Gary Jules - Barstool lyrics

Album: Greetings From The Side (1998)

(Intro Music) 1,2,3,4,5,6 (More Intro Music)

Old Man on a Bar Stool
Watching tv
He got up & came over to sit closer to me
He said you look familiar
To someone I knew
But when we were your age we were older than you
Jimmy was 20
And I 17
To us there was nothing but girls & machines
Jimmy got married
And i went to war
I still don´t know what we were doing it for
And if you will buy me a drink
A turkey all nice
Then i could give you some advice

You just stay in the bar
for as long as you can
Cos´ as long as your drinking
then you have got the world in your hand

Theres no shame in hanging
the world by a string
You know theres no harm in not thinking a thing
Trying to find a place for yourself in this world
is like trying to make a wife of an American girl
And if you will trade me a drink
for a story or two
then you will know what you need to do

You just stay in the Bar
For as long as you can
No love´s for sissy´s
it is wisky that make you a man
Yea
(Musical Interlude)

Now the old man got up
Stumbled out in the street
Been drinking all day left his Bar tab with me
I did not have the money
To cover his bill
Oh i found me a man looked like me younger still ´n´ I said
Buy me a drink
And I will tell you a tale
About the old man who taught me so what

Who said
Stay in the Bar
For as long as you can
Well i know your a friend I can tell by the shades in your hand

You just
Stay in the Bar
For as long as you dare
As long as you tipping
then you have got a good friend somewhere

(Outro Music)

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