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Lullaby for a Barfly

V1

10 pm, and everyone’s here

They’ve got me a spot, and my name on a beer

It’s a cash only dive, as the sign makes clear

Good friends and memories that I hold dear

 

PC1

So bartender, keep our glasses full

We won’t stop til’ he’s under

Under the table

 

CH1

So take one down and pass it around

Not ready for the night to end

If we go too far, there’s always more bars

That my new friends recommend

So have one more and settle a score

There’s whiskey and money to spend

Cause this here’s a lullaby for all of those barflies

That I call my friends

V2

Shoeless Joe’s telling me all there is to learn

“It’s not peer pressure kid, it’s just your turn”

So may you live forever, may I never die

We’re not being rude, that’s an Irish Goodbye

 

PC2

Syd’s stumblin’ in, from the back alley

A smile on her face singing

“Boys, it’s time to rally!”

 

CH2

So take one down and pass it around

Not ready for the night to end

If we go too far, there’s always more bars

That my new friends recommend

So have one more and settle a score

There’s whiskey and money to spend

Cause this here’s a lullaby for all of those barflies

That I call my friends

BR

Well if this is last call, let’s make it count

Raise your glass and 

Make a toast and 

Let it out

 

CH3

So take one down and pass it around

Not ready for the night to end

If we go too far, there’s always more bars

That my new friends recommend

So have one more and settle a score

There’s whiskey and money to spend

Cause this here’s a lullaby for all of those barflies

That I call 

I said this here’s a lullaby for all of those barflies

That I call my friends

Time in the Sun

V1

Moonlight crept in

Shining light on my sins

My sheets could not shield me, the truth of a stranger’s skin

Memories they kept me

From my time in the sun

 

V2

Well I battered my mind 

With tequila and lime

If the room would stop spinnin’ we’d be halfway to fine

Been up 3 days prayin'

For some time in the sun

 

CHO: 

(Instrumental chorus/hook)

 

BR

Broken teeth & broken bones

Getting lost in all this chaos I have known

What do you do when your heroes and friends

Are all either sober or dead?

 

V3

Well I’m looking towards healing

All those things I’ve been feeling

I’ll gladly give back all the time I’ve been stealing

All alone in my head

For some time in the sun

 

Solo over first 2 verses 


 

BR

Broken teeth & broken bones

Getting lost in all this chaos I have known

What do you do when your heroes and friends

Are all either sober or dead?

 

V4

Well I’m looking towards healing

All those things I’ve been feeling

I’ll gladly give back all the time I’ve been stealing

All alone in my head

For some time in the sun


 

x2 CHO OUT: 

(Instrumental chorus/hook)

No place like home

V1

Overgrown tires in the yard

The grass doesn’t try

You stared out your window panes

At a cracked and shifting drive 

 

V2

Daddy took your silver spoon

To cook up the savings jar

Momma wears her shades inside

His threats, they outbid her scars 

 

PC1

It’s familiar, it’s blood

Don’t you turn away

It’s war unsung

So put on a smiling face

 


 

CH1

There’s no place like home

No there’s no place like home

Yeah there’s no place like home

No there’s no place like 

 

V2

Threadbare goodwill around your neck

Seeks guidance from your pastor

Have faith, have hope

Is god’s final word on the matter 

 

PC2

It’s rumors like yours

That would tear this town apart

That nonsense never happens here

So don’t even start
 

CH2

Cause there’s no place like home

No there’s no place like home

Yeah there’s no place like home

No there’s no place like 

 

BR

These old clichés are dripping with blood

Faced with the option to give up or run

Give up or run, give up or run, give up or run

 

V3/Outro

An engine cries freedom in the night

Carrying the black sheep of a coal mine

Hotwired a GTO, you’re setting off to find

There’s no place like home

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