I ain't tryin to be no jerk It's just that I just got off from work and I know you'd like to bend my ear I wanna listen and that's sincere can't a fella have just one beer chorus Before the boss, the bank, the box full of bills empty gas tank and it's all uphill the wife, the kids, why do we all exist? add politics, religion and war to the list tell me, is there anything that I missed? and I'll get to the bottom of that after I get to the bottom of this Well I look outside and see a world on fire they're lowering the boom and the creeks gettin' higher gotta be ready cause we're on the brink I'll do better after just one drink gimme a minute so I can unthink chorus About the boss, the bank, the box full of bills empty gas tank and it's all uphill the wife, the kids, why do we all exist? add politics religion and war to the list tell me, is there anything that I missed? and I'll get to the bottom of that after I get to the bottom of this Gotta be ready cause we're on the brink I'll do better after just one drink gimme a minute so I can unthink chorus