Story Behind The Song

This song was written after a summer picnic/kegger. A little guy was getting more and more aggressive as he drank more, and started challenging bigger and bigger guys to fights. He was mostly ignored until he started poking fun at the biggest guy, who f

Song Description

Story of a guy at a kegger, showing the progressive state of his "beer muscles" ...

Lyrics

It all started out in an innocent way
we were having a picnic on a beautiful day
and we went out to Gale Island for some fun

someone fired up the barbecue
i was shootin the bull, and taking a chew
and i didn't think i was hurting anyone

a little while later the keg showed up
so i wandered over and grabbed a cup
it was hot out, and that beer was icy cold

the sun was wicked, the food was spicy
i knew that day was gonna be dicey
when nate showed up with a bottle of cuervo gold

i had one beer and i'm feeling all right
hey, nate, how'd you like to fight
i always feel so strong when i put beer muscles on
i think i'm gonna kick some ass tonight

late afternoon it was going great
but things started to deteriorate
or disintigrate, in the case of andrew's shirt

wacker cooked up some good red meat
i grabbed another cold one to fight the heat
and i spit out my tobacco in the dirt

guys were doin' shots, and lighting smokes
tossin' the football and telling jokes
standin' round the keg there in the shade

i was feeling cool, i was feeling hip
eatin' a brat, and a burger and chips
and that beer was going down like lemonade!

i had six beers and i'm feeling all right
hey, andrew, how'd you like to fight?
i always feel so strong when i put beer muscles on
i think i'm gonna kick some ass tonight

the party rolled on as evening came
and i sat down at the big card game
and i pulled a wad of bills out of my money clip

i couldn't believe what i'd seen
when a royal flush beat my jacks over queens
and i just grabbed my beer and took another sip

i was gettin ticked off, i was feelin mean
i'd been working out, i was a fightin' machine,
and i was getting stronger by the minute

when the football game started gettin' rough
i figured i'd watched enough
so i stumbled over there to see if they'd let me in it

they called me in to play some D
everyone was laughin and pointing at me
as mike took the pass and faded back to pass

i was feeling cool, i was feeling slick
but big Paul took me out with an illegal pick
and i ended up with a mouth of Gale Island grass

i had twelve beers and i'm feeling all right
hey paulie, how'd you like to fight
i always feel so strong when i put beer muscles on
i think i'm gonna kick some ass tonight