Tears in Beers

We met at work
seems like a lifetime ago
selling, fighting, shooting pool
drinking, laughing, tears in beers
In the beginning it started to grow
I thought I'd found a lifelong friend

there was another co-worker
two of my friends found some love
And there was a wedding
out in Vegas I hear, how cliche
I was hurt but push come shove
I knew why I wasnt invited

Then it was my turn, I got married
it was a small but galant affair
there was drinking, cake and promises
Not all of my friends showed up
But you and her were there
Amazing how life changes

Then there was a birth
my wife became a mother
You were so far away, I wished you there
to share in the tears, and joy of the birth
And then my son became a brother
And again you weren't there.

As is the way with love
there came a day when you found it lost
she became vain, grew to be a bitch
but I didn't know, you didnt' let me in
just a call, what would that cost?
but instead you kept me in the dark.

Now it's true you've been there
you've been a good friend the last few years
Off and on as we're known to do
there when it's most impoartant
my life in a turmoil, lots of tears in beers
who could have seen this coming?

"I'm an asshole!" I said with a grin
as I sat down in your yard in that chair
and let the story of K unfold
my Dad called, sorry about that
the people I hurt my only true care
who knew it was really a warning?

and then the day i cant forget
i was shaking like a leaf the whole way
wondering if you'd kill me
But my love drove me on
And finally choosing the words to say
I told you I loved the same

So here we sit, tears in beers
tea, pillows, Mountain Dew
Each crying seperate over the same love
that we once said we could share
but you got in your head as you do
And so we cry together, alone.