A Bar With No Beer lyrics

The beachcomber works by the ocean all day
He gets what the tourists and the sea throw away
He`s hot and he`s thristy and the words hurt his ears
When they tell him he stopped in a bar with no beer

It`s lonesome away from your kinfolks at home
By the campfires at night where the buffalo roam
But there`s nothin` so lonesome, so morbid or drear
Then to sit on a stool in a bar with no beer

There`s a dog on the sidewalk for his master he waits
But his boss is inside drinkin` wine with his mates
He hurries for cover and cringes in fear
Ain`t no place for a dog `round a bar with no beer

Now Billy the barfly, first time in his life
He went home cold sober to his lovin` wife
He walks in the kitchen, she says, you`re early, my dear
He breaks down and tells her, the bar`s got no beer

The owner is anxious for the beer man to come
There`s a far away look on the face of the bum
The waitress is cranky, she says, it`s lonely in here
What a terrible place is a bar with no beer

Well, I`ve had me some trouble, I`ve had me some pain
Been locked up in the cold and left out in the rain
I fought with the law but there`s one thing I fear
To get stuck in a town in a bar with no beer