Two Stools Down

Verse 1

Fingerpicked guitar and voice

Friday at the Rusty Nail, same as alwaysI didn't know you'd be in townYou're wearing that green dress I boughtLaughing at a joke he toldAnd it wasn't even funny

Pre-Chorus

I could walk right over thereBut you'd look at me like a stranger

Chorus

Two stools down, a world awayClose enough to smell your hairToo far to say I'm sorryTwo stools down, a world away

Verse 2

He's got his hand on your kneeWhere mine used to beBartender slides me one moreSays, son, you should go home

Pre-Chorus

I could walk right over thereBut you'd look at me like a stranger

Chorus

Organ and slide guitar enter

Two stools down, a world awayClose enough to smell your hairToo far to say I'm sorryTwo stools down, a world away

Bridge

Voice alone, then the band rising

I'd give the whole damn bar tonightJust to have you look my way

Final Chorus

Full band, gritty belt

Two stools down, a world awayClose enough to smell your hairToo far to say I'm sorryTwo stools down, a world awayTwo stools down, a world awayClose enough to smell your hairToo far to say I'm sorryTwo stools down, a life away