[Intro]
Three, four, five, six!

[Verse 1]
A old man on a barstool, watching TV
He got up and came over to sit closer to me
He said, "You look familiar to someone I knew
But when we were your age, we were older than you"

[Verse 2]
"Jimmy was 20 and I 17
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

[Pre-Chorus]
And if you'll buy me a drink, a Turkey on ice
Then I could give you some advice"

[Chorus]
"You just stay in the bar
For as long as you can
'Cause as long as you're drinking
Then you've got the world in your hand"

[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
"There's no shame in hanging, the world by a string
You know there's no harm in not thinking a thing
For trying to find a place for yourself in this world
Is like trying to make a wife of an American girl

[Pre-Chorus]
And if you'll trade me a drink for a story or two
Then you'll know what you need to do"

[Chorus]
"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"
Yeah!

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]
Now the old man got up, stumbled out in the street
Been drinking all day, left his bar tab with me
I didn't have the money, to cover his bill
Well, I found me a man who looked like me, younger still

[Pre-Chorus]
And I said, "Buy me a drink, and I'll tell you a tale
About the old man who taught me so..."
[Chorus]
Who said, "Stay in the bar
For as long as you can
Well, I know you're a friend and I can tell by the shapes 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"