Bartender's Blues Lyrics - Jt - 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 

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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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