I'M JUST A BARTENDER

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valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="04207073.jpg"> <div> <I>I'M JUST A BARTENDER</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>I'M JUST A BARTENDER</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>* * *</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>There's a honky-tonk tavern on the edge of town...</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>with a bar room crowd and the noise is loud;</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>where the lone souls meet abound.</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>A small band plays on the center stage</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>and a crooner whines a song;</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>how he felt abused and turned to "booze"</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>and how his love-life all went wrong.</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>* * *</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>In an atosmosphere of smoke and beer,</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>some folks "spill the beans"...</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>and I hear their tales of doubt and woe,</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>and how to manage, they don't know,</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>and think I should... it seems!</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>* * *</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>These people come from everywhere</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>bearing heavy, sad despair,</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>hoping I can help them cope;</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>so I listen when I can, and try hard to understand,</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>but all I can do Is hope.</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>* * *</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>Then I tell them to remember I'm just a mere bartender,</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>and not the greatest psychic they assume;</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>but to many I'm a link to save them from the brink..</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>of falling into the pits of doom!</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>* * *</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>And I've never seen the like of so many "down the pike"</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>with all the personal problems that befall;</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>but I listen quietly with no help that I can give,</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>'cause I'm not the one on whom to call.</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>* * *</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>They must take it to the Lord</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>if they're living by the sword,</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>if the wish to have their problems cured;</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>it's the only chance for them to lose their life of sin,</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>and not depend on me.. that's for sure!</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>* * *</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>'Cause I'm just a bartender with a shoulder to surrender,</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>at least to show them I care;</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>but if they wish to cry it is God they must rely,</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>for He's the one who answers prayer!</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>* * *</B></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <I><B>William E. 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