Bartender's Blues

Now I'm just a bartender and I don't like my work

But I don't mind the money at all

I see a lots of sad faces, a lots of bad cases

Of folks with their backs to the wall

But I need four walls around me to hold my life

To keep me from going astray

And a honky-tonk angel to hold me tight

To keep me from slipping away

I can light up your smokes

I can laugh at your jokes

I can watch you fall down on your knees

I can close down this bar

I can gas up my car

I can pack up and mail in my key

But I need four walls around me to hold my life

To keep me from going astray

And a honky-tonk angel to hold me tight

To keep me from slipping away

Now, the smoke fills the air in this honky-tonk bar

And I'm thinking about where I'd rather be

But I burned all my bridges, I sank all my ships

And I'm stranded at the edge of the sea

But I need four walls around me to hold my life

To keep me from going astray

I need a honky-tonk angel to hold me tight

To keep me from slipping away