[Intro]


[Verse 1]
             
Now I'm just a

            
 bartender, an

             
d I don't like

    
 my work
             
But I don't mi

              
nd the money a

        (   
t all
             
I see lots of 

            
sad faces and 

           
lots of bad ca

             
ses of folks w

              
ith their back

         
s to the wall

[Instrumental]
(notes) 
  

[Chorus]
             
But I need fou

            
r walls around

             
 me to hold my

 
 life
             
To keep me fro

                   (   
m going astray
             
And a honky-to

           
nk angel to ho

            
ld me tight to

             
 keep me from 

          
slipping away

[Verse 2]
             
I can light up

            
 your smokes, 

             
I can laugh at

       
 your jokes
             
I can watch yo

              
u fall down on

            (   
 your knees
             
I can close do

            
wn this bar, I

             
 can gas up my

 
 car
             
I can pack up 

              
and mail in my

 
 key

[Instrumental]
(notes) 
  

[Chorus]
             
But I need fou

            
r walls around

             
 me to hold my

 
 life
             
To keep me fro

                   (   
m going astray
             
And a honky-to

           
nk angel to ho

            
ld me tight to

             
 keep me from 

          
slipping away

[Verse 3]
             
Now, the smoke

            
 fills the air

             
 in this honky

      
-tonk bar
             
And I'm thinki

              
ng about where

                  (   
 I'd rather be
             
But I burned a

            
ll my bridges,

             
 I sank all my

 
 ships
             
And I'm strand

              
ed at the edge

        
 of the sea

[Instrumental]
(notes) 
  

[Chorus]
             
But I need fou

            
r walls around

             
 me to hold my

 
 life
             
To keep me fro

                  (   
m going astray
             
And a honky-to

           
nk angel to ho

            
ld me tight to

             
 keep me from 

              
slipping away