It won’t be long nowuntil that ol’ sun gets down
And up the stairs I hidemy shameful tears
My wife works all night longfor a man who’s halfway gone
She’s a barmaid in the honky tonk downstairs
Bridge:
And it’s a shame she wears the name
Of a man that’s locked in chains
To a bottle that destroys her hopes and cares
To a man with hungry eye’sshe works and hides her pride
She’s a barmaid in the honky tonk downstairs
(copyright dallas frazier)