Bartender's Blues (v1)

(James Taylor)



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

But I don't mind the money at all

I've seen lots of sad faces and lots of bad cases

Of folks with their backs to the wall.



Chorus:

But I got 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.



Well, 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, oh, and gas up my car

And I can pack up and mail in my keys.



Chorus:

But I got 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 of this honky tonk bar

And I'm thinkin' bout where I'd rather be

But I burned all my bridges and I sunk all my ships

And I'm stranded at the edge of the sea.



Chorus:

But I got 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...