Lyric Honky Tonk Downstairs

(D. Frazier)

Well, it won t be long now
Until that ol sun goes down
And darkness helps me hide my shameful tears
My wife works all night long
For a man who s halfway gone
She s a barmaid in the Honky Tonk Downstairs

It s a shame she wears the name
Of a man who s locked and chained
To a bottle that s destroyed all hopes and cares
To the men with hungry eyes
She works and hides her pride
She s a barmaid in the Honky Tonk Downstairs