Honky Tonk Music - Jerry Jeff Walker

Every night I play the places

Neon lights and smilin' faces

People laugh and talk away the evenings while I play

Ask myself, «Why do I do it?»

Guess there must be somethin' to it

Getting' paid for doin' something I’d be doin' anyway

And I’m just playing that honky tonk music

That’s the kind I like to play

Just playing that honky tonk music

That’s the kind I like to play

Wish that I could have a dollar

For every drunk that I’ve heard holler

Every barroom brawler I’ve seen

Just sleepin' off his fight

And all the stories I’ve been told

Guess I’d have me a pot of gold

Even if half the stories told

Had turned out to be right

Seen a lot of women lied to

And sometimes I’ve even tried to

When the night is gettin' late

And the ladies look so good

I’ve been in bars I didn’t care for

I asked myself «What was it there for?»

All in all I wouldn’t changes things

Even if I could