{"id":65528,"date":"2026-05-28T20:22:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/riley-green-think-as-you-drunk-lyrics-tribute-toby-keith\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T20:22:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:22:31","slug":"riley-green-think-as-you-drunk-lyrics-tribute-toby-keith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/riley-green-think-as-you-drunk-lyrics-tribute-toby-keith\/","title":{"rendered":"Riley Green Think As You Drunk Lyrics Tribute Toby Keith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/riley-green\">Riley Green<\/a> pays tribute to his hero <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/toby-keith\/\">Toby Keith<\/a> with a new song called &#8220;Think As You Drunk.&#8221; The honky-tonker&#8217;s lyrics were more than just inspired by the late Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n<p>Keith actually sings the final few lyrics of\u00a0this\u00a0new song.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toby Keith died on Feb. 5, 2024.<\/li>\n<li>Green has often covered songs from Keith&#8217;s catalog in concert.<\/li>\n<li>This new song borrows heavily from Keith&#8217;s 2005 hit, &#8220;As Good As I Once Was.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>Related<\/strong><\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/top-toby-keith-songs\/\">25\u00a0Toby Keith Songs That Show Why He&#8217;s a Legend<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sonically, &#8220;Think As You Drunk&#8221; rides similar guitar lines as &#8220;As Good As I Once Was&#8221; but lyrically, Green&#8217;s song is much, much drunker. Erik Dylan, Jessi Alexander and Wyatt McCubbin joined Green for the new lyrics. Their story finds a man trying to convince a bartender he&#8217;s sober enough for one more round.<\/p>\n<p>Spoiler alert: he&#8217;s not convincing.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I can\u2019t say CBAs \/ But I can sing you every song that jukebox plays,&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>Green sings midway through the chorus.<\/p>\n<p>Keith and Scotty\u00a0Emerick\u00a0are also listed as co-writers because they wrote &#8220;As Good As I Once Was.&#8221; At the very end of Green&#8217;s song, Keith sings the final line of his song:<em> &#8220;I may not be as good as I once was \/ But I&#8217;m as good once, as I ever was.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"single-post-image \">\n<figure class=\"img-tag has-sizer alignnone\">\n<p><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Nashville Harbor Records<\/span><\/p><figcaption>Nashville Harbor Records<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><del\/>Watch for this to become the start of a trend in country music. Contemporary artists worked through the early &#8217;90s and then late &#8217;90s when choosing covers and interpolations. Green&#8217;s decision to pick a 2005 hit from Keith could signal artists are ready to start recognizing some of the great early 2000s hitmakers.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read More:<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/riley-green-facts-biography-trivia\/\">14 Riley Green Facts That Reveal\u00a0This Mystery Man&#8217;s Heart<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Riley Green, &#8220;Think As You Drunk&#8221; Lyrics:<\/h3>\n<p><em>Just who the hell do you think you are \/ I pay the light bill in this bar \/ Hey what you mean you\u2019re gonna cut me off \/ Just shut up and give me that beer I bought \/ I got no idea who took my keys \/ Who put this lipstick on my cheek \/ I know I might come on whiskey bent \/ You\u2019re probably thinking three sheets to the wind.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chorus:<\/strong><br \/><em>But I ain\u2019t as think as you drunk I am \/ Don\u2019t pay no mind to this mountain of crushed up cans \/ I can\u2019t say CBAs \/ But I can sing you every song that jukebox plays \/ I know I can\u2019t stand or sit \/ But if I was hammered could I dance like this \/ I\u2019d have a cold one in each hand \/ I ain\u2019t as think as you drunk I am.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Honey to be honest I\u2019ve had me a few \/ I might have\u00a0danced with a cowgirl or two \/ I might have left my left boot at the bar \/ You might have seen me laying out in the yard.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Repeat Chorus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Well I might have start drinking at noon \/ But this honkytonk don\u2019t close till two.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Repeat Chorus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>I ain\u2019t as good as I once was \/ But I\u2019m as good once as I ever was.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">14 Riley Green Facts That Reveal This Mystery Man&#8217;s Heart<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<div>Who is <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/tags\/riley-green\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Riley Green<\/a>? Learn all about the &#8220;Don&#8217;t Mind If I Do&#8221; hitmaker, including his favorite foods, influences, reality TV show and bedroom proclivities.<\/div>\n<p>This Riley Green Facts list was made from original interviews with Taste of Country and (as noted) other media outlets. Boilerplate information like name, age and hometown are covered on Wikipedia so we focused on trivia that truly tells his story.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/author\/billydukes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Dukes<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">Remembering the Country Stars Who Died in 2026<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>So far in 2026, country fans have mourned the deaths of a few of their favorite musicians and other large-looming figures of pop culture. Keep reading to remember the singers, musicians, actors and other notable figures we&#8217;ve lost so far this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/author\/cliptak\" target=\"_blank\">Carena Liptak<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=76&#038;gver=10&#038;bid=204&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DGbJ4PR9JZzdxdLXzJnfIG9ZgkXSFQNevIcIY&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/tasteofcountry.com\/riley-green-think-as-you-drunk-lyrics-toby-keith\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riley Green pays tribute to his hero Toby Keith with a new song called &#8220;Think As You Drunk.&#8221; The honky-tonker&#8217;s lyrics were more than&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":65529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}