Honky Tonk Life

Well now Bubba and the boys at the uptown bar
 They got a little too drunk went a little too far
 They were out four wheeling round town till the crack of dawn
 And then the sheriff came and threw them in the calaboose
 And he said he wasn't gonna turn them loose
 Just somebody paid for the damage to the courthouse lawn
 Well he got paid Friday and it ain't no joke
 He woke up this morning hungover and broke
 He's been out all night and he's afraid to face his wife
 His clothes are dirty and his eyes are red
 He's got a great big knot on the side of his head
 Oh the joys of living the honky tonk life
 Well you honky tonk women and you honky tonk men
 Honky tonk life's gonna do you in
 Ain't nothin' cool about sittin' on a bar stool higher than a Chinese kite
 You're just a pop top poppa with a one track mind
 You're gonna pass out before it's closin' time
 Just another darn fool drowning in the neon lights every night
 I said oh the joys of living the honky tonk life
 Ole Johnny was a happily married man
 Till he started hanging out at the Dew Drop Inn
 Met a peroxide floozie by the name of Sally Ann
 Then almost every morning he was late for work
 Then his wife found some lipstick stain on his shirt
 And that's about the time that the stuff started hittin' the fan
 And then the next thing he knew he was asittin' in court
 About some alimony and some child support
 And he lost his driver's license for a DWI
 And now his clothes are ragged and he don't look well
 He's living downtown in a cheap hotel
 On the joys of living the honky tonk life
 Well you honky tonk women and you honky tonk men...