[Verse 1] It's the simple things in life But life ain't so simple right Times get hard and people can make you mad But I remember when I was young I couldn't wait to turn 21 To sit in the backyard sun and drink beer with dad [Hook] Drinking beer with dad Out there on the back porch swinging Drinking beer with dad Picking my guitar and grinning [Verse 2] We'd hem and haw, we'd cuss and fight But that's where I learned life's best advice We'd talk about when I was young and bad Sometimes he'd make me fightin' mad The best education I ever had Was out there on the back porch drinking beer with dad [Verse 3] Nowadays most things have changed This whole world is heading down the drain There's no God in schools Totin' guns is the latest fad A little discipline would sure be nice A little lesson in wrong and right Maybe it's time young man to have a beer with dad
[Hook] [Verse 4] I'd play him songs all through the night Like praise the Lord I saw the light We'd stay up late and make mom mad But half the time we'd just laugh and laugh Some of the best times I ever had Was out there on the back porch drinking beer with dad [Verse 5] Now son I'm so damn proud of you And the young man you've turned into You're the best son a father could ever have And though your grandpa's done past on Soon you'll be 21 So come on the back porch son and have a beer with dad [Hook] [Outro] We'll hem and haw, we'll cuss and fight But I'll pa** along life's best advice We'll talk about your old granddad The things he gave us he never had I wish forever our time could last I wish this world wouldn't move so fast Out here on the back porch Out here on the back porch drinking beer with dad