(Sanger D. Shafer - William Ellis)



Don't put down the honky tonks until you been inside

Some go to dance some go to drink and losers go to hide

Darkness hides the heartaches each night until last call

Don't put down the honky tonks until you try them all.



Pretty painted faces on every other stool

And in between each painted face there sit a hardluck fool

If you slip and stumble you don't have far to fall

So don't put down the honky tonks until you try them all.



No, don't put down the honky tonks they're homes for fools like me

A place inside to run and hide and drown their misery

I sacrificed the chance I had to heed the neon's call

So don't put down the honky tonks until you try them all.



--- Instrumental ---



No, don't put down the honky tonks they're homes for fools like me

A place inside to run and hide and drown their misery

I sacrificed the chance I had to heed the neon's call

So don't put down the honky tonks until you try them all.



No, don't put down the honky tonks until you try them all...