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If the Bar Never Did Close

from Onion Eyes by Gar Clemens

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If the bar never did close
I'd never go home
I'd never be alone
Unless I wanted to

If the bar never did close
I'd never be alone
I'd never go home
Unless they asked me to

When the whiskey don't kill me
My heart surely will
If the bar never did close
I'd be sitting there still

If this dump never did close
I'd be bleeding out my nose
Counting tombstone toes
'Cuz I was runnin' my mouth again
If they never did shut the lights
I could simply shut my eyes
Whistle me a lullaby
Until the early morning when

I'm rubbing the drunk from mine eyes
And I'm ready against my will
If the bar never did close
I'd be sitting there still

If the whiskey don't kill me
My heart surely will
And if I'm in this for anything
It's for the measly thrill
If the bar never did close
I'd be dyin' there...

It's like a should've been gone
I just never got started
It ain't easy and it's only gettin' harder
what with winter on and I just wish it were warmer
I might be all right if I make it 'til summer...
alright.

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from Onion Eyes, released December 17, 2014

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Gar Clemens Greensboro, North Carolina

Gar Clemens' delightful Americana-influenced-folk debut full-length may be simple, sleepy and comforting, but it is also thematically captivating, and all too capable of stirring up the kind of nagging life sentiments usually reserved for when your head hits the pillow. (Jamie Downes // 07/01/14//United Kingdom) ... more

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