Hey there Mr Bartender now have a little pitty on me
Time is rough and a fuss is tough and
I'm where I'm not supposed to be
I'll give you my watch for a fifth of Scotch
If you don't make fun cause it don't
run no better than I do after six
Hey there Mr Bartender lots of things are botherin' me
There's the hydrogen bomb in VietNam and
I'm out of sigarettes since three
I'll give you my stickpen for a pint of gin
If you don't joke cause the diamond's broke
And it don't shine no better than I do after six
[acoustic guitar]
Hey there Mr Bartender you better get a drip on me
My pulse is slow when I'm about to go I need a little charity
I'll give you my shoes for a glass of booze
If you won't tell they don't smell no better than I do after six
(Oh, bartender I'll do anything for you I'll pick my guitar
Bartender you listen to me bartender)
I never had a job on Wall Street.
Never was a man of means.
There's nothing social about social security.
Never found no pork in my beans.
I always did what my mama told me.
Do so good and pay the band.
I always did what my mama told me
but I never did vote republican.
I never did vote republican.
And the stripes keep on waving
and the stars always shine
and it smells just like freedom
in this land I call mine,
in this land I call mine.
I never never started nothing.
I never never never ran.
I never fought or hurt nobody,
nobody I was bigger than.
I always did what my mama told me.
Do so good and pay that band.
I always did what my mama told me
but I never did vote republican.
I never did vote republican.
And the stripes keep on waving
and the stars always shine
and it smells just like freedom
in this land I call mine,
in this land I call mine.
Male:
Not so long ago just outside Paris Arkansas
a young lady had a mountain to climb
Female:
Gonna climb up this mountain
'cause there’s one thing I know
my daddy is in his mountain
diggin' Arkansas coal
Yes I hear my mama calling
I let her wait ten minutes more she’ll be so
'cause I like to lay on the ground
and listen to the sound of my daddy
digging Arkansas coal
Male:
I was born in this mountain
went down here since I was nine years old
and I know some day I’ll die in this mountain
diggin', diggin' Arkansas, Arkansas coal
Arkansas coal
Female:
Married me a good man back in ‘59
Knew he was an Arkansas coalminer
and that suited me fine
Got us a little daughter
She's only eight years old
Wishing she was a man like her daddy
Diggin' Arkansas coal
Billie get off that mountain
Billie you got to go to school
Billie your mama and daddy
ain’t gonna raise you no natural fool
ain’t gonna raise you no natural fool
Mama why is the earth shaking?
Mama is the world coming to an end?
Mama why are you crying?
Is it another give in?
Male:
My God the rocks are fallin'
ten thousand tons on my head
I knew someday this would happen
so this is how it feels to be dead
so this is how it feels to be dead
Everybody stand in line it ain't gonna cost you a dime
This show is about to start so close the door
We'll turn the lights down low turn the big spot line or so
You can see the real live fool if you never seen one before
You're lookin' at a real live fool that's me
You're lookin' at a real live fool that's me
There ain't too many of us in captivity
You're lookin' at a real live fool and you got him free
Last week I told a lie and I made my baby cry
And she said I guess I don't need your love no more
And then she walked away I ain't seen her since that day
And now I'm hurtin' in a lot of places I ain't hurt before
You're lookin' at a real live fool...
[guitar]
You're lookin' at a real live fool...
There's pictures in my mind I've never seen before.
There's emptiness I find my love and yes there's even more.
There's loneliness that cuts me like a knife
and I wish I had a taste of you tonight.
This bottle in my hand is now apart of me.
it cools the fire that burns and burns and clouds my memory.
It makes the wrongs I've done to you seem right.
But I still need a taste of you tonight.
The pictures keep on changin'
with ev'ry drink I drink they rearrange.
Through the fog I see what I never could
and I remember than once we had it good.
There's pictures in my mind I've never seen before.
There's emptiness I find my love and yes there's even more.
There's loneliness that cuts me like a knife
and I wish I had a taste of you tonight.
I wish I had a taste of you tonight.
