[Verse 1]
Every night i work the places
Neon lights and lonely faces
People laugh and drink away
The evening' while i play

I ask myself, "Why do I do it?"
I guess there must be something to it
Getting paid for doing something I'd be
Doing anyway

[Chorus]
I'm playing me some honky tonk music
That's the kind I like to play
Playing me some honky tonk music
That's the kind I like to play

[Verse 2]
Wish that I could have a dollar
For every drunk that I've heard holler
Every passed out barrom brawler
Sleeping off the fight

For all the stories I've been told
Guess I'd have a pot of gold
If even just a single one
Turned out to be right
[Chorus]
I'm playing me some honky tonk music
That's the kind I like to play
Playing me some honky tonk music
That's the kind I like to play

[Verse 3]
Seen a lot of women lied to
Even several times I've tried to
In the night when it's getting light
The women look so good

Been in bars I didn't care for
I didn't know what I was here for
All in all I wouldn't change things
Even if I could

[Chorus/Outro]
I'm playing me some honky tonk music
That's the kind I like to play
Playing me some honky tonk music
That's the kind I like to play