[00:02.13]Now i'm just a bartender
[00:06.30]And i don't like my work
[00:10.32]But i don't mind the money at all
[00:19.02]I see lots of sad faces
[00:27.09]And lots of bad cases
[00:27.60]Of folks with their backs to the wall
[00:33.36]Chorus:
[00:35.46]But i need four walls around me to hold my life
[00:37.53]To keep me from going a-stray
[00:49.77]And a honky-tonk angel to hold me tight
[01:03.15]To keep me from slipping away
[01:10.38]I can light up your smokes
[01:14.58]I can laugh at your jokes
[01:18.81]I can watch you fall down on your knees
[01:27.36]I can close down this bar
[01:31.65]I can gas up my car
[01:35.85]I can pack up and mail in my key
[01:40.89]Chorus:
[02:52.98]Now, the smoke fills the air
[02:57.18]In this honky-tonk bar
[03:01.41]And i'm thinking 'bout where i'd rather be
[03:10.47]But i burned all my bridges
[03:15.90]I sank all my ships
[03:18.36]And i'm stranded at the edge of the sea
[03:51.57]Chorus:

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
Chorus:
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
Chorus: