The Long Way Around the Bar
I took the long way around the bar
So I could pass your chair like an accident
I'm too old to pretend I don't want
And too proud to make it an event
You saw me. You let me see you seeing
That's enough for a man like me
I don't need a invitation in writing
I need the look, then the pour, then the seat if it's free
The long way around the bar
That's as brave as I get tonight
Whiskey for courage, smoke for cover
And a woman who don't need me to be right
If I sit, I sit like I pay rent here
If I don't, I finish and I go
Either way the night don't own me
But it almost did, and you know
I used to take the short way
Straight line, straight damage, straight through
The long way costs me nothing but time
And time is what I came to do
The long way around the bar
That's as brave as I get tonight
Whiskey for courage, smoke for cover
And a woman who don't need me to be right
Two Stools, One Light, track by track
- 1Two Stools, One Light
- 2I Came in Late
- 3You Pour, I Light
- 4Rye in a Short Glass
- 5Keep Your Voice Down
- 6Don't Make Me Talk
- 7Ice and CedarInstrumental
- 8Leave the Smoke
- 9I Still Know That Chair
- 10The Long Way Around the Bar
- 11After the Laugh DiesInstrumental
- 12Stay for the Ash
- 13The Door We Don't UseInstrumental
- 14House Lights DownInstrumental
- 15Not Your Morning