Austin Burke could write the book on being a millennial. Growing up in the … Read Full Bio ↴Austin Burke could write the book on being a millennial. Growing up in the 1990's in Phoenix, Arizona, Austin was a huge country music fan and began singing as soon as he could walk. At the tender age of of 3, he sang the national anthem for both the Phoenix Suns and Arizona Diamondbacks and at a chance meeting with his hero Garth Brooks at a Padre's spring training game, his destiny was set. He soon won a coveted spot singing "Friends In Low Places" on the Rosie O'Donell show, not once but twice and when Rosie asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up he said a "singing baseball player". Such are the early experiences that dreams are made of.

Austin is currently making words rhyme and serving his time waiting on tables (and waiting on the tables to turn.) He's singing at writer's nights and tearing up the honky-tonks, paying his dues and livin' the dream in Tennessee. To quote his grandmother and the title of one of his own songs, Austin says it's his job these days to just "Suit Up Show Up Shut Up And Get The Job Done".

When I'm Drinkin'
austin burke Lyrics

I can drive by your house and I'll be fine
Your picture pops up from three years ago
But I'm alright
I'm good most days but I hate to admit
I got a problem I just can't quit

I think about you when I'm drinkin'
Girl, it happens every time I take a sip
Throw 'em back and let it sink in
It's like I'm with you when the whiskey hits my lips

It's gonna hurt waking up in the morning
But I'll take the pain every time
I think about you when I'm drinking
So I think I'll be drinking tonight

It ain't a buzz I'm chasin', hell, I could get that real fast
But I'm one step closer to you at the bottom of this glass
Yeah, this is my way
Of never saying goodbye
So baby, if you ever wonder why

I think about you when I'm drinkin'
Girl, it happens every time I take a sip
Throw em' back and let it sink in
It's like I'm with you when the whiskey hits my lips
It's gonna hurt waking up in the morning
But I'll take the pain every time
I think about you when I'm drinking
So I think I'll be drinking tonight, whoa

You ain't ever coming back
I know that now
Long as the liquor don't ever run out

I think about you when I'm drinkin'
Girl, it happen every time I take a sip
Throw em' back and let it sink in
Yeah, I'll see you when the whiskey hits my lips
It's gonna hurt waking up in the morning
But I'll take the pain every time
I think about you when I'm drinking
So I think I'll be drinking tonight, whoa

I think I'll be drinkin'
Yeah, I'll be drinkin' 'bout you
And about you and about you and about you, whoa
Baby, I'll be drinking all night thinking about you

Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Written by: Austin Patrick Burke, Emma White, Jamie S. Kenney

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