Got stranded in nowhere, bought a ticket to this anytown
in a dirty old barroom, mr. usual I'm feeling down
for you I'll pour a sad story, guess you've heard it all before
'bout a man torn and shaken when chance came knockin' at the door

I got tears in my beer and something lost I can't replace
with a million fears and something good I can't retrace
I got tears in my beer, Jesus put a smile on my face
I got tears in my beer, tears in my beer, tears in my beer.

Don't know hell or heaven, suspended in my disbelief
and since I can remember, been a liar, I've been a thief
can't afford to be trusted in the temple of real true love
I had gold and I lost it, now these blues I can't rise above

I got tears in my beer and something lost I can't replace
with a life so unreal and something good I can't retrace
I got tears in my beer, someone put a smile on my face
I got tears in my beer, tears in my beer, tears in my beer.

Tonight I'm goin' dancin' to the big sounding beat of the free
and the time that I'm wasting, mr. usual say a prayer for me
if I can't have forgiveness, for my sins I will pay the cost
have another one maybe, I'll be waiting 'till the last chance comes

I got tears in my beer and something lost I can't replace
with a million fears and something good I can't retrace
I got tears in my beer, Jesus put a smile on my face
I got tears in my beer, tears in my beer, tears in my beer
tears in my beer, tears in my beer
tears in my beer, tears in my beer
tears in my beer, tears in my beer
...Tears.