I'm a Honky Tonk Guy With a Cheatin' Heart

Verse 1

she left her ring on the dresser last night

Said she's working late again in town

I know that jukebox and that worn barstool

Where my wandering girl gets her rounds

Pre-Chorus

But I'm tired of crying in my coffee cup

Tired of the same old lies

So I'm putting on my red shirt with the fringe

And I'm gonna light up her skies

Chorus

I'm a honky tonk guy with a cheating heart

Gonna swing that door wide open till the daylight starts

If she can two-step out the back way home

Then I can love somebody new with a smile all my own

Verse 2

I saw her dancing close with Jimmy Moon

Down by the old freight tracks

Well two can play that fiddle tune

And I won't be coming back

Pre-Chorus

So pour me one for the lonely years

And one for the tears I shed This broken heart is mending on the dance floor

With the boots I bought instead

Chorus

I'm a honky tonk guy with a cheating heart

Gonna swing that door wide open till the daylight starts

If she can two-step out the back way home

Then I can love somebody new with a smile all my own

Bridge

Let her wonder where I go

Let her count the empty chairs

This old neon knows a secret

And baby it ain't hers to wear

Chorus

I'm a honky tonk guy with a cheating heart

Gonna swing that door wide open till the daylight starts

If she can two-step out the back way home

Then I can love somebody new with a smile all my own