Bartender’s Blues Songtext
von George Jones & 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

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


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
And I can pack up and mail in my keys

But 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 and 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
Now I'm stranded at the edge of the sea


I still need four walls around me to hold my life
To keep me from going astray
I need some honky-tonk angel to hold me tight
To keep me from slipping away