Song Description

a man gives a matter-of-fact point of view about his drinking.

Lyrics

I keep Drinkin? 1997

When I met little Jimmy, he was underneath a tree
At a party with my sister
d-r-n-k-i-n-g
we were drinkin? yeah, we were drinkin?

woke up in the morning
and my stomach was a churnin?
and my head was poundin? really hard
that?s when I remembered
parents yellin? out the window
as I laid there in the yard

?You been drinkin! You been Drinkin?
Yeah, yeah, you/I been drinkin

Me and brother Bobby, were in the back yard
We started drinkin? early
And we started drinkin hard

BRIDGE:
We started with a beer about quarter past/till 10
By two-fourty-five we had polished off the gin
We went out to drink some more until they kicked us from the bar
So we started drinkin? squeezins from a dirty mason jar

At a gravel pit in Laurel
in the middle of the night
I guess we weren?t using any sense
Stole a Catapillar tractor
Smashed into a trailer
And knocked down half of their fence

CHORUS
But we were drinkin!
Yeah, yeah, we were drinkin

BRIDGE 2
I was getting into fights with my mom and my pop
For stealin? all their liquor and drinkin? every drop
I was getting into trouble, wonderin? where it?s going to stop
It took a hundred dollar lawyer and a P.G. county cop

Got caught behind the wheel, got caught again
Lawyer says I?m facin? a year in the pen
?cause of my drinkin. ?cause of my drinkin.

The judge at the trial had a lot to say
Took away my license, put me into A-A
But after every meeting I don?t have to go to far
?cause it?s right around the corner from my favorite local bar

CHORUS:
And I keep drinkin? I keep drinkin?
Yeah, yeah. I keep drinkin. (repeat)