Lyrics for Bartender as interpreted by lemonjuice

Bartender Lyrics
Come on, bartender
Won't you be more tender?
Give me two shots of whiskey
And a beer chaser

Love will be the death of me
Love is so fickle
It starts with a flood and ends with a tri-tri-tri-tri-tri-trickle

Come on, bartender
Just a little more tender
I ate all your peanuts
Return me to sender
I've been too candid
Now I'm barely standing
Just call me a taxi
And prepare me for landing

Ooh, you have got to kick me back out
Into the cold and nasty weather
And maybe if I sober up
I will stop
Pretending that love is forever
Love is forever

Come on, bartender
Come on, bartender
Come on, bartender

Ooh, you have got to kick me back out
Into the cold and nasty weather
And maybe if I sober up
I will stop
Pretending that love is forever
Love is forever
Love is, Love is
Love is forever

Come on, bartender
Come on, bartender
Come on, bartender

Love will be the death of me
Love will be the death of me
Love will be the death of me

Love is so fickle
It starts with a flood and it ends with a tri-tri-tri-tri-tri-tri-tri-tri-tri-tri-tri-tri-trickle
Trickle
Trickle
Trickle
Trickle
Trickle

Come on, bartender
Come on, bartender
Come on, bartender

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lifesakiller
06-21-2006

Rated +1 
Regina you are amazing.

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azahz
08-29-2006

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is dis song is about julian casablancas...well u noe he's once a bartender

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WiresAndWaves
10-08-2006

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Best song on Begin to Hope.

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stop jaywalking
12-06-2006

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i think the meaning's a bit self explanatory.
amazing song.
amazing girl.

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thepreppynerd
12-20-2006

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I have a particular liking to this song. And I also find myself singing "love is forever love is forever" like she does. Yay.

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Aspekt
01-23-2007

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WiresAndWaves, this song is not on Begin to Hope, nor on any album for that matter.

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btvsfreak
02-05-2007

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Actually Aspekt, this song is a bouns track on Begin to Hope if you purchase it from iTunes. Very cool song, a little sad but Regina makes everything so cool and beautiful.

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btvsfreak
02-05-2007

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Actually Aspekt, this song is a bouns track on Begin to Hope if you purchase it from iTunes. Very cool song, a little sad but Regina makes everything so cool and beautiful.

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btvsfreak
02-05-2007

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Actually Aspekt, this song is a bouns track on Begin to Hope if you purchase it from iTunes. Very cool song, a little sad but Regina makes everything so cool and beautiful.

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Aspekt
02-06-2007

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Ah, sorry about that. I guess I am an old school Regina fan. This iTunes stuff is something I am not aware of. The song has been around for years, only in concert.

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penny_fresca
04-01-2007

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i love how this song flows from 'hero' so beautifully. i think it's about the narrirator(sp?) in hero afterwards, in a bar, reflecting on what had happened previously (the goings on in 'hero')

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ms. mary ann
05-26-2007

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love will be the death of me..unless alcohol kills me first! regina, you are amazing.

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crow_heart
06-29-2007

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I'm deeply inlove with this song!
lately, i can't stop listening to it!
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i love all regina's songs
but this one.. this one is perfect

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CALLEY_roadtojoy
07-17-2007

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I love the fact that beautiful music like this still exists in a world where the current "number one" is a song which is just the same line repeated over and over across a dance beat. It's like a little ray of hope,

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adamanteve
08-07-2007

Rated +1 
"Love is so fickle, it starts with a flood and ends with a trickle" One of my favorite lines from a song....ever.

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maphiagrrl
08-26-2007

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"I probably stop pretending that love is forever."
I love the subtly in the way she sings it, so at first it sounds like she's just saying "Love is forever", but then you listen more closely it is more real, that maybe she can STOP PRETENDING that love is forever.
Isn't it reminiscent of Andre 3000 singin' something like "they say that nothin is forever, then what makes love the exception". It's not the happiest thought, but that's life.
Damn that Regina's got it goin on.

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teelittle369
10-01-2007

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maphiagrrl I'm diggin your andre 3000 reference. I love this song, one of my favorites of RS.

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whatevercakes
01-01-2008

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Well first of all this song is amazing. lol.

But anyway. I think this song is about a girl who has just broken up with her long time boyfriend. So she goes out to get drown her sorrows in alcohol. The more the song goes on, the drunker she gets and the more she begin to realize how crazy love really is and how "fickle."

"Love will be the death of me." She's feeling extra done now, all cuz of love.

lol This is sadly me.

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luey_baby
01-12-2008

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it starts with a flood and it ends with a tr-tr-tr-tr-tr-trickle
i love playing this one on the piano. so satisfying. and so true.
trickling alcohol, trickling love, eventually it all runs out and you get kicked out into the cold and nasty weather.
i love the way she sings with the abandon and extremity of someone who's pissed off her head. she's talking to the bartender because she has nobody else to talk to, but she's reached that point where it's like she could be talking to herself and not care nobody's listening.

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Giggles_Alot
02-26-2008

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i completly agree with luey baby....its true and pretty much my exact thoughts on this song...

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liberatepotatoes
07-14-2008

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I love the mood of the "trickle"s at the end of the song. It's exactly like when you stare at a dripping faucet, and just when you think the water droplets have stopped falling, another one falls. It catches you off guard. The same is so true about love, even after the initial spark and the relationship are long gone. It just keeps trickling out, more slowly as time goes by, in tiny amounts each time, and you aren't sure if it'll ever stop.

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chelswildflower
03-31-2009

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um, i bought Begin to Hope on itunes and did NOT get this song! that's irritating

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