Bartender's Blues

[Verse 1] 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 astray And a honky-tonk angel to hold me tight to keep me from slipping Away [Verse 2] 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] [Verse 3] Now, the smoke fills the air in this honky-tonk bar And I'm thinking about 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]