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There’s milestones in every lads growing like landmarks along life's way
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So I took my son out to have his first pint in our local pub three blocks
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away
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In our local Pub three blocks away,    our local pub three blocks away
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I took my son out to have his first pint in our local pub three blocks away
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I bought him a Guiness and he took a taste and he spat it right out on the
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floor
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I couldn’t just let that good pint go to waste so I drank it and wanted some
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more
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I drank it and wanted some mooorre I drank it and wanted some more
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I couldn’t just let a good pint go to waste so I drank it and wanted some
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more

[Verse 2]
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Then I bought him a Harp and he took a drink made a face and spat that
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one as well
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I couldn’t let that one get tossed down the sink so I drank it it really was
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swell
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I drank it it really was sweeelll  I drank it it really was swell
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I couldn’t let that one get tossed down the sink so I drank it it really was
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swell

[Verse 3]
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Then I bought him a Smithwicks and he took a sip made a face and spat
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that one out too
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I had to drink it so it wouldn’t go bad. What else is a Father to do?
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What else is a Father to dooo? What else is a Father to do?
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I had to drink it so it wouldn’t go bad, what else is a Father to do?

[Verse 4]
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I thought he’d like whiskey so I bought him a Bushmill’s he tried a wee
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drop and he spat
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I knocked it back, licked my lips and I smiled and I wondered what he
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thought of that?
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I wondered what he thought of thaaat, I wondered what he thought of that?
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I knocked it back, licked my lips and I smiled and I wondered what he
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thought of that? When he turned down a Jameson’s 18 year old I
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wondered could this be my son?
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I had to drink it to set an example and show the lad just how it’s done.
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And show the lad just how it’s dooone and show the lad just how it’s done.
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I had to drink it to set an example and show the lad just how it’s done.
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By the time I figured he didn’t like whiskey or beer with a nice head of
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foam
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I was so drunk that I was unable to push his stroller back home
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To push his stroller back hooome, to push his stroller back home
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I was so drunk that I was unable to push his stroller back home.