ODE TO MY NOTORIOUS YOUTH (BARRED FROM EVERY HONKY TONK)
(Tompall Glaser)


Tompall Glaser - 1973



I get whipped in some old honky tonk or bar most every night
When I have a couple o' drinks I lose my head and try to fight
Since my baby's gone and left me I'm the meanest man around
I've been barred from every honky tonk in town

I'm the life of every party, but it's gonna be the death of me
I'm a lover not a fighter, that's how I was born to be
But since my baby's gone and left me I'm the meanest man around
I've been barred from every honky tonk in town

I'm gonna build a honky tonk at home down in my den
If I stay away from people, I'll stay out of trouble then
Lately I'm just not the kind of guy folks like to have around
I've been barred from every honky tonk in town

I'm the life of every party, but it's gonna be the death of me
I'm a lover not a fighter, that's how I was born to be
But since my baby's gone and left me I'm the meanest man around
I've been barred from every honky tonk in town
I've been barred from every honky tonk in town



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2019)