Twelve Bar Blues © 2010 Neil Cotton/Greg Swartzentruber Tonight I’m on a mission I’ll be seen all over town My love done up and left me Got her memory to drown Only got one destination And that direction’s down From my first stop on main street To the roughest joints around Got a pocket full of money And made for walkin’ shoes Cause tonight’s a night for living Some real life twelve bar blues These places always soothe me With the comfort they can pour Now tonight two shots are starters Then I’ll head straight for the door Some friends will try to block me I’ll move on ‘cause there’s more Places I must get to Man, ain’t this what bars are for That girl gave me no warning Wasn’t ready for bad news So, tonight’s a night for living Some real life twelve bar blues If I could plan an ending She’ll find me at last call A dozen bars behind me Too drunk to even crawl Maybe lying in the gutter Or passed out in some stall And the night will end just right When I don’t know her at all So drinking her right off my mind Is the plan I’m gonna use Yeah tonight you’ll see me living The real life twelve bar blues Yeah tonight she’s got me living The real life twelve bar blues
