[Verse 1]
Alarm clock quit at quarter to eight
Coffee hit my shirt, then I missed the gate
Truck had one tire singing down the road
Boss sent a text: "Buddy, lighten your load"
[Pre-Chorus]
By noon I’d lost my keys and my cool
Stepped in a puddle wearing brand-new shoes
I kept saying, "Surely this is the worst"
Then my paycheck bounced and my luck got cursed
[Chorus]
But I got a chair, I got a porch, I got a little bit of time
Got a bottle sweating circles in the July sunshine
Let the busted day roll off, let the bad news disappear
Nothing’s gonna beat me now—I’m popping open an ice-cold beer
Yeah, I’m popping open an ice-cold beer
[Verse 2]
The mower threw a belt, the dog chased the mail
The grill ran out of gas halfway through the sale
My neighbor’s rooster woke the whole county up
And I dropped my phone in an old coffee cup
[Pre-Chorus]
My sister called with a flat on the interstate
My cousin brought a date who showed up two hours late
I wore a hole right through my favorite pair
But I found one good thing waiting in the cooler there
[Chorus]
I got a chair, I got a porch, I got a little bit of time
Got a bottle sweating circles in the July sunshine
Let the busted day roll off, let the bad news disappear
Nothing’s gonna beat me now—I’m popping open an ice-cold beer
Yeah, I’m popping open an ice-cold beer
[Instrumental Break]
[Bridge]
Some days come swinging like a screen door in the wind
They take your last good nerve and they shake it up again
But when that silver tab snaps back and the first cold sip is clear
You can call the whole thing even when the weekend starts right here
[Final Chorus]
I got a chair, I got a porch, I got a little bit of time
Got a bottle sweating circles in the July sunshine
Let the busted day roll off, let the bad news disappear
Nothing’s gonna beat me now—I’m popping open an ice-cold beer
Raise it up for every flat tire, every mess and every tear
Nothing’s gonna beat me now—I’m popping open an ice-cold beer
Yeah, I’m popping open an ice-cold beer
[Outro]
Take a long breath, lean back, let the evening steer
The day can keep its trouble—I’ve got an ice-cold beer