[Verse 1]

Once in a while you still come around

You look me over and you look me down

It's just you and that, that lazy barback

And your favorite little clown

[Verse 2]

You're a long walk from Avenue A

You're a train ride outta your way

You slip in like smoke outta your coat

With a joke that doesn't play

Now that's all she wrote, now I'm on my way

[Refrain]

In the dive bar in my heart

[Verse 3]

Strange to see you on this side of town

It's not your people or your kind of crowd

Just nobodies here, we're drinking flat beer

Away from the battleground

[Verse 4]

There's no sleigh bells in winter time

There's no top shelf or decent wine

It's another slow jam, same awful band

It's the last stop, the end of line

And you're on the list where I'm easy to find

[Refrain]

In the dive bar in my heart

In the dive bar in my heart

In the dive bar in my heart

[Bridge]

Every dog has its day

Then don't I too get a bone?

I'd follow you down to Hell in a boat

If that's where you're going

Now if we don't hang together, baby

Then we just hang on our own

[Verse 5]

Now there's snow coming down on the steps

And the locals have already left

And I'll be here late, I'll close up and wait

With your perfume still on my neck

Now the whole world's awake and I've overslept

[Refrain]

In the dive bar in my heart

[Outro]

In the dive bar in my heart

In the dive bar in my heart

In the dive bar in my heart

In the dive bar in my heart