Now I'm just a bartender   And I don't like my work   But I don't mind the money at all   I see lots of sad faces   And lots of bad cases   Of folks with their backs to the wall      (Chorus:)   But I need four walls around me, to hold my life   To keep me from going astray   And a honky tonk angel, to hold me tight   To keep me from slipping away      I can light up your smokes   I can laugh at your jokes   I can watch you fall down on your knees   I can close down this bar   I can gas up my car   And I can pack up and mail in my keys      (Repeat chorus)      Now the smoke fills the air   In this honky tonk bar   And I'm thinkin' bout where I'd rather be   But I burned all my bridges   And I sank all my ships   Now I'm stranded at the edge of the sea      (Repeat chorus)