CLOSE UP THE HONKY-TONKS
(Red Simpson)

Buck Owens - 1964
Kay Adams - 1967
Bobby Hodge - 1971
Dwight Yoakam - 2007

Also recorded by: The Hacker Brothers; Jimmy Griggs.



She's in some honky-tonk tonight I know
She's dancing where the music's loud and lights are low
In a crowed bar she likes to hang around
And as long as there's a honky-tonk, she'll never settle down

So close up the honky-tonks, lock all the doors
Don't let the one I love go there any more
Close up the honky-tonks, throw away the key
Then maybe the one I love will come back to me

I wish I had the power to turn back the time
And live again the hours when she was all mine
But it hurts to see her running with that crowd downtown
And as long as there's a honky-tonk, she'll never settle down

So close up the honky-tonks, lock all the doors
Don't let the one I love go there any more
Close up the honky-tonks, throw away the key
Then maybe the one I love will come back to me


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2017)