I left one morning from Oakland on the San Francisco Bay.
A knapsack on the back and I throwed my money away.
I started back to Virginia,
2000 miles to go
and I honky tonked all the way back to the state of Texas.
I went back home.
I stopped by in Phoenix in an Arizona dive.
I found a woman, Mary,
who turned me on inside.
I went to Dallas where the Texas T does flow
and I honky tonked every step of that old road.
Yes, I honky tonked every step of the way.
I needed smiles and sunshine,
some loving
touch the way the wine kept right on
flowing in and the sun never let me down.
And I honky
tonked.
Yes, I honky tonked.
Well,
I honky tonked every step of that old road.
I stopped off in Lexington down to blast cigarette.
I watched the horses running and I saw those suckers bed.
Of course,
I dropped a pin or two on a crippled bag bone,
but I honky tonked all the way
back home.
Yes, I honky tonked every step of the way.
I needed smiles and sunshine,
some
loving touch the way the wine kept right on
flowing in and the sun never let me down.
And I honky tonked.
Yes, I honky tonked.
Well,
I honky tonked every step of that old road.