Honky Tonk America

Well, the day it ends when the sun comes up
Starts when the sun goes down
Out on the backroads and on the back streets
Of every farm and factory town
There in the world of weekly wage
There's always a place out there
And the names and the faces are the same everywhere

Well, the room is full, it's a Friday night
We all want to hear "Louie Louie"
Been a long hard day and a long hard life
And this is how we make it through it
It's a blue collar place, a red-blooded crowd
Tonight everything's all right
In Honky Tonk America

There's a flashing sign on a rain-soaked street
That lights up just about dark
A welcome beacon on life's highway
When your weary and when you lost heart
Never say its loneliness
It's only the drinks and the band
But something brings us back here again and again

Well, the room is full, it's a Friday night
We all want to hear "Proud Mary"
Been a long hard day and a long hard life
We all got our crosses to carry
It's a blue collar place, a red-blooded crowd
Tonight everything's all right
In Honky Tonk America

Well, talk about freedom alright
But maybe some other time
Tonight everybody's feeling fine

Well, the room is full, it's a Friday night
We all want to hear "Wooly Bully"
Been a long hard day and a long hard life
Monday morning we'll all do our duty
It's a blue collar place, a red-blooded crowd
Tonight everything's all right
In Honky Tonk America

Honky Tonk America
Honky Tonk America

Honky Tonk America
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Honky Tonk America
Honky Tonk America