The Broadway Bartender
Appears on: Souvenirs & Postcards
Lyrics:
The Broadway bartender
Serves the greatest pretenders
And he’s seen when they start to forget
hat they’re Avery from Brooklyn
Tom of Tom and Heather McNeil
And their two little kids
And a beer for RuthAnn, one fine woman
And man, how the boys love to pass her around
But when she sings and she dances
All the flings were romances
That she would not trade for the world
The Broadway bartender
Sees the greatest pretenders
And he’s seen a few on the way down
And they talk a bit louder
And they drink a bit harder
But he’s caught not a glimpse of a frown
Cause the world’s full of vultures
To a man on his back
Who lives from one break to the next
And if you show them you bleed
Well that’s all they need
And buddy, you blew your last chance
And in that dusty old bar
There’s a man in the corner
Who’s writing down all that he sees
And he’s been there so long
He blends into the walls
And little, sad man is me
The Broadway bartender
Has seen the great pretenders
And he says I could give them a run
Thought I’m not too good-looking
And a terrible dancer
I know how to string them along
I’ve told so many stories
And been so many people
I don’t know if I have remained
But I’m tired of this bar and I want to go home
If I can remember the way…
Cause the Broadway bartender
Has seen the greatest pretenders
And he’s seen when they start to forget…
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Words and Music: Andrew Osenga
© 2004 Andrew Osenga wrote these Songs (admin. by the Loving Company)
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