Every night I work the places,
neon lights and lonely faces.
People laugh and drink away
the evening while I play.
I ask myself, why do I do it?
I guess there must be something to it.
Gettin' paid for doin' somethin'
I'd be doin' anyway
I wish that I could have a dollar
For every drunk that I've heard holler
Every knocked out barroom brawler
Sleepin' off the fight
For all the stories I've been told
I guess I'd have a pot of gold
If even just a single one had
turned out to be right
Playin' me some honky -tonk music
That's the kind I like to play
Playin' me some honky -tonk music
That's the kind I like to play
I've seen a lot of girls get lied to
An d even several times I've tried to
In the night when it's getting late,
the women look so good
I've been in bars I didn't care for,
I didn't know what I was there for
All in all I wouldn't change things
even if I could
Playin' me some honky -tonk music
That's the kind I like to play
Play me some honky -tonk music
That's the kind I like to play
Play me some honky -tonk music
That's the kind I like to play
Playin' me some honky -tonk music
That's the kind I like to play
That's the kind I like to play you