A BARTENDER’S
Words and Music by Mickey McBride
Verse 1
A GANGSTER WITH A BIG CIGAR
CAME IN AND TOOK A SEAT AT MY BAR,
HE HAD A SCRATCH ACROSS HIS FACE,
THAT GAL HAD PUT HIM IN HIS PLACE,
THAT SCRATCH IS GONNA LEAVE A BIG SCAR,
Verse 2
THE GANGSTER TURNED TO ME AND SAID
“THE LADY WENT AND LOST HER HEAD”,
HE ORDERED BOURBON ON THE ROCKS,
THAT GAL, SHE LEFT HIM IN HIS SOCKS,
SHE TOOK HIS PRIDE AND ALL OF HIS BREAD,
Bridge
THE ANGER HE COULD NOT CONCEAL
WAS EVIDENCE OF HIS ORDEAL,
HIS EYES BECAME AS COLD AS STEEL, AND THEN...
HE ORDERED UP ANOTHER DRINK,
AND THAT’S WHEN I MISREAD HIS WINK,
IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE HE WOULD THINK AGAIN,
Verse 3
THE STORY DOESN’T END SO SWEET,
HE SAW HER COMIN’ DOWN THE STREET,
BEFORE HIS DRINK WAS EVEN DONE,
HE RAN OUTSIDE AND PULLED A GUN,
THE LADY GOT A PIECE OF HIS HEAT,
(Return to Bridge)
Tag
THE LADY GOT A PIECE OF HIS HEAT,
THE LADY GOT A PIECE OF HIS HEAT.
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