well i had a drink with a friend of mine a week ago today we were celebrating a month and a half too late st paddy s day well i bought im a round and he bought me a round and the bouncer bought us anudder what s an irish boy from a good family doing in the gutter well we looked at each other and had to laugh as we lay there in our stink well i woulda cried if i woulda thought but every time i thought i d drink and if his poor old gray haired ma d see us there she woulda shuddered what s an irish boy from a good family doing in the gutter well my irish friend he liked to surf but me i couldn t swim well he said that he could teach me how and i said i trusted him he swore he d never let me drown he loved me like a brudder what s an irish boy from a good family doing in the gutter well sure enough i drowned and i wound up at the pearly gates where st peter said you re drunk as hell and son you shoulda ate so he sent me back down to get a bite but instead i bought anudder what s an irish boy from a good family doing in the gutter