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Intro

  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

Chorus