She's in some honky tonk tonight, I know She's dancing where the music's loud and lights are low In a crowded bar she likes to hang around And as long
She drove South I-95 straight though Carolina She didn't use no damn map to find her way She pulled off on the state route just north of Charlotte And
Have you ever seen a heart as it lays dyin' Or what's left of it's life slips away? Well, any tears that get shed ain't worth cryin' 'Cause I've seen
Take her away But don't let me see Who the last heart in line Turns out to be I'll never know There won't be any sign Of how close it came For the last
Well, I'll give you three good reasons for leavin' Number one is that I've forgotten number two Number three is in a place that's been kept hidden For
You keep calling me On the telephone You say, you're all alone Well, that's really sad You keep leavin' Notes stuck on my door Guess, you're hungry for
She's in some honky tonk tonight, I know She's dancing where the music's loud and lights are low In a crowded bar she likes to hang around But as long
When I first came here, I was empty, lost and weak When I first came here, in your arms I found relief When I first came here, well I was empty, lost
She came in and she told me She said, "I'm leaving you", I said, "Oh, you are? Let me tell you something If you leave, I suggest you stay gone And I mean
Watch how she tore me all apart Watch how she ripped up my heart Watch how she cut that thing clean through Watch out, she'll do the same to you Watch
Well, I'm a honky tonk man and I can't seem to stop I love to give the girls a whirl to the music of an old juke box But when my money's all gone I'm
Girl you taught me how to hurt real bad And cry myself to sleep You showed me how this town can shatter dreams Another lesson about a naive fool That
She never had a mother She hardly knew her dad She's been in town for 18 years And I'm the only boy she's had Baby, I can't stay Maybe I'll come back
I'll make believe That the sight of her in my head's seldom seen And then insist That I can't still taste the inside of her kiss With luck in time I
Well, I'm back again for another night Of trying to break free from this sadness that I can't lay to rest This old honky-tonk sure does feel like home
Since I started drinkin' again Since I started drinkin' again, hey girl Well, I ain't shed one lousy tear over you Since I started drinkin' again Well
I came here looking for something I couldn't find anywhere else Well I don't wanna be nobody just want a chance to be myself I've done a thousand miles
At every glance, you steal from me I catch your eyes still offering You've got desire bought with deceit 'Cause borrowed love ain't never free I vainly