I'm just a bartender
I don't like my work
But I don't mind
the money at all
I see lots of... sad faces
And lots of... bad cases
Of folks with... their
backs to... the wall
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 keys
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 thinkin' bout
where I'd rather be
But I burned
all... my bridges
And I sank
all... my ships
Now I'm stranded
at the edge of the sea
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......
