# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/81 "2019-08-16T04:51:53Z")
“Parting Glass” and “I’m A Man You Don’t Meet Everyday”. I guess neither of these would have to be set entirely in bars, but they sure sound like they are. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/82 "2019-08-16T04:54:51Z")
[Here Comes A Regular](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdbXGi2WX0Q) - The Replacements “Well a person can work up a mean, mean thirst After a hard day of nothing much at all” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/83 "2019-08-16T10:07:10Z")
How did we get this far without mentioning Jimmy Buffett’s “Why Don’t We Get Drunk”? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/84 "2019-08-16T12:14:08Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Les Miserables has two really good ones: The ABC Cafe/Red and Black and Empty Chairs at Empty Tables. Also, _Master Of The House_, my favourite song in the show. Okay, it’s set in an inn, with some parts about the bedroooms and the food, but I think it counts. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/85 "2019-12-05T14:30:49Z")
Bumping to mention my all time favorite Kinky Friedman song [They Ain’t Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FSWm67IhDU). Based on a true incident when a man in a bar told Kinky he should act more like Jesus, and he replied with the song’s title. They ain’t makin’ Jews like Jesus anymore They ain’t makin’ carpenters who know what nails are for Well, the whole damn place was singin’ As I strolled right out the door “Lord, they ain’t makin’ Jews like Jesus anymore!” ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/86 "2019-12-05T14:52:00Z")
Soggy Pretzels by Neil Diamond ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/87 "2019-12-05T14:57:10Z")
[Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bOjuGB_g20) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/88 "2019-12-05T15:00:33Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - O’Malley’s Bar. It’s not the kind of bar you want to be in, however. Edit: I guess the very end takes place in a car. He also did “Brother, my cup is empty.” ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/89 "2019-12-05T15:26:02Z")
> [@carlb](#): > > A couple by Gaelic Storm: > > [Johnny Tarr](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlqdqNGhJaA) I suppose strictly speaking we don’t know for sure that the tale-teller is in a bar, but I think it counts. > [The Night I punched Russell Crowe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpjG3MIf5zY) - allegedly a real event. Look for the live versions for the whole story. Just the two? Also: [Time, Drink 'Em Up](https://youtu.be/WIrl7OoEwxg) Drink the Night Away Alligator Arms Another Stupid Drinking Song Girls’ Night in Galway [Back To the Pub](https://youtu.be/x10wlenPOr8), about visiting Ireland but not seeing anything but the inside of bars. Piña Colada in a Pint Glass, I guess not _entirely_ inside the bar, but pretty close. I’d admit a bartender stuck in a dead end pub daydreaming about a nicer, tropical pub. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/90 "2019-12-05T15:30:58Z")
[Bartender Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdEvL6jxUYA) by Rehab [We Are Young](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv6dMFF_yts) by Fun ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/91 "2019-12-05T15:44:23Z")
Listen to Jason Isbell’s [Elephant](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClugMhMbrRg), conversation between a patron/friend and bartender… you won’t be sorry… ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/92 "2019-12-05T16:19:55Z")
We Are Young by Fun. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/93 "2019-12-05T16:32:41Z")
Mickey Gilley’s _Don’t The Girls All Get Prettier At Closing Time_, although the bar is more imaginary than real. ---
**Author:** ![DannyBeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dannybeans/32/38_2.png) [@DannyBeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DannyBeans)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/94 "2019-12-05T16:37:25Z")
Jim Croce had a few. Besides the verses describing the characters’ backstories, all the events in “Roller Derby Queen,” “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim,” and “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” take place in bars or pool rooms. “Top Hat Bar and Grill” is a straighter example. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/95 "2019-12-05T17:10:57Z")
[Bennie the Bouncer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFzr_MFX0Ok) by ELP. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/96 "2019-12-05T19:01:19Z")
Disqualified because it isn’t set _entirely_ in a bar, but I think [Double](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfAQ9cTFrHY) by Michael Knott/LSU belongs here. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/97 "2019-12-05T19:45:55Z")
It’s 5 O clock Somewhere - Alan Jackson [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BPCjC543llU/maxresdefault.jpg "Alan Jackson, Jimmy Buffett - It's Five O' Clock Somewhere (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPCjC543llU) ---
**Author:** ![nilwis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@nilwis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nilwis)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/98 "2019-12-05T21:44:31Z")
With the exception of entering in the first stanza, Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits takes place in a bar. ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/99 "2019-12-06T04:17:02Z")
A Little Hungover You - Roger Clyne ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238/100 "2019-12-06T07:23:22Z")
Don’t think I’ve seen this mentioned yet: [The Winner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J5wXsCSI6I) by Bobby Bare. Set entirely in a bar except for the last four line. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-set-entirely-in-bars/838238.md?page=6)