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