Bartender's Blues - James Taylor

Now I'm just a bartender

And 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

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But I need four walls around me to hold my life

To keep me from going a-stray

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

Chorus:

Now, the smoke fills the air
In this honky-tonk bar
And I'm thinking 'bout 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

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