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 Send " Barstool" Ringtone to your Cell