Barstool

Four, five, six...
 ♪
 Old man on a barstool watching TV
 He got up and 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 and machines
 Jimmy got married and I went to war
 I still don't know what we were doing it for"
 "And if you'll buy me a drink, a Turkey on ice
 Then I could give you some advice
 You just stay in the bar
 For as long as you can
 'Cause as long as you're drinking
 Then you've got the world in your hand"
 ♪
 "There's no shame in hanging the world by a string
 You know there's 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'll trade me a drink for a story or two
 Then you'll know what you need to do
 You just stay in the bar
 For as long as you can
 You know love is for sissies
 It's whiskey that makes you a man"
 ♪
 Yeah!
 ♪
 Now the old man got up, stumbled out in the street
 Been drinking all day, left his bar tab with me
 I didn't have the money to cover his bill
 Well, I found me a man who looked like me, younger still
 And I said, "Buy me a drink, and I'll tell you a tale
 About the old man who taught me so..."
 Who said, "Stay in the bar
 For as long as you can
 Well, I know you're a friend and I can tell by the shapes in your hand
 ♪
 You just stay in the bar
 For as long as you dare
 As long as you're tipping
 Then you've got a good friend somewhere"