Bartender's Blues-Ben Taylor

[ti:Bartender's Blues] [ar:Ben Taylor] [al:A Song for My Father] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Bartender's Blues - Ben Taylor [00:03.38]Well I'm just a bartender [00:05.80] [00:06.50]I don't like my work [00:09.03] [00:09.87]But I don't mind the money at all [00:14.08] [00:16.40]I see lots of bad cases [00:19.55] [00:20.29]Lots of sad faces [00:23.14] [00:23.66]Folks with their backs to the wall [00:28.00] [00:30.05]But I need four walls around me [00:33.28] [00:33.98]To hold my life [00:36.04] [00:37.25]To keep me from going astray [00:41.07] [00:43.95]And a honky-tonk angel [00:46.92] [00:47.57]To hold me tight [00:49.71] [00:50.84]To keep me from slipping away [00:54.85] [00:57.58]With smoke fills the air [00:59.83] [01:00.88]In this honky-tonk bar [01:03.25] [01:04.10]And I'm thinking about where I'd rather be [01:08.72] [01:10.96]But I burned all my bridges [01:13.89] [01:14.52]I sank all my ships [01:16.92] [01:17.81]And I'm stranded at the edge of the sea [01:22.54] [01:24.17]I need four walls around me [01:27.40] [01:28.04]To hold my life [01:30.25] [01:31.47]To keep me from going astray [01:35.81] [01:38.20]And a honky-tonk angel to hold me tight [01:43.88] [01:45.18]To keep me from slipping away [01:49.38] [01:51.98]I can light up your smokes [01:54.49] [01:55.34]I can laugh at your jokes [01:57.91] [01:58.73]I can watch you fall down on your knees [02:03.41] [02:05.33]I can close down this bar [02:07.77] [02:08.97]I can gas up my car [02:11.61] [02:12.27]I can pack up and mail in my keep [02:16.80] [02:18.61]But I need four walls around me [02:21.95] [02:22.60]To hold my life [02:24.65] [02:25.99]To keep me from going astray [02:29.93] [02:32.77]And a honky-tonk angel [02:35.67] [02:36.30]To hold me tight [02:38.36] [02:39.71]To keep me from slipping away [02:43.83] [02:46.43]To keep me from slipping away