Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Barfly, artist - Enter The Haggis.
Date of issue: 17.07.2006
Song language: English
The Barfly |
I met an old man one night in a bar |
He was sitting alone |
The way men his age always are |
His movements were slow |
Didn’t speak very well |
But every old man has a story to tell |
He lived by the book |
Went to church every day |
But his wife left him young |
With two daughters and bills to pay |
He worked himself hard |
And the years flickered past |
His girls kept him young |
But they grew up so fast |
Prodigal faith always felt second best |
When she turned seventeen |
She took her coat and her camera |
And headed west |
It broke her dad’s heart |
But as he likes to say |
With enough time apart |
Even faith fades away |
Jenny met Ray in his last days ashore |
They married in May |
And that August he joined the war |
He said Jenny don’t cry |
I’ll be home in the fall |
So she held her head high |
And said nothing at all |
Then he got in a plane |
Took it up in the air |
It never came down |
For all she knows it’s stlil |
Flying around up there |
Then Jenny went wrong |
And the last that I heard |
It’s been seven years long |
Since she uttered a word |
Seven years gone |
Since she uttered a word |
Now her father just sits |
All alone at the bar |
He orders his drinks |
And smokes cigarettes |
He knows he can’t afford |
He’s got no regrets |
Says he’s doing quite well |
But every old man |
Has a story to tell |