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Bartender


main lyrics

If I go before I'm old
oh, brother of mine, please don't forget me
if I go

Bartender, please, fill my glass for me
with the wine you gave Jesus that set him free
after three days in the ground

Oh, and if I die before my time
oh, sweet sister of mine, please don't regret me
if I die

Bartender, please, fill my glass for me
with the wine you gave Jesus that set him free
after three days in the ground
bartender, please, fill my glass for me
with the wine you gave Jesus that set him free
after three days in the ground, in the ground

I'm on bended knees, I pray, bartender, please

When I was young, I never think about it
now I can't get it out of my mind

I'm on bended knees, father, please

Oh, and if all this gold should steal my soul away
oh, sweet mother of mine, please redirect me
if this gold

Bartender, you see, the wine that's drinking me
came from the vine that strung Judas from the devil's tree
his roots deep, deep in the ground
bartender, you see, the wine that's drinking me
was the wine that strung Judas from the devil's tree
his roots deep, deep in the ground, in the ground
watch the light

I'm on bended knees, oh, bartender, please
I'm on bended knees, father, please

When I was young, I never think about it
now I just wanna run and die

I'm on bended knees, oh, bartender, please
bartender, please

April 7, 2002

FleetCenter
Boston, MA


alternate lyrics

Notes:
There's a lot of wailing here, so take these lyrics for what they're worth.


[outro]
If all, if all in the [?world?]
oh and if all came
I stood there in my dream
before me, there stood God
asking them all, [?]
raise [?] fair, my son
what are you wanting?
and I'll [?provide?]
my believe
I want to believe
instead you're there, Lord
I don't believe you're real
'cause you're never there, never there
why, never there
oh, I want to believe that
I want to believe, and don't go away
you believe
rain down on my [?lullaby?]
love, we love to be
with your belief
go there
[??]
love right, I'm right
you beat up all, yeah, all, yeah
if I'm [?wrong?]
sunlight
sunlight
sunlight
1999
1.29
2.2
2.3
2.5
2.6
2.7
2.10
2.14
2.16
2.19
2.21
3.10
3.14
2000
2.20
2001
3.15
3.21
7.11
7.17
2002
4.7
2008
8.19
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