Barfly's Prayer (S. Celestini) Now I sit me down to drink I pray this bar my mind to shrink If my right hand should start to shake This whiskey glass my left please take When I fall from where I sit Prop me up, don't let me quit Wish I could buy the house a round Afore her cold heart knocks me down Take me to the sweet bye and bye Let me hear the angels sing on high I refuse to move from this chair Till you hear this two bit barfly's prayer Wasn't always down and out Used to like to twist and shout Met her on a main street cruise Long before I hit the booze But then I went to Vietnam To kill for my dear Uncle Sam She went to down to demonstrate When I got home she was MIA Spent the day on an exit ramp Begging quarters like a tramp I can't tell what the drivers think Too blind from cataracts and drink I wonder if she's happy now Got some kids and a little house What I'd give to realize The way I first looked in her eyes