Tonight they're throwing a party In honor of a much-deserving fool For the million times I've sat down on one They're giving me the gold barstool A railroad man would get a watch and chain A carpenter, a set of golden tools But what twenty years of drinking has got me Is my very own gold barstool Engrave my name there on the stand And with it put, "The World's Greatest Beer-Drinking Man!" Put it in a window with a light for all to see Tonight they give the gold barstool to me For the times I neglected my woman She went out and found some other fool And they can keep on calling me crazy But he's got her and I've got this gold barstool Engrave my name there on the stand And with it put, "The World's Greatest Beer-Drinking Man!" Put it in a window with a light for all to see Tonight they give the gold barstool to me Yeah, tonight they gave that gold barstool to me