Nobody's Bar - Bert Jansch

I strolled in a bar downtown to lose my blues

Rest my weary feet, dust my shoes

Asked the bartender there, «Please,

Give me one large glass of ruby wine.»

Seemed like a movie scene out of the West

Walls made of paper card false like the rest

Still the wine seemed real cheap

At one dollar a glass in nobody’s bar

Now here come the sherief’s man, gun in his hand

Seeing him stand there, 'lone, drinking

At one dollar a glass in nobody’s bar

Endless faces now, swimming around

Eyes without vision, ears without sound

To and fro they stand before me

A vision of heaven without Jesus there

Easy young woman got nothing to give

Only her body to bargain with

«Hey sweet boy, won’t you buy me

Just one large glass of ruby wine»

Tired of this mean old place I’m going home

Tired of rolling on like a stone

Hey I lost my mind drinking

At one dollar a glass in nobody’s bar