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 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.

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.

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
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.

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.

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