I sat down on a barstool, like a darn fool'Cause she walked out againBartender said, "I got youYeah, 'cause I, too, have been in your boots, my friendOpened up back in '85, got me over my first wifeBeen stayin' busy since the first nightIt's a story old as time"
God made the world in seven short daysHe said it was good, I bet it was greatAnd God made a man, the man got lonelyHe said, "Please, Lord, if I could onlyHave an angel to hold in my arms"So God made a girl, his best work of artOh, but he didn't make no place to go when she breaks your heartSo man madе a bar
For some guys, it's a good timeThe half-price, half dozen buckets of beerSome say it's a cover band, that's a cover manI know why they're hereIt didn't go the way he planned itDamn, the devil did some damn things
So God made the world in seven short daysHe said it was good, I bet it was greatAnd God made man, the man got lonelyHe said, "Please, Lord, if I could onlyHave an angel to hold in my arms"So God made a girl, his best work of artOh, but he didn't make no place to go when she breaks your heartSo man made a barYeah, man made a bar
Sometimes an angel falls too hardLoses more than just a piece of her heartAnd she needs a place to go and make a brand-new start
God made the world in seven short daysHe said it was good, I bet it was greatGod made man, man got lonelyHe said, "Please, Lord, if I could onlyHave an angel to hold in my arms"So God made a girl, his best work of artOh, but he didn't make no place to go when she breaks your heartSo man made a bar
Man made a barYeah, man made a bar