Honky Tonk America

(Bob McDill)



Well, the day it ends when the sun comes up

And it 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 wanna 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 you're 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 wanna 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 everyone's feeling fine

Well, the room is full, it's a Friday night, we all wanna hear Wolly 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.



--- Instrumental ---



Honky tonk America, honky tonk America...