Drink Up and Go Home
Embrace Gratitude: Bobby Bare's 'Drink Up and Go Home' Echoes Life's Challenges
Lyrics
You sit there a crying cry in your beer
You're sitting there, feeling sad and expressing your sorrows while drinking beer.
You think you got troubles well my friend listen here
Despite thinking you have troubles, the speaker suggests that their own problems might be more significant.
Don't tell me your troubles I got enough of my own
The speaker doesn't want to hear about your issues, as they already have enough problems of their own.
Be thankful you're living drink up and go home
Encouraging gratitude for life, advising to appreciate the fact that you're alive, and suggesting to drink up and go home.
I'm fresh out of prison six years in the pen
The speaker shares their personal hardships, having recently completed a six-year prison sentence.
Lost my wife and fam'ly no one to call friend
Describing the loss of family and friends after being in prison, emphasizing a lack of companionship.
Don't tell me your troubles I got enough of my own
Reiterating that the speaker doesn't want to hear about your troubles due to their own challenging situation.
Be thankful you're living drink up and go home
Repeating the advice to be grateful for being alive and to finish your drink before going home.
Now there stands a blind man a man who can't see
Introducing a blind man who, despite his disability, doesn't complain, questioning why others with sight should complain.
Yet he's not complaining why should you or me
Asking why you or the speaker should complain when there are people facing challenges without complaining.
If you'd look around you I'm sure you would find
Suggesting that if you observe your surroundings, you'll find people with more severe troubles than both yours and the speaker's.
There's folks who got troubles worst that yours and mine
Highlighting the existence of people with worse problems, emphasizing the need for gratitude.
I'm fresh out of prison...
Repeating the earlier description of the speaker's recent release from prison and the ensuing difficulties.
Be thankful you're living drink up and go home
Reiterating the advice to be thankful for life and suggesting to finish drinking before heading home.
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