If I could build you a bar, it'd have a hundred kinds of beers And all your friends from home, the ones you haven't seen in years It'd have all the best tequila, and your song would always play If I could build you a bar I would have built it yesterday Cause if I could build you a bar Maybe I could buy you a drink And if I could buy you a drink You might stay for another round And if you stayed another round Maybe you'd stay a little longer Maybe I could get your number You could write it down Maybe I could walk you to your car If I could build you a bar, well there'd be room to dance The whiskey would come from Tennessee And the wine would come from France There'd be all kinds of people, all different walks of life If I could build you a bar Damn wouldn't that be nice If I could build you a bar Maybe I could buy you a drink And if I could buy you a drink You might stay for another round And if you stayed another round Maybe you'd stay a little longer Maybe I could get your number You could write it down I don't know my way around a hammer and nail But I know how to write a song Maybe one day you'll hear this You might sing along You might sing along If I could build you a bar, anywhere in any town It'd be somewhere on the beach, so you could watch the sun go down It'd be loud enough to get a little wild but quiet enough to talk It'd be a little run down and far from perfect But close enough to walk Oh, if I could build you a bar Maybe I could buy you a drink And if I could buy you a drink You might stay for another round And if you stayed another round Maybe you'd stay a little longer Maybe I could get your number You could write it down Maybe I could walk you to your car Every story needs a simple place to start If I could build you a bar If I could build you a bar