Nat Stuckey - Pop A Top 1966
\"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.
The narrator, a bar patron, asks the tender to open another bottle for him, and then he'll go. He commences to tell the tender about his grief because his girl left him, and either he'll hide it with beer, or he'll be at home remembering heɾ.
Nathan Wright \"Nat\" Stuckey (December 17, 1933 – August 24, 1988)[2] was an American country singer. He recorded for various labels between 1966 and 1978, charting in the top 10 of Hot Country Songs with \"Sweet Thang\", \"Plastic Saddle\", \"Sweet Thang and Cisco\" and \"Take Time to Love Her\".
He was from Atlanta in Cass County, Texas
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
