# Songs set entirely in bars **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 6, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238 "2019-08-06T14:19:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/21 "2019-08-06T15:38:33Z")
There’s also Tom Paxton’s Annie trilogy: Has Annie Been in Tonight (Did Annie stop in for a beer/or was she into the gin?) Annie’s Going To Sing Her Song (A drink for me, a drink for you, you’re going to need a drink or two) When Annie Too Me Home (Late at night, somewhat tight/Freddie’s doused the neon light/That promised when it shown) And it just occured to me that all three of the Annie songs are set in bars. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/22 "2019-08-06T15:47:58Z")
> [@Saintly\_Loser](#): > > No mention of George Jones’ “Bartender’s Blues” or Merle Haggard’s “Swinging Doors”? > > Amazing. Nope - none since post #3… ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/23 "2019-08-06T15:52:42Z")
John Anderson’s “Straight Tequila Night,” which is sung by the bartender. Toby Keith’s “I Love This Bar,” which is actually ABOUT the bar. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/24 "2019-08-06T15:53:14Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Much of “Dixie Chicken” by Little Feat takes place in a bar (in the Commodore Hotel in Memphis). That’s the first one that came to my mind. Since you’ve already mentioned it, I’ll toss in “Polyester Bride” by Liz Phair. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/25 "2019-08-06T15:55:57Z")
How could I forget Alan Jackson’s “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere”??? And (arguably), Joe Nichols’ “Brokenheartsville.” ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/26 "2019-08-06T16:08:46Z")
Jim Croce had Bad Bad Leroy Brown and You Don’t Mess Around With Jim. But the latter is a pool hall. Is that the same thing? ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/27 "2019-08-06T16:11:48Z")
The Lumineers, “[Classy Girls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XV1Nv3B7Vk)” Cowboy Junkies, “[Where Are You Tonight?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwJu1xW51BM)” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/28 "2019-08-06T16:12:49Z")
“[Clink! Clink! Another Drink](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijnfdLFhn2o)” - Spike Jones and His City Slickers, featuring Mel Blanc. The first one wearing a hat is Mel. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/29 "2019-08-06T16:14:21Z")
Okay then, “Cocktails for Two” by Spike Jones and his City Slickers. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/30 "2019-08-06T17:27:28Z")
[Moderating] Edited title ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/31 "2019-08-06T17:34:16Z")
Nearly all songs are set entirely in bars. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/32 "2019-08-06T17:39:45Z")
thanks **Chronos** Two from Kris Kristofferson , both with “devil” in the title: To Beat the Devil The Silver Tongued Devil and I ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/33 "2019-08-06T17:55:38Z")
As said above - Tom Waits talks about drinking a fair bit - but i think ‘I Hope That I don’t Fall In Love With You’ takes place entirely in a bar. MiM ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/34 "2019-08-06T18:01:27Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > John Anderson’s “Straight Tequila Night,” which is sung by the bartender. > > Toby Keith’s “I Love This Bar,” which is actually ABOUT the bar. Toby Keith - [As Good As I Once Was](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldQrapQ4d0Y) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/35 "2019-08-06T18:13:15Z")
Travis Tritt’s “Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof” ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/36 "2019-08-06T18:32:04Z")
Neon Moon by Brooks and Dunn. I love this one. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nopBvlKfYgY/hqdefault.jpg "Brooks And Dunn Neon Moon") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nopBvlKfYgY) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/37 "2019-08-06T18:33:41Z")
[Winonah](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5xd3OqQ1rQ) by Michael Nesmith is lamenting the life of a waitress who implements her wages directly in booze at the spot and virtually is set in a bar. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/38 "2019-08-06T18:38:19Z")
The Hags, ‘I think I’ll just stay here and drink’ ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/39 "2019-08-06T18:38:42Z")
Well, the two that immediately came to mind (“Piano Man” and “One for the Road”) were both mentioned above (one in the OP, even), I’ll have to come up with something else… Hmm… Umm… Ah! “The Saint James Infirmary Blues” is entirely set within Old Joe’s barroom, where the narrator, Big Joe McKennedy, describes the death of his lady love in the title institution, and ruminates on life, death, and the universe. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/40 "2019-08-06T18:53:44Z")
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