Michael Peterson - When The Bartender Cries lyrics

This bar has been my home away from home

Use to be she wasn't missing me

Now she's moving in with her best fiend

And I'm the only one who wants what use to be.

I'm here because today I lost it all

I didn't want to drink at home alone

And I just can't believe all my hopes and dreams

Are falling like a row of dominoes.

I thought the man behind the bar had heard it all before

My story must have caught him by surprise

'Cause when he handed me my double there were tears in his eyes

You know you're in trouble when the bartender cries.

He said last night you swore you'd never drink again

I said next time I"m really gonna try

So if she ever calls for me you can finally tell her he ain't here

It won't be a lie.

I asked the man behind the bar what he'd been crying for

He said that bottle use to be a friend of mine

Now I've stopped drinking doubles but I pour them all of the time

Son you know your in trouble when the bartender cries.

As I saw my own reflection staring back at me I knew

Every single word he said was true.

Well, I told the man behind the bar I thought I'd seen it all before

'Til I saw the sadness in his eyes

That's when I put down my double and said my last goodbyes.

You know you're in trouble when the bartender cries

Oh, you know you're in trouble when the bartender cries...