I come to the bar to be alone I think of this tavern as my second home Away from my kids and wife I imagine a better life I come to the bar to be alone My old friends sometimes ask me where I've gone And wonder why I won't join them for a little fun But I can't stand the cocktail crowd My old haunts, they just haunt me now I come to the bar to be alone I need an hour of solace for my own When this old world tries to get me down I order a glass of beer I find cold comfort here I come to the bar to be alone Sometimes the other barflies try To strike up a conversation They can't understand What keeps me coming back It's not the women or the booze It's the solitude I come to the bar to be alone