HONKY TONK GIRL
Written by Hank Thompson and Chuck Harding
Don't be fooled by big blue eyes
By a smile or a golden curl
For she'll love you now
And then break ev'ry vow
'Cause she's just a honky tonk girl
(Chorus 1)
Don't be fooled by kisses
Or arms that hold you tight
There will be another
In her arms tomorrow night
Hearts to her are toy tops
She likes to watch 'em whirl
'Cause she's just a honky tonk girl
You can never change her ways
Tho' you give her all the world
She's got more than one or two
And each day there's someone new
'Cause she's just a honky tonk girl
(Chorus 2)
Breakin' hearts to her
Is just a way of havin' fun
She thinks ev'ry man's a fool
And you're another one
She knows all the arts of love
She'll give your heart a twirl
'Cause she's just a honky tonk girl
(Repeat Chorus 1)
City Lights - Ray Price
A bright array of city lights as far as I can see
The Great White Way shines through the night for lonely guys like me
The cabarets and honky tonks, their flashing signs invite
A broken heart to lose itself in the glow of city lights.
Lights that say "Forget her name in a glass of sherry wine"
Lights that offer other girls for empty hearts like mine
They paint a pretty picture of a world that's gay and bright
But it's just a mask for loneliness behind those city lights.
The world was dark and God made stars to brighten up the night
But God who put the stars above I don't believe made those lights
For it's just a place for men to cry when things don't turn out right
Just a place to run away and hide behind those city lights.
Lights that say "Forget her love in a different atmosphere"
Lights that lure are nothing but a masquerade for tears
They paint a pretty picture but my arms can't hold them tight
And I just can say "I love you" to a street of city lights.
Honky Tonk Heroes
Waylon Jennings
Low down leaving sun, i've done
Did everything that needs done
Woe is me, why can't i see
I'D best be leaving well enough alone
Them neon light nights, couldn't stay out of fights
Them keep a-huanting me in memories
There's one in every crowd, for crying out loud
Why was it always turning out to be me
(Chorus:)
Where does it go,the good Lord only knows
It seems like it was just the other day
I was down at Green Gables, hawking them tables
And generally blowing all my hard earned pay
Piano rolled blues, danced holes in my shoes
There weren't another other way to be
For loveable losers, no account boozers
And honky tonk heroes like me
(Chorus)
Now, blue ain't the word for the way that I feel,
There's a storm brewin' in this heart of mine.
This ain't no crazy dream, I know that it's real.
You're someone else's love now, you're not mine!
Chorus:
Crazy arms that seek to hold somebody new,
But my burnin' heart keeps sayin' you're not mine!
My troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed,
And that's why I'm lonely all the time.
Break
Please take these treasured dreams I had for you and me,
And take all the love I thought was mine,
This ain't no crazy dream, I know that it's real,
And that's why I'm lonely all the time!
Repeat Chorus
How about Bubbles in My Beer? I just heard this yesterday, done by one of our local dj's. His name is Doug Collins.
Bubbles In My Beer
Tonight in a bar alone I'm sittin'
Apart from the laughter and cheer
The scenes from the past rise before me
While watchin the bubbles in my beer
A vision of someone who loved me
Brings a lone silent tear to me eye
I know that my life's been a failure
Just watchin' the bubbles in my beer.
I'm seeing the road that I've traveled
A road paved with heartaches and tears
I'm seeing the past that I've wasted
While watching the bubbles in my beer.
I think of the hearts that I've broken
And of the golden chances that have passed me by
The dreams I once made now are empty
As empty as the bubbles in my beer.
That's a classic Honky Tonker
Here's a more recent one from Marty Stuart and Travis Tritt. You gotta hear this one for the manic pace.
Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best
Written by Marty Stuart
Well I was born for Saturday night
Looking for trouble and ready to fight
I was made to be wild and free
Where it's loud and bright, that's where I'll be
And I might change some day I guess
But honky tonkin's what I do best
I can juke all night without taking a breath
Get out on the floor, dance myself to death
I'm a wild-eyed, certified, bonafide general mess
And honky tonkin's what I do best
I never had much luck with society
My momma used to say "he don't belong to me"
But deep down I think daddy understood
He always made me feel like I was worth some good
Sister moved to New York and she's a big success (I'm so impressed)
But honky tonkin's what I do best
I can juke all night without taking a breath
Get out on the floor, dance myself to death
I'm a wild-eyed, certified, bonafide general mess
And honky tonkin's what I do best
Honky tonkin's what I do best
Yeah, I said honky tonkin's what I do best
Honky tonkin's what I do best
