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Barroom Goodbye

  • Length3:32
  • BPM100
  • LangEnglish
  • Energy

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Lyrics

Verse 1

He’s posted up by the jukebox glowBoots too clean, hair too slowI’m halfway done with my last sweet teaThinking that grin ain’t meant for meHe talks big talk with a too-slick grinI clock that lie from the shape he’s in

Pre‑Chorus

I twist my ring on a napkin edgeSlide my eyes right to the door’s red frameSnare rolls like thunder in a tin roof nightAnd I laugh out loud at my own next move

Chorus

I’m walking him at the barI’m walking him at the barThen I’m gone, gone, goneWith a swing and a sparkI’m walking him at the barI’m walking him at the barTell the boys at the doorThat I left my mark

Verse 2

He reaches out like he owns the airI move so smooth like I don’t careOne hand on my hat, one on the stoolI smile like I’m still playing it coolBut I’m done with his smoke and his borrowed charmGot one last laugh and one last arm

Pre‑Chorus

The crowd gets loud, but I hear my shoesOn the floorboards singing my exit tuneTwangy voices rise in the back of the roomAnd I’m already gone in my head

Chorus

I’m walking him at the barI’m walking him at the barThen I’m gone, gone, goneWith a swing and a sparkI’m walking him at the barI’m walking him at the barTell the boys at the doorThat I left my mark

Bridge

I lean in close, let the moment landPat that joker with a goodbye handHe blinks, I grin, and I spin on heelThat’s how a woman leaves a bad deal

Final Chorus

I’m walking him at the barI’m walking him at the barThen I’m gone, gone, goneWith a swing and a sparkI’m walking him at the barI’m walking him at the barTell the boys at the doorThat I left my mark

Outro

One little tapThen I’m out the darkThree cheers for meAnd a slammed-up start