I'm just a bartender

I don't like my work

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



I need four walls around me to hold my life

To keep me from going astray

A honky-tonk angel to hold me tight

To keep me from slipping away



I can light up your smokes

And I'll laugh at your jokes

And I'll watch you fall down on your knees

Close down this bar

Gas up my car

Pack up and mail in my key



I need four walls around me to hold my life

To keep me from going a-stray

A honky-tonk angel to hold me tight

To keep me from slipping away



The smoke fills the air

In this honky-tonk bar

And I'm thinking about where I'd rather be

Yeah

But I sunk all my bridges

I burned all my boats

I'm stranded at the edge of the sea

Yeah



I need four walls around me to hold my life

To keep me from going astray

A honky-tonk angel to hold me tight

To keep me from slipping away



I need four walls around me to hold my life

To keep me from going astray

A honky-tonk angel to hold me tight

To keep me from slipping away