Billy Mata performs "Bubbles in My Beer"

"Bubbles in My Beer" is a Western swing song that was originally recorded by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys in 1947. It later became a standard that has been performed by many country music artists. One critic of drinking songs ranks it number 20, calls it "the ultimate self-pity song," and credits it with "setting the tone for a whole genre of songs about drowning sorrows in the barroom."

The song's origins are the subject of different accounts ; but there is agreement that Texas Playboys vocalist Duncan came up with the song's title and refrain, at which point songwriter Cindy Walker became involved.Walker has been quoted as saying: "If you can get a real good title, you’ve got something. I always write from the title. I’ve never written a song without the title."

Bob Wills Bubbles In My Beer Lyrics

Tonight in a bar alone

I'm sitting apart from

The laughter and the cheer

Scenes from the past

Rise before me

Watching the bubbles in my beer

Visions of someone

Who loved me

Brings a lone silent tear to my eye

And I know that my life's

Been a failure

Watching the bubbles in my beer

I'm seeing the road

That I've traveled

A road filled with heartaches and tears

And I'm seeing the past

That I've wasted

Watching the bubbles in my beer

Visions of someone who loved me

Brings a lone silent tear to my eye

And I know that my life's been a failure

Watching the bubbles in my beer