take a stand

You can pry my beer from my cold, dead hand

Raise 'em up, raise 'em up and drink 'em down

Drink 'em down!

Yeah, raise 'em up, raise 'em up and drink 'em down

Drink 'em down!

For every barmaid, every waiter

Both sides of the equator

We'd be out of work and living on the dole

The wealth of every nation

Depends upon libations

Beer, it seems, is worth its weight in gold

Well, we've accessed the pros and cons

Thought about the rights and wrongs

The hellfire into which we could be hurled

Now get that pint into your face

You can save the human race

You're drinking for the future of the world

So brothers, sisters, it's time to take a stand

You can pry my beer from my cold, dead hand

Raise 'em up, raise 'em up and drink 'em down

Drink 'em down!

Yeah, raise 'em up, raise 'em up and drink 'em down

Drink 'em down!

Yeah, raise 'em up, raise 'em up and drink 'em down

Drink 'em down!

Well, you can pry my beer from my cold, dead hand