Jim Ed Brown performs " Pop-A-Top"

"Pop a Top" is a country song written and originally recorded by Nat Stuckey in 1966. The first hit version was released by Jim Ed Brown in May 1967 as the third and final single from his album Just Jim. The song was a number 3 Billboard country single for Brown in late 1967. It was later revived by Alan Jackson as the lead-off single from his 1999 album Under the Influence. Jackson's version peaked at number 6 on the United States Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and number 2 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart

Jim Ed Brown Pop A Top lyrics

Pop a top again

I've just got time for one more round

Set 'em up my friend

Then I'll be gone and you can let some other fool sit down

I'd like for you to listen to

A joke I heard today

From a woman who said she was through

And calmly walked away

I tried to smile and did awhile

But it felt so out of place

Did you ever hear of a clown with teardrops

Streaming down his face

Pop a top again

I think, I'll have another round

Another one my friend

Then I'll be gone and you can let some other fool sit down

All to me is misery

And here I'm wasting time

'Cause a row of fools on a row of stools

Is not what's on my mind

But then you see her leaving me

Is not what I prefer

So it's either here, a drinking beer

Or home remembering her

Pop a top again

I think, I'll have another round

Another one my friend

Then I'll be gone and you can let some other fool sit down