Drinking Beer with Dad

Emphasizing the value of simplicity in life.

Acknowledging that life is complex and challenging.

Highlighting the difficulty of dealing with tough times and people who can cause frustration.

Recalling the speaker's youth and anticipation of reaching the legal drinking age.

Expressing the excitement of turning 21.

Reflecting on enjoyable moments in the past, specifically sitting with the father and drinking beer in the backyard.

Reiterating the joy of drinking beer with dad and engaging in activities like swinging on the back porch and playing the guitar.

Out there on the back porch swinging

Drinking beer with dad

Picking my guitar and grinning

Describing the occasional conflicts and fights between the speaker and the father, but emphasizing the valuable life lessons learned during those moments.

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

Best education I ever had

Summarizing the positive impact of spending time on the back porch with dad, considering it the best education.

Commenting on the perceived negative changes in the world, including the absence of God in schools and the prevalence of gun culture.

This whole world is heading down the drain

There's no God in schools

Toting guns is the latest fad

Expressing a desire for more discipline and moral guidance for the younger generation, suggesting the idea of having a beer with dad.

A little lesson in wrong and right

Maybe it's time young man to have a beer with dad

Revisiting the theme of enjoying beer with dad, this time incorporating guitar playing and singing.

Out there on the back porch swinging

Drinking beer with dad

Picking my guitar and singing

Recalling moments of playing songs, expressing faith, staying up late, and sharing laughter with dad.

I'd 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

Affirming that some of the best times were spent on the back porch drinking beer with dad.

Expressing pride in the son and inviting him to share a beer on the back porch, acknowledging the son's upcoming 21st birthday and remembering the grandpa.

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

Repeating the joy of drinking beer with dad, now including both father and son picking guitars and grinning.

Out there on the back porch swinging

Drinking beer with dad

Picking our guitars and grinning

Anticipating future conflicts and passing on life advice, reminiscing about the speaker's grandfather, and expressing a wish for time to slow down.

But I'll pass 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

Concluding the song with a wish for the moments on the back porch drinking beer with dad to last forever.

Out here on the back porch drinking beer with dad