AS the Jukebox HOWLS ...! throw in the towel
But it's whiskey & Rye and American pie
Oh! My! this will be the day that I die!
The pool bar cracks, the one-eyed jacks
TAKES your cash!!
And looking back on it all now
Oh! the dues you gotta pay
As Terry mumbles on his barstool
' I just guess that Life Got in the way '
As the jukebox MOANS! Terry Go home
but It's Vodka & lime & I'll walk-the-line
For You ... You know it's true
The Domino SLAMs .... the Pinball Jams
At the Slaughtered lamb
AND looking back on it all now
Oh! the blues you gotta play
As Terry shuffles on his barstool
' I just guess That Life Got in the way '
And his mobile phone ... it won't leave him alone
On the TV screen ... Another football team ... betting slipped dream
As the jukebox plays the killer riff now
from a song from another century
as the locals gather on the dance floor
he knows there's nowhere else he'd rather be
So, looking back on it all now
he could have been a contender in his day
but the pills and the thrills and the booze now
I just guess that life got in the WAY!
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