She’s in some honky tonk tonight I know

She’s dancing where the music’s loud and lights are low

In some crowded bar she likes to hang around

But as long as there’s a honky tonk

She’ll never settle down

So close up the honky tonks

Lock all the doors

Don’t let the one I love

Got there anymore

Close up the honky tonks

Throw away the key

And maybe the one I love

Will come back to me

I wish I had the power to turn back the time

And live again the hours that she was all mine

‘Cause it hurts to see her runnin’ with that crowd downtown

And as long as there’s a honky tonk

She’ll never settle down

So close up the honky tonks

Lock all the doors

Don’t let the one I love

Got there anymore

Close up the honky tonks

Throw away the key

And maybe the one I love

Will come back to me

© R. Simpson (Sony/ATV Tree Publishing/BMI)