Now it’s back to the barrooms
   Right back to drinkin’ again
   Maybe someday you’ll love me enough to stay with me
   And whisky won’t be my best friend
   Now it’s back to the barrooms again

Now the bartender knows me, he knows how you do me
And he knows why I’m back here again
He must be given a prize for his patience
For bartenders do understand
Now it’s back to the barrooms again

With the loud music roarin’, the bartender pourin’
My shaky legs tryin’ to stand
It’s over and over I’ve tried to stay sober
But, look what a failure I’ve been
Now it’s back to the barrooms again