Coffee gives you nerves of glass,
Beer is good for you
Rye whiskey makes you drunk too fast,
Beer is good for you
And if you want a hit of smoke – might be tobacco, might be dope –
If you don’t get cancer, you’ll land in the poke, but
Beer is good for you.
CHORUS: Beer, beer, bring another round down here,
We’ve got to have another glass or two;
Don’t tell me that it’s getting late, it’s early in the year,
Sit down and have another glass of beer – it’s good for you
Egyptians built the pyramids;
Beer is good for you
They hauled that stone on wooden skids;
Beer is good for you
The pharaohs paid them off with ale, those stoned masons worked like hell
Those monuments have never failed, ’cause
Beer is good for you. [CHORUS]
The Blackhawks* won the Stanley Cup;
Beer is good for you
They got champagne and filled it up;
Beer is good for you
It sprung a leak and out it drained, lookin’ like a busted water main,
They said, “Thank God, it’s just champagne!
Beer is good for you”. [CHORUS]
The moral of this happy song is
Beer is good for you
If you want to grow up big and strong then
Beer is good for you
If you want to paint the town bright red, walk on the water and raise the dead,
Then make your toast with liquid bread, ’cause
Beer is good for you. [CHORUS]
FINAL CHORUS: Beer, beer, bring another round down here
We’ve got to have another glass or two
Don’t tell me that it’s getting late, it’s early in the year.
Don’t tell me that I’ve had enough, it ain’t comin’ out my ears,
Don’t tell me anything at all, sit down and drink your beer!
Sit down and have another glass of beer, it’s good for you. X 2
- *or whoever are the holders of the Stanley Cup, currently the (Pittsburgh) Penguins
- A quotable quote from 1777 on the efficacy of beer, attributed to the Frederik the Great of Prussia:
“It is disgusting to notice the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects, and the amount of
money that goes out of the country as a consequence. Everybody is using coffee; this must be prevented.
His Majesty was brought up on beer, and so were both his ancestors and officers. Many battles have been
fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer, and the King does not believe coffee-drinking soldiers can be
relied upon to endure hardships in case of another war.”