Lyrics Honky Tonk Music - Jerry Jeff Walker

Honky Tonk Music

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