Background Noise In A Sports Bar Lyrics

The sign outside says live music

I was hired to entertain

Beneath giant screens in a sports bar

You'll never remember my name

Diners go about eating their food

Talking amongst themselves

While I try and sing my song

And play my guitar

I'm just noise

You hear in the background

I'm just background noise

In a sports bar

Never gonna get paid

Nobody's filling my tip jar

The patrons ignore me

Throw chicken bones

At my head

Offer to buy a beer

Then stick me with a check

I'm background noise

In a sports bar

Got to the gig in my own car

Standing here with my guitar

Life sucks, then you die

Life sucks, then you die

Sports bar die

I don't get no respect

Tons of audience neglect

They think they're so cool

And I'm a chicken neck

I'm just noise, you hear

In a sports bar

Nah nah nee nee nay nay

Don't make enough to buy a new car

Noise, you hear in a sports bar

Tell me that one day you'll go far

A loser in a sports bar

Less important than the games

Some people wish I'd just go away

Cause they're trying to hear their game

Background noise in a sports bar

Plying my trade

Tomorrow night

I'm in a restaurant

Night after that I'm

Busking in a subway

No respect for a troubadour

No respect for a troubadour

Life sucks, then you die

Life sucks, then you die

And they can go to hell

Playing guitar in a sports bar

Singing songs that no one can hear

Hoping they fill my tip jar

Being ignored

As I stand by the door

Life sucks, then you die

And they can go to hell

And they can go to hell

Yeah, they can all go

Straight to hell