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I'm sitting in the corner With a whiskey and a smoke The barkeep pours another The waitress tells a joke The jukebox is on auto But still, people go and choose I just sit here with my whiskey Dropping ashes on my shoes Another Day, Another Bottle My life is dragging by Another Day, Another Bottle I'm just waiting here to die Another Day, Another Bottle I gave it my best try Another Day, Another Bottle I'm just waiting here to die Beer no longer cuts it It's just whiskey, hold the ice A maduro or cohiba Makes it go down rather nice The barkeep keeps his distance Knows I'll order when I'm dry But, I nurse each whiskey longer 'cause I've just no cash to buy Another Day, Another Bottle My life is dragging by Another Day, Another Bottle I'm just waiting here to die Another Day, Another Bottle I gave it my best try Another Day, Another Bottle I'm just waiting here to die The jukebox plays some country It plays Cash, Nelson and Joe South It doesn't play the new stuff It leaves a bad taste in my mouth I sit here in the corner With my whiskey and my smoke Neither one has killed me But **** they've made me broke Another Day, Another Bottle My life is dragging by Another Day, Another Bottle I'm just waiting here to die Another Day, Another Bottle I gave it my best try Another Day, Another Bottle I'm just waiting here to die
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Mar 29, 2016
Mar 29, 2016 at 11:58 PM UTC
roger-turner
Another Day, Another Bottle
I'm sitting in the corner With a whiskey and a smoke The barkeep pours another The waitress tells a joke The jukebox is on auto But still, people go and choose I just sit here with my whiskey Dropping ashes on my shoes Another Day, Another Bottle My life is dragging by Another Day, Another Bottle I'm just waiting here to die Another Day, Another Bottle I gave it my best try Another Day, Another Bottle I'm just waiting here to die Beer no longer cuts it It's just whiskey, hold the ice A maduro or cohiba Makes it go down rather nice The barkeep keeps his distance Knows I'll order when I'm dry But, I nurse each whiskey longer 'cause I've just no cash to buy Another Day, Another Bottle My life is dragging by Another Day, Another Bottle I'm just waiting here to die Another Day, Another Bottle I gave it my best try Another Day, Another Bottle I'm just waiting here to die The jukebox plays some country It plays Cash, Nelson and Joe South It doesn't play the new stuff It leaves a bad taste in my mouth I sit here in the corner With my whiskey and my smoke Neither one has killed me But **** they've made me broke Another Day, Another Bottle My life is dragging by Another Day, Another Bottle I'm just waiting here to die Another Day, Another Bottle I gave it my best try Another Day, Another Bottle I'm just waiting here to die
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The actor burst into the bar "Give me a double shot" "And get ready with another" "The strongest stuff you've got" The barkeep, poured the whiskey Pushed the glass across the bar The actor downed the double and put a twenty in the jar "Tonight at my audition" "As I finished up on stage" "I was questioned by a fellow" "Who was from a different age" The barkeep poured another And he downed this one himself Then he turned for just a second And grabbed a bottle from the shelf The actor told the barkeep Every single solitary word The barkeep was transfixed By everything he heard "I came off stage...just to the right" "There was a man there in the dark" "He said that I was wonderful" "Though his voice was rather stark" "He said he didn't know the play" "That I had just read for" "I told him it was Webber" "He asked if I'd done any more" "I told him of my background" "Phantom and Waiting for Godot" "He said those must be recent" "Those are two I do not know" "He told me that he'd been working there" "For almost all his life" "He spoke of Ziegfields follies" "That was where he'd met his wife" "He asked if I'd done anything" "Something maybe he would know" "Something with some music" "A gala kind of show" The phone rang, breaking up the tale The barkeep let it go This tale was more important Than anyone would ever know "I told him, I'd done Joseph" "Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice" "He just looked clear on through me" "He said that that was nice" "He talked of all he'd seen there" "Chaplin, and others out on tour" "He told me of the strippers' "And many, many, more" "These were way before my time though" "These were way back in the day" "He mentioned shows in blackface" "I knew not what to say" "I tried to focus on him" "But, I truly couldn't see" "He spoke about the theater" "He asked a bit 'bout me" "He said this one's an old girl" "I said that much was true" "I said it holds a spirit" "He smiled, like he knew" The bottle now half empty The words were pouring just as fast The barkeep grabbed another For this one wouldn't last "I said I've heard the spirit" "Sits up , right over there" "In the upper level seating" "Row three, right by the stair" "He didn't look to see it" "I'm sure he knew the seat by heart" "He said to keep the theater living" "We all must play a part" "You, you are an actor" "Though I know little of your work" "But, it's part of the grand circle" "It's a duty, not to shirk" "Me, I'm ....well I' guess you'd say" "I'm a caretaker if you will" "I help to keep the status quo" "Though I'm never on the bill" "I moved a little closer" "To where the voice was coming from" "There was a coldness and a silence" "And the old man, he was gone" "I heard a seat get lowered" "Three rows in beside the stair" "And I looked and saw his shadow" "In the velvet, theater chair" "I may just be an actor" "But, this spirit was my host" "I'd spent nearly an hour" "With the Bijou's theater ghost" The barkeep, stood in silence Two more glasses to the brim "Are you sure that's who you talked to?" "Are you sure that it was him?" The actor pushed the stool back "I am as sure as sure can be" "I saw the keeper of the theater" "And I know that he saw me"
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Jan 27, 2018
Jan 27, 2018 at 10:31 PM UTC
roger-turner
The Theater Ghost
The actor burst into the bar "Give me a double shot" "And get ready with another" "The strongest stuff you've got" The barkeep, poured the whiskey Pushed the glass across the bar The actor downed the double and put a twenty in the jar "Tonight at my audition" "As I finished up on stage" "I was questioned by a fellow" "Who was from a different age" The barkeep poured another And he downed this one himself Then he turned for just a second And grabbed a bottle from the shelf The actor told the barkeep Every single solitary word The barkeep was transfixed By everything he heard "I came off stage...just to the right" "There was a man there in the dark" "He said that I was wonderful" "Though his voice was rather stark" "He said he didn't know the play" "That I had just read for" "I told him it was Webber" "He asked if I'd done any more" "I told him of my background" "Phantom and Waiting for Godot" "He said those must be recent" "Those are two I do not know" "He told me that he'd been working there" "For almost all his life" "He spoke of Ziegfields follies" "That was where he'd met his wife" "He asked if I'd done anything" "Something maybe he would know" "Something with some music" "A gala kind of show" The phone rang, breaking up the tale The barkeep let it go This tale was more important Than anyone would ever know "I told him, I'd done Joseph" "Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice" "He just looked clear on through me" "He said that that was nice" "He talked of all he'd seen there" "Chaplin, and others out on tour" "He told me of the strippers' "And many, many, more" "These were way before my time though" "These were way back in the day" "He mentioned shows in blackface" "I knew not what to say" "I tried to focus on him" "But, I truly couldn't see" "He spoke about the theater" "He asked a bit 'bout me" "He said this one's an old girl" "I said that much was true" "I said it holds a spirit" "He smiled, like he knew" The bottle now half empty The words were pouring just as fast The barkeep grabbed another For this one wouldn't last "I said I've heard the spirit" "Sits up , right over there" "In the upper level seating" "Row three, right by the stair" "He didn't look to see it" "I'm sure he knew the seat by heart" "He said to keep the theater living" "We all must play a part" "You, you are an actor" "Though I know little of your work" "But, it's part of the grand circle" "It's a duty, not to shirk" "Me, I'm ....well I' guess you'd say" "I'm a caretaker if you will" "I help to keep the status quo" "Though I'm never on the bill" "I moved a little closer" "To where the voice was coming from" "There was a coldness and a silence" "And the old man, he was gone" "I heard a seat get lowered" "Three rows in beside the stair" "And I looked and saw his shadow" "In the velvet, theater chair" "I may just be an actor" "But, this spirit was my host" "I'd spent nearly an hour" "With the Bijou's theater ghost" The barkeep, stood in silence Two more glasses to the brim "Are you sure that's who you talked to?" "Are you sure that it was him?" The actor pushed the stool back "I am as sure as sure can be" "I saw the keeper of the theater" "And I know that he saw me"
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