When it came down to it Shoulda seen right through it The curtain drawn by my fame When you own it all It starts out a ball Everyone knows your name I scooped up each one Until I was done And had no more bars I could buy Now I'm flippin bottles Canoodlin' with models Never a night that runs dry However all I want's a Beer-slinging place I can stretch my legs Barstools missing a couple of pegs And a jukebox filled with Johnny, to take me away And then I think I'll have a Few steady regulars who keep me fed A room above it with a single-bed And a dream that I'd be where I am, someday It ain't hard to see When you're as famous as me You can't hide your face anywhere Soon word gets around Where you can be found Can't look away from your own glare I love to mix drinks And sometimes I think I took it a bit too far Give me that time When life was sublime Kept afloat by an old tip jar And fella all I want's a Whiskey hall with a wooden floor A cozy dive with a heavy door And a line of dusty bottles, all in a row And also I could use a Kind of night that goes on forever A laugh at my jokes to make me feel clever A world where all my worries wait for tomorrow I've got all this money And boy ain't it funny There's something that I'll never buy A second life One free of the strife Celebrity puts on a guy Can't roll back the clock Can only take stock Of the place that I wish I could be A little love shack With a deck out back I can easily see so clearly And that's why I want an Old pool table with cues on a rack Soggy coasters arranged in a stack And the feeling of coming home, night after night It would be nice if it was Filled with laughter and crying too The sounds of living and passing through A little slice of heaven, just not as bright So all I want's a Beer-slinging place I can stretch my legs Barstools missing a couple of pegs And a jukebox singing Dolly, to take me away And then I think I'll have a Few steady regulars who keep me fed A room above it with a single-bed And a dream that I'd be where I am, someday
