Teach 'Em How to Swim-Hank Thompson/His Brazos Valley Boys

[ti:Teach 'Em How to Swim] [ar:Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys] [al:Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys, Vol. 4] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Teach 'Em How to Swim - Hank Thompson/His Brazos Valley Boys [00:07.25]Babe got me up a tree [00:09.52] [00:10.19]A way out on a limb [00:12.30] [00:13.57]You told me lies you let me on [00:16.65]Then turned me down for him [00:19.21] [00:20.05]You took my heart tore it all apart [00:23.34]And then threw it away [00:25.72] [00:26.66]And now that it's all over [00:29.11]Babe here's all I can say [00:32.11] [00:32.72]Oh take my glass [00:34.38] [00:35.06]Fill it up fill it to the brim [00:39.14] [00:39.97]If I can't drown my troubles babe [00:43.22]I'll teach 'em how to swim [00:45.63] [00:46.52]If I can't teach 'em how to swim [00:49.84]I'll teach 'em how to float [00:52.25] [00:53.00]So please just pass one more [00:55.52]Glass to please my dusty throat [00:58.56] [01:06.67]Grandpa's swallowed his first drink [01:09.72]When he was only eight [01:12.18] [01:13.04]The doctor warned him then [01:15.19]And there to stop before it was too late [01:18.91] [01:19.65]But grandpa was a real strong [01:22.22]Man he wouldn't heed the plea [01:25.42] [01:26.15]Now he's done drink hisself to death [01:29.55]He died at ninety three [01:32.55]So since my grandpa lived [01:35.15]So long I want to be like him [01:38.75] [01:39.48]If I can't drown my troubles babe [01:42.84]I'll teach 'em how to swim [01:45.33]So here I sit in this old bar [01:49.49]My future's looking dim [01:52.17] [01:52.79]If I can't drown my troubles babe [01:56.15]I'll teach 'em how to swim [01:59.13]Oh take my glass fill it up [02:02.75]Oh fill it to the brim [02:05.15] [02:06.11]If I can't drown my troubles babe [02:09.61]I'll teach 'em how to swim [02:12.13] [02:12.87]If I can't teach 'em how to swim [02:16.12]I'll teach 'em how to float [02:18.73] [02:19.43]So please just pass one more glass [02:22.78]To please my dusty throat