Barlight (recorded live at Gruene Hall)

Well, when I was young

My momma read me nursery rhymes beside my bed

And though they sounded mighty fine

They made no sense to me

And now that I am all grown up

It seems my nights have changed as such

So I went out and made me up

A nursery rhyme for me

It goes barlight, bar bright

First bar that I see tonight

I wish I may, wish I might

Find someone to hold me tight

Hey diddle diddle, a man with a fiddle

And the girls sing along with the tunes

Just a one more dance 'til you turn off the lights

And you can shut down this saloon

You know, I've never understood

How a big ole gal can raise no kids in a shoe

And any old Jack goes jumping a candle

Needs to find something better to do

And a rub-a-dub dub, three men in a tub

Sure sounds kinda funny to me

So I made up a honky-tonk nursery rhyme

And it's the only one I'll sing

It goes barlight, bar bright

First bar that I see tonight

I wish I may, wish I might

Find someone to hold me tight

Hey diddle diddle, a man with a fiddle

And the girls sing along with the tunes

Just a one more dance 'til you turn off the lights

And you can shut down this saloon, oh yeah

Oh, one more time boys

I said, "I never understood

How a big ole gal could raise no kids in a shoe

And any old Jack goes jumpin' a candle

Needs to find something better to do"

And a rub-a-dub dub, three men in a tub

Sure sounds kinda funny to me

So I made up a honky-tonk nursery rhyme

And it's the only one I'll sing

Everybody now

It goes (barlight, bar bright)

First bar that I see tonight

I wish I may, wish I might

Find someone to hold me tight

Hey diddle diddle, a man with a fiddle

And the girls sing along with the tunes

Just a one more dance 'til you turn out the lights