HONKY TONK HEROES
(Billy Joe Shaver)

Waylon Jennings - 1973
Billy Joe Shaver - 1977
Hurricane Sam - 1989
Stoney LaRue - 2004
Mark Chesnutt - 2004
Carolyn Wonderland - 2005


Low down leaving sun
I've done did everything that needs done
Woe is me, why can't I see
I best be leaving well enough alone
Them neon light nights, couldn't stay out of fights
They keep a-haunting me in memories
Well there's one in every crowd, for crying out loud
Why was it always turning out be me

Where does it go, the good Lord only knows
Seems like it was just the other day
I was down at Green Gables, hawking them tables
And generally blowing all my hard earned pay
Piano roll blues, danced holes in my shoes
There weren't another other way to be
For loveable losers, no account boozers
And honky tonk heroes like me

Yeah, yeah

(Repeat Chorus at faster tempo)
Where does it go, the good Lord only knows
Seems like it was just the other day
I was down at Green Gables, hawking them tables
And generally blowing all my hard earned pay
Piano roll blues, danced holes in my shoes
There weren't another other way to be
For loveable losers, no account boozers
And honky tonk heroes like me