I've seen the circus man
Entertain the best he can
But clowns are creepy and a bit weird
Bring the beat back
I've seen the acrobats
Juggle fire and tame big cats
But that strikes me as a strange thing to want to be good at
I'd rather see a man in a bar
Playing songs that he wrote
On a beat-up old guitar
Don't care if sometimes he don't play it right
Four chords and the truth
And I'll have a good night
I've seen the football games
To me they're all the same
One team wins, one loses
And next year they'll just play each other
Again and again and again
I've seen films at the cinema
Some good, some so bad
I don't know what they are
I'll tell you one thing
Everytime I went
I was overcharged
I'd rather see a girl in a bar
Playing songs that she wrote
On a beat-up old guitar
Don't care if sometimes she don't play it right
Four chords and the truth
By me she's alright
She's alright
She's alright
Alright
I've seen too much TV
Way more than what's good for me
I don't know why because all I ever see
Is repeats of Top Gear
And Come Dine with Me
And after all the things I've seen
There's only one place I want to be
On stage with nothing but my guitar
Between you and me
I'd rather be that man in a bar
Playing songs that I wrote
On my beat-up guitar
Hope you don't mind
If sometimes I don't play it right
Four chords and the truth
Shit I think I just played five
But that's alright
That's alright
That's alright