Gambling Bar Room Blues
Bar Room Blues Revelry: A Tale of Love, Liquor, and Midnight Trains
Lyrics
I went down to the corner, just to meet my gal
I went to the corner to meet my girlfriend.
I found her standing on the sidewalk, she was talking to my pal
Discovered her talking to my friend on the sidewalk.
I strolled back to the bar room, to get another drink of gin
Returned to the bar for another gin drink.
The first thing I knew I was reelin', rocking and drunk again
Quickly became intoxicated and disoriented.
Well I kept on drinking gin and liqour, way up into the night
Continued drinking heavily into the night.
When my pal came to the bar room, man, we had an terrible fight
Engaged in a violent fight with my friend at the bar.
I reached down for my razor, and then I knocked him around
Used a razor and physical force in the altercation.
But when I pulled my pistol, I quickly smoked him down, yeah
Escalated the conflict by pulling out a pistol and shooting him.
I went down to see my baby, I met her on the way
Visited my baby but informed her I had to leave.
I told her I had to leave her, I told her I could not stay
Expressed the inability to stay with my partner.
I started down to the station, and stopped in at the bar
Headed to the station but stopped at the bar.
And here I met a policeman, he was cruisin' 'round in his car
Encountered a police officer cruising in his car.
We both drank lots of liqour, that fat-ass cop and I
Both drank heavily, bonding with the cop.
I thought he would never leave me, oh Lord, I thought I'd die
Felt like the cop would never leave, a distressing thought.
My baby came in to join us, and then it began to rain
My baby joined us, and rain began to fall.
Then I was in a hurry, I had to catch that midnight train
Feeling rushed, needed to catch a midnight train.
I laid my head in the bar room door, I never get drunk anymore
Claimed sobriety at the bar's entrance.
I pawned my watch and my golden chain
Pawned valuable items like a watch and a golden chain.
I pawned my baby's diamond ring
Pawned my baby's diamond ring as well.
Said hey, hey, hey, hey hey hey hey hey
(Repetition of "hey" with no specific meaning provided.)
Hey, hey, hey, hey hey hey hey hey
-Police, police, police, you're just as drunk as me
Noted the police officer was as drunk as the narrator.
I grabbed that big eight-wheeler, and make it to the deep blue sea
Took a large eight-wheeler, perhaps an act of escape.
I said hey, hey, hey, hey hey hey hey hey (oh yeah)
(Repetition of "hey" with no specific meaning provided.)
Hey, hey, hey, hey hey hey hey hey
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