Bartender's Blues-George Jones

[ti:Bartender's Blues] [ar:George Jones] [al:Some Of The Best Live] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.75]Now I'm just a bartender [00:05.24]And I don't like my work [00:09.49]But I don't mind the money at all [00:15.23] [00:17.91]I see lots of sad faces [00:22.93]And lots of bad cases [00:26.74]Folks with their backs to the wall [00:35.13]But I need four walls around me [00:40.07]To hold my life [00:44.32]To keep me from going astray [00:52.62]And a honky-tonk angel [00:57.86]To hold me tight [01:02.41]To keep me from slipping away [01:11.27]I can light up your smokes [01:15.45]I can laugh at your jokes [01:19.82]I can watch you fall down on your knees [01:27.50] [01:29.00]I can close down this bar [01:34.24]I can gas up my old car [01:37.86]I can pack up and mail in the key [01:46.53]But I need four walls around me [01:51.65]To hold my life [01:56.39]To keep me from going astray [02:04.81] [02:05.94]And a honky-tonk angel [02:10.12]To hold me tight [02:13.37]To keep me from slipping away [02:22.23] [02:41.03]Now the smoke fills the air [02:44.58]In this honky-tonk bar [02:49.21]And I'm thinking about where I'd rather be [02:56.45] [02:58.01]But I burned all my bridges [03:02.76]And I sank all ships [03:06.50]Now I'm stranded at the edge of the sea [03:14.42] [03:15.29]I still need four walls around me [03:20.41]To hold my life [03:24.84]To keep me from going astray [03:33.33]And a honky-tonk angel to hold me tight [03:43.00]To keep me from slipping away