Beer Lyrics
She called me late last night, to say she loved me so
It didn't matter anymore
I say she never cared
And that she never will
I'd do it all again
I guess I'll have to wait until then
[Chorus]
And if I get drunk well, I'll pass out
On the floor now baby
You won't bother me no more
And if you're drinkin' well, you know
That you're my friend and I say
I think I'll have myself a beer
[Verse 2]
She called me late last night, to say she loved me so
But I guess she changed her mind
Well I should have known, it wouldn't be all right
But I can't live without her
So I won't even try...
[Chorus]
And if I get drunk well, I'll pass out
On the floor now baby
You won't bother me no more
And if you're drinkin' well, you know
That you're my friend and I say
I think I'll have myself a beer
Maybe some day, I'll think of what to say
Maybe next time I'll remember what to do
She looks like heaven, maybe this is hell
Said she'd do it all again, she'd promise not to tell!
[Chorus]
And if I get drunk well, I'll pass out
On the floor now baby
You won't bother me no more
She said
It's okay boy cause you know
We'll be good friends and I say
I think I'll have myself a beer
I think I'll have myself a beer
Woooooooooooh
Woooooooooooh
Woooooooooooh
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Uh, huh, huh
Uh, huh, huh
About
“Beer” is one of Reel Big Fish’s biggest hits, and it remains a favorite among fans and talk-radio bumper music listeners alike.
As one of the band’s oldest songs (and one of the most beloved), Aaron Barrett often jokes at live shows about how tired he is of playing the song. On the live album, Aaron leads Beer by saying, “I hate this song, and I hate all of you! …Just kidding, I don’t hate this song.”
At live shows, Aaron will often tease the audience with the song, by leading in with lines like “This song is about an alcoholic beverage that we all love very much,” only to begin playing opening bars from other alcohol-themed songs, like “Tequila,” “Red, Red Wine” and “Escape” (aka “the pina colada song”).
Q&A
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Aaron Barrett said in a 2015 Teamrock.com interview:
“At the time of writing this song our horn players had just quit, and I’d been listening to a lot of Sublime, which is why there’s no horn lines and just a guitar riff. Our bass player and drummer at the time were really into drinking beer as well, and I thought if I wrote a song about drinking beer they’d love it. And they did. We obviously got to play it in the BASEketball [Dir. David Zucker, 1998] movie too, which was really cool. We didn’t get to hang out with Matt [Stone] and Trey [Parker] that much because they were busy making the movie, but we got to be there the day they were filming the cheerleaders, which was great. And we were excited because we’d seen The Mighty Mighty Bosstones in Clueless [Dir. Amy Heckerling, 1995] a couple of years before, and now we were in a big comedy film as well.”
- 1.Sell Out
- 2.Take on Me
- 3.Beer
- 7.Suckers
- 10.S.R.
- 11.241
- 13.Scott’s a Dork
- 14.Nothin’
- 15.I’m Cool
- 16.Everything Sucks
- 17.You Don’t Know
- 19.I’m Her Man
- 20.Good Thing
