Four, five, six...
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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
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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"