Poco – HONKY TONK DOWNSTAIRS

(D. Frazier)

Well, it won’t be long now

Until that ol’ sun goes down

And darkness helps me hide my shameful tears

My wife works all night long

For a man who’s halfway gone

She’s a barmaid in the Honky Tonk Downstairs

It’s a shame she wears the name

Of a man who’s locked and chained

To a bottle that’s destroyed all hopes and cares

To the men with hungry eyes

She works and hides her pride

She’s a barmaid in the Honky Tonk Downstairs