Chris Calhoun Honky Tonk Queen Lyrics

While the jukebox plays those country songs, ‘neath the flashing neon
lights

In a smoky bar she waits on tables, just so she can get by

She hates this life she has to live, it’s a long way from her dreams

But she gets by the best she can, as a honky tonk queen

Such a lovely fine young lady, the Lord knows how she tries

When she leaves that ol’ bar each night, she goes home and cries

Cause the man she loved with all her heart left her without a thing

And she has to fight the wolves each night as a honky tonk queen

CHORUS

She’s just a honky tonk queen
She’s just a honky tonk queen

She’s a broken hearted angel in her old faded jeans

She’s just a honky tonk queen

She’s heard all those lines at least a thousand times, every night from
eight ‘til two

A lonely girl is only human so she might go out with you

She was not brought up to live this way: she’s not the way she seems

But to the cowboys and the rednecks, she’s a honky tonk queen

REPEAT CHORUS

TAG: Yeah, she’s a broken hearted angel in her old faded jeans

She’s just a honky tonk queen


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