I Drink

I Drink appears on Blake Shelton’s Barn & Grill, Blake Shelton’s studio album released on October 26, 2004.

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written by Mary Gauthier, Crit Harmon

He'd get home at five-thirty
Fix a drink and sit down in his chair
Pick a fight with momma
Complain about the kids gettin’ in his hair
At night he'd sit alone and smoke
I'd see his frown behind the lighters flame
Now that same frown’s in my mirror
I got my daddy's blood inside my veins

Fish swim, birds fly
Daddies yell, mommas cry
Old men sit and think
I drink

Chicken TV dinner
Six minutes on defrost, three on high
Beer to wash it down with, then another
Some whiskey on the side
It's not so bad alone here
It don't bother me that every night’s the same
I don't need another lover hangin’ ‘round
Tryin’ to make me change

Fish swim, birds fly
Lovers leave, by and by
Old men sit and think
I drink

I know what I am
But I don’t give a damn

Fish swim, birds fly
Daddies yell, mommas cry
Old men sit and think
I drink

I drink