Song Description
Man becomes alchoholic, sadly enough, but makes light of it in conversation with someone. Relates the bar as his 'prison'..
The title of course AA is Alcoholics Anonamous, Grey Bar Hotel is slang for prison.
| Song Length |
3:10 |
Genre |
Country - Contemporary, Country - Traditional |
Lyrics
AA Grey Bar Hotel and Honky Tonk
C.2006 Ronald Harrison
3/31/06
No, you don?t know me, but I once had it all
A nice family, wife, and money. A PHD hanging on my wall
After my first kiss of liquor, I began to crave
That sweet Tennessee whiskey that made this young man her slave
From there it was all downhill. That?s how I ended up here
Where we burn our demons with whiskey and drown our memories in beer.
No matter which way I walk through the door it always leads back inside.
To this prison I?ve built with bottles, and that?s where I reside.
(korus)
I can feel these chains but you won?t
I can see those bars but you don?t
And I hear my conscience calling me
At the Double A Grey Bar Hotel and Honky Tonk
I?ll live out my days in this prison, with a fence made of neon lights.
We got bars on the door and windows, you can?t tell day from night.
The bartender says the phone?s for me, It?s my conscience on the line.
Tell that fool I ain?t here. I?ve finally gone out of my mind.
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