I'm just a bartender   I don't like my work   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      I need four walls around me to hold my life   To keep me from going astray   A honky-tonk angel to hold me tight   To keep me from slipping away      I can light up your smokes   And I'll laugh at your jokes   And I'll watch you fall down on your knees   Close down this bar   Gas up my car   Pack up and mail in my key      I need four walls around me to hold my life   To keep me from going a-stray   A honky-tonk angel to hold me tight   To keep me from slipping away      The smoke fills the air   In this honky-tonk bar   And I'm thinking about where I'd rather be   Yeah   But I sunk all my bridges   I burned all my boats   I'm stranded at the edge of the sea   Yeah      I need four walls around me to hold my life   To keep me from going astray   A honky-tonk angel to hold me tight   To keep me from slipping away      I need four walls around me to hold my life   To keep me from going astray   A honky-tonk angel to hold me tight   To keep me from slipping away