Twelve Bar Blues

There's a place I go to forget my sorrows
And feel the Austin music beat
There's six bars on the west side
Facing six more across the street

Every now and then, when I'm lonely
I have one drink and move to the next saloon along
I've got the twelve bar blues
The twelve bar blues

I can't sit still at a single bar
In case an old friend tells me news
She's done well and she's gone far
While I'm still paying dues

Every now and then
I'm glad of memories I never can lose
And I raise this glass to you
I've got the twelve bar blues
The twelve bar blues

I do just fine nearly all the time
Except when I'm thinking of you
The first bar did not make me smile
But there's eleven more to choose

Every now and then
A dozen bartenders have told me their views
Guess I've got to face the truth
I've got the twelve bar blues
The twelve bar blues

There ain't no pill for lonely, the doctor tells me so
There ain't no operation to transplant your soul

Every now and then
I drink two, four, six, eight, ten and twelve
Liquid doses of booze
I've got the twelve bar blues
The twelve bar blues