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)