Goodbye was the very easy word for you to say But then you never cared the way I do Your love was all that kept me going now that it's gone Where can I turn but to the only friends I ever knew Going to back to bottles and barstools these are the favorite tools Of any lonely fool who needs to forget They tell me that friends in need are truly friends in deed And bottles and barstools have never failed me yet [ piano ] Well our love can be summed up in 25 words or less Just another flame that never made a fire And shoulders to cry on are an easy thing to find Just look for any set of lights that spell out b-a-r I'm going to back to bottles and ol' barstools these are the favorite tools For any lonely fool who needs to forget Well they tell me that friends in need are truly friends in deed And bottles and barstools have never failed me yet Yes bottles and barstools ain't failed ol' Jerry Lee yet ah set me up one more