Lyrics and translation Laurel Aitken - Bartender

Bartender

Tnder du baren
Mister Bartender
Tnder dess lyktor
En i snder
Eller kan det va s
Att du serverar sprit
Fr jag mste ha nt
Som ger mej sprit
Mste ha nt med frg i
Ge mej en Bloody Mary
Du behver inte stirra
Som du gr
Du har ju redan sett allt frut
Mina flckar och fransar
R kta
Liksom min smutsiga trut
Jag tar ingenting gratis
Och det enda jag ber om
R: Stng av ditt frakt
Mitt de r ett annat n ditt
Men vi styrs nd av samma makt
Mitt liv
R lika mycket vrt som ditt
S ge mej min drink
Ge mej min drink

Jag kan betala
Mister Oidipus
N str mitt konto
Helt klart p plus
Jag r inte krsen eller vrng
Jag tar vad som finns
S r det Bartender
Man fr ta vad som finns
Och inte klaga och klandra
Det r fr mej
Som fr alla andra
Jag hade ett hem en gng
Det r inte alls lngesen
Men jag passa inte in dr
Jag tycks inte passa in
Nnstans min vn

Nu hnger jag hr
I stans alla barer
Natt efter natt
I vntan p att hon
Ska komma in i lokalen
Och sja:
Var har du vart?
Var har du varit?
Jag har lngtat efter dej
Kom nu s gr vi
Kom nu s gr vi

Jag ser du tnker:
Vilken romantik
Ja, nog r det
Desperata skrik
Den enda som ska komma
Och hmta mej hr
R dden sjlv
Han ska komma genom drren dr
Nd vntar jag troget
Nd tror jag
Att ett under ska ske
Och jag ser att du ler
Du har sett oss frut
Vi har suttit hr frr
Du lever p oss
Det r ditt jobb, ditt de
Vi som hnger vid din drr
Men jag r inte ensam trots allt
Fr jag vet
Att varenda jvel r p lut
Med armbgen som enda std
I en vntan
Som aldrig vill ta slut
Men

Bartender

Behind the bar
Mister Bartender
Under the lights
One by one
Or can it be
That you're serving this wine
For I must have had
Some kind of drink
Must have had something with color
Give me a Bloody Mary
You don't have to stare
Like you do
You have seen it all before
My spots and my fringes
They're real
And so is my dirty mouth
I don't take anything for free
And all I ask for
Is that: Turn off that noise
My time is not yours
But we're both playing with the same flame
My life
Is as precious as yours
So give me my drink
Give me my drink

I can pay
Mister Oedipus
My bank account
Is definitely in the black
I'm not picky or choosy
I'll take what's on hand
So here's to the Bartender
You gotta take what you can get
And not moan and not complain
It's for me
As for everyone else
I had a home once
It wasn't so long ago
But I didn't fit in there
I don't seem to fit in
Anywhere my friend

Now I'm hanging out
In all the bars in town
Night after night
Waiting for her
To come into the place
And say:
Where have you been?
Where have you been?
I've been missing you
Come on, let's go
Come on, let's go

I can see you thinking:
Such a romantic
Yes, it is
A cry of desperation
The only one who'll come by
And get me out of here
Is death itself
He'll come through that door
And yet I wait faithfully
And still believe
That a miracle will happen
And I can see that you smile
You've seen us before
We've been here before
You live off us
It's your job, your role
We who hang at your door
But I'm not alone after all
For I know
That every single soul is on skid row
With only their elbows to lean on
In a wait
That will never end
Yet