Beer Drinkin' Song

I got a letter from a buddy in Austin
I ain't seen for ten years or more
It started, "Dear Lacy, I'm so glad you made it
'Cause you was so God-blessed poor"
But he still works construction outside of Austin
Been there for almost eight years
But when he hit the skids
Charlene took the kids
And he's drownin' his sorrows in beer

I wrote him a beer drinkin' song
One we can all sing along
For all of the good times, the fallin' down drunk times
A blue ribbon beer drinkin' song

Now by ol' buddy is still drivin' semis
And poppin' them little white pills
Washin' 'em down with gallons of coffee
He's drivin' to pay off his bills
And then there's ol' Dottie
Down at the truck stop
Been there since we were sixteen
The only thing different, 20 years later
Is the hip size on ol' Dottie's jeans

I wrote 'em a beer drinkin' song
One we can all sing along
For all of the good times, the fallin' down drunk times
A blue ribbon beer drinkin' song

Yes, I got out my guitar and a bottle of Lone Star
And a pen that I found on the floor
And I wrote 'em their own song, a hell-raisin' drunk song
A waltz for the malt in ¾

I wrote him a beer drinkin' song
One we can all sing along
For all of the good times, the fallin' down drunk times
A blue ribbon beer drinkin' song

For all of the good times, the fallin' down drunk times
A blue ribbon beer drinkin' song