Lights are bright
All through the night
In honky tonk town
Each Cabaret
Seems bright and gay
When love has turned you down
The jukebox plays
To broken hearts
The saddest kind of song
And red wine flows
Each night for those
Who's love affair went wrong
For them it's just
A one way street
A road of no return
For each heartache
A drink they'll take
But still the memories burn
Just smoke filled rooms
And cheap perfumes
And the call for another round
Life wasn't sweet
To those you meet
In honky tonk town
You'll find that crime
Has all but died
In honky tonk town
No longer proud
I've joined the crowd
And laid my honor down
Visions of
The one I love
Keeps gnawing at my soul
Now my heart pines
Meet flashing signs
In an atmosphere so cold
I'm heading down
That one way street
A road of no return
For each heartache
A drink I'll take
But still the memories burn
Just smoke filled rooms
And cheap perfumes
And the call for another round
With a broken heart
I'm now a part
Of honky tonk town