[00:00.78]Now I'm just a bartender
[00:05.27]And I don't like my work
[00:09.52]But I don't mind the money at all
[00:15.26]
[00:17.94]I see lots of sad faces
[00:22.96]And lots of bad cases
[00:26.77]Folks with their backs to the wall
[00:35.16]But I need four walls around me
[00:40.10]To hold my life
[00:44.35]To keep me from going astray
[00:52.65]And a honky-tonk angel
[00:57.89]To hold me tight
[01:02.44]To keep me from slipping away
[01:11.30]I can light up your smokes
[01:15.48]I can laugh at your jokes
[01:19.85]I can watch you fall down on your knees
[01:27.53]
[01:29.03]I can close down this bar
[01:34.27]I can gas up my old car
[01:37.89]I can pack up and mail in the key
[01:46.56]But I need four walls around me
[01:51.68]To hold my life
[01:56.42]To keep me from going astray
[02:04.84]
[02:05.97]And a honky-tonk angel
[02:10.15]To hold me tight
[02:13.40]To keep me from slipping away
[02:22.26]
[02:41.06]Now the smoke fills the air
[02:44.61]In this honky-tonk bar
[02:49.24]And I'm thinking about where I'd rather be
[02:56.48]
[02:58.04]But I burned all my bridges
[03:02.79]And I sank all ships
[03:06.53]Now I'm stranded at the edge of the sea
[03:14.45]
[03:15.32]I still need four walls around me
[03:20.44]To hold my life
[03:24.87]To keep me from going astray
[03:33.36]And a honky-tonk angel to hold me tight
[03:43.03]To keep me from slipping away