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 She's in some honky tonk tonight I know

 Running where the music's loud and the lights are low

 In a crowded bar she likes to hang around

 And as long as there's a honky tonk, she'll never settle down

 So close up the honky tonks lock all the doors

 Don't let the one I love go there any more

 Close up the honky tonks throw away the key

 Then maybe the one I love will come back to me

Solo

 I wish I had the power to turn back the time

 And live again the hours when she was all mine

 Cause it hurts to see her running with that crowd downtown

 And as long as there's a honky tonk she'll never settle down

 So close up the honky tonks lock all the doors

 Don't let the one I love go there any more

 Close up the honky tonks throw away the key

 Then maybe the one I love will come back to me

 Then maybe the one I love will come back to me