The Beer Song

Now there are those who like to think
 We'd be best without the drink
 No beer, ale, or frothy pints of porter
 So let's hypothesize
 How it would change your lives
 If everyone were only drinkin' water
 There'd be no public houses
 No bars to take your spouses
 No party kegs or cans to celebrate
 No deliriums, or visions
 Regrettable decisions
 No excuses to be coming home too late
 So brothers, sisters, it's time to take a stand
 You can pry my beer from my cold dead hand!
 Raise 'em up, raise 'em up and drink 'em down
 Yeah raise 'em up, raise 'em up and drink 'em down
 There'd be no swingin' from the rafters
 No bleary morning after
 We wouldn't challenge strangers to a fight
 There'd be no singing 'round the fire
 With a drunken boozy choir
 We'd all be home and tucked up for the night
 We'd have no way to wake the dead
 We couldn't wet the baby's head
 Or toast the bachelor or bride-to-be
 We'd have no cheery pint to sup
 Watching Ireland lose the cup
 We'd barely need to go and have a pee
 So brothers, sisters, it's time to take a stand
 You can pry my beer from my cold dead hand!
 Raise 'em up, raise 'em up and drink 'em down (drink 'em down!)
 Yeah raise 'em up, raise 'em up and drink 'em down (drink 'em down!)
 For every barmaid, every waiter
 Both sides of the equator
 Would be out of work and livin' on the dole
 The wealth of every nation
 Depends upon libations
 Beer it seems is worth its weight in gold
 Well we've assessed the pros and cons
 Talled up both the rights and wrongs
 The hellfire into which we could be hurled
 Now get that pint into your face
 You can save the human race
 You're drinking for the future of the world!
 So brothers, sisters, it's time to take a stand
 You can pry my beer from my cold dead hand!
 Raise 'em up, raise 'em up and drink 'em down (drink 'em down!)
 Yeah raise 'em up, raise 'em up and drink 'em down (drink 'em down!)
 Yeah raise 'em up, raise 'em up and drink 'em down (drink 'em down!)
 Well you can pry my beer from my cold dead hand...