Teach ’em How to Swim

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Babe, you got me up a tree, a-way out on a limb You told me lies, you let me on, then turned me down for him You took my heart, tore it all apart, and then threw it away And now that it's all over, babe, here's all I can say [Chorus] Oh, take my glass, fill it up, fill it to the brim If I can't drown my troubles, babe, I'll teach 'em how to swim If I can't teach 'em how to swim, I'll teach 'em how to float So please just pass one more glass to grease my dusty throat [Verse 2] Grandpa swallowed his first drink when he was only eight The doctor warned him then and there to stop before it was too late But grandpa was a headstrong man, he wouldn't heed the plea Now he's done drink his self to death, he died at ninety-three [Verse 3] So since my grandpa lived so long I want to be like him If I can't drown my troubles, babe, I'll teach 'em how to swim So here I sit in this old bar, my future's looking dim If I can't drown my troubles, babe, I'll teach 'em how to swim [Chorus] Oh, take my glass, fill it up, fill it to the brim If I can't drown my troubles, babe, I'll teach 'em how to swim If I can't teach 'em how to swim, I'll teach 'em how to float So please just pass one more glass to grease my dusty throat