Barstool Lyrics - Greetings From The Side - Gary Jules

Old man on a barstool watching TV 

Got up and came over to sit closer to me 

He said "You look familiar to someone I knew 

But when were your age we were older than you 

Jimmy was twenty and I seventeen 

And 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 

But if you'll buy me a drink--turkey on ice 

Then I could give you some advice 

"You just stay in the bar 

For as long as you can 

As long as you're drinking 

Then you've got the world in your hand 

"There's no shame in hanging your world by a string 

And you know there's no harm in not thinking a thing 

But trying to find a place for yourself in this world 

Is like trying to make a wife of an American girl 

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" 

Now the old man got up and stumbled out in the street 

He'd been drinking all day and left his bar tab with me 

I didn't have the money to cover his bill 

But I found me a man who looked like me, younger still 

And said, "Buy me a drink and I'll tell you a tale 

About the old man who taught me so well 

You just stay in the bar 

For as long as you can 

Hell I know you're a friend 

I can tell by the shakes in your hand 

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