Well, I like a full bodied lager as much as the next hard working man That taste of suds while dealing stud I can surely understand Trucker speed and yes indeed it's nearly gettin' light It's time to switch to whiskey we been drinkin' beer all night You can fish for bass and cut your grass and drink that purple gas Sho' nuff, but the powerful stuff that'll knock you on your ass Is like diesel fuel, and nobody's fool is gonna wanna get left behind It's time to switch to whiskey we been drinkin' beer all night Well, it's time to switch to whiskey we been drinkin' beer all night We're all half dead and them that's left are spoilin' for a fight Who'd 'a thunk, we're quit drinkin' drunk, now boys don't spare the rye It's time to switch to whiskey we been drinkin' beer all night I've been splittin' 8's 'n' hittin' my straights in the cardrooms of the world Chasin' skirt and gettin' hurt but now I got card playin' girl But man she gets excited when the deal don't come out right It's time to switch to whiskey we been drinkin' beer all night Well, it's time to switch to whiskey we been drinkin' beer all night We're all half dead and them that's left are spoilin' for a fight Who'd 'a thunk, we're quit drinkin' drunk, now boys don't spare the rye It's time to switch to whiskey we been drinkin' beer all night Well, I've heard it said that you can get some heat in Irish pubs Servin' Jamesons to an Orangeman and Bushmills to his cuz Here's what you do with Tullamore Dew, you can meet 'em both halfway It's time to switch to whiskey, they've been drinkin' beer all day Well, it's time to switch to whiskey we been drinkin' beer all night We're all half dead and them that's left are spoilin' for a fight Who'd 'a thunk, we're quit drinkin' drunk, now boys don't spare the rye It's time to switch to whiskey we been drinkin' beer all night Yeah, it's time to switch to whiskey we been drinkin' beer all night Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, rye whiskey, I cried