It was an empty bar
The kind of place that doesn't try too hard
Let you in, no matter who you are
I love an empty bar
It was a lonely night
No congregating, no one left in sight
Surrounded by the buzzing neon lights
In this empty bar
They say that mercy falls as a gentle rain
And I wondered in here to pick myself up again
Here I sit, covered in scars
Talking to you in an empty bar
What we've done and who we are
No one to judge us in an empty bar
He was a worn old man
Stumbled in like he could barely stand
Started talking about Vietnam
His broken Purple Heart
They say that mercy falls as a gentle rain
So, I'll have a whiskey, and pour a double for my friend
Here we sit, covered in scars
Telling our stories in an empty bar
I love an empty bar
Take me to an empty bar
I love an empty bar
Take me to an empty bar
So, show people mercy
And try to understand their pain
I know your story
'Cause you and I are both the same
Here we sit, covered in scars
Toasting each other in an empty bar
'Round the world, wherever you are
Eight billion souls in an empty bar
I love an empty bar (ooh)
Take me to an empty bar (take me in your heart)
I love an empty bar (oh)
Take me to an empty bar (oh, I love it)
I love an empty bar (tell me all about it)
Take me to an empty bar (take me in your heart)
I love an empty bar (oh)
Take me to an empty bar (oh-oh-oh)