Irish Boy Lyrics - It Means Escape - Cowboy Mouth

Well I had a drink with a friend of mine 

a week ago today 

we were celebrating a month and a half 

too late St. Paddy's Day 

well I bought 'im a round and he bought me a round 

and the bouncer bought us anudder 

what's an Irish boy from a good family 

doing in the gutter 

Well we looked at each other and had to laugh 

as we lay there in our stink 

well I woulda cried if I woulda thought 

but every time I thought I'd drink 

and if his poor old gray-haired ma'd 

see us there she woulda shuddered 

what's an Irish boy from a good family 

doing in the gutter 

Well my Irish friend he liked to surf 

but me I couldn't swim 

well he said that he could teach me how 

and I said I trusted him 

he swore he'd never let me drown 

he loved me like a brudder 

what's an Irish boy from a good family 

doing in the gutter 

Well sure enough I drowned 

and I wound up at the pearly gates 

where St. Peter said, "You're drunk as 

hell and son you shoulda ate" 

so he sent me back down to get a bite 

but instead I bought anudder 

what's an Irish boy from a good family 

doing in the gutter