This 'ole beer gut I got don't get no smaller If I thought it'd do any good I'd go ahead and call her I've been drinkin' up my pain since she's been gone, yeah For every fool there's a good boss too And the same 'ole sad, sad song Yeah, the beer would go a lot farther with a good 'ole hurtin' song I drink a few with a song or two and it never takes me long And as long as I got the money I'll stay where I belong Yeah, the beer would go a lot farther with a good 'ole hurtin' song My friends keep tellin' me, boy, you oughta quit it But they ain't the ones that have to drink to forget it And forgettin' don't come easy when you're sober and all alone So I pop my tops and play the jukebox all the pain is gone Yeah, the beer would go a lot farther with a good 'ole hurtin' song I drink a few with a song or two and it never takes me long And as long as I got the money I'll stay where I belong Yeah, the beer would go a lot farther with a good 'ole hurtin' song Yeah, the beer would go a lot farther with a good 'ole hurtin' song