Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)

Tom T. Hall · Storyteller and the Banjo Man (w/ Earl Scruggs) [C [1982]

Chorus:

Dim lights, thick smoke and loud, loud music

Is the only kind of life you'll ever understand

Dim lights, thick smoke and loud, loud music

You'll never make a wife to a home loving man.



A home and little children mean nothing to you

A house filled with love and a husband so true

You'd rather have a drink with the first guy you meet

The only home you know is that bar down the street.



Chorus:

Dim lights, thick smoke and loud, loud music

Is the only kind of life you'll ever understand

Dim lights, thick smoke and loud, loud music

You'll never make a wife to a home loving man.



Drinking and dancing, to a honky-tonk band

Is the only kind of life you'll ever understand

Go run and have your fun, you think you played it smart

I'm sorry for you and your honky-tonk heart.



Chorus:

Dim lights, thick smoke and loud, loud music

Is the only kind of life you'll ever understand

Dim lights, thick smoke and loud, loud music

You'll never make a wife to a home loving man...