It won't be long now until that old sun gets down

And up the stairs I 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



And it's a shame, she wears the name of a man that's locked in chain

To a bottle that destroys her hopes and cares



To a man with hungry eyes, she works and hides her pride

She's a barmaid in the honky tonk downstairs



It won't be long now until that old sun gets down

And up the stairs I 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 that's locked in chain

To a bottle that destroys her hopes and cares



To the man with hungry eyes, she works and hides her pride

She's a barmaid in the honky tonk downstairs

She's a barmaid in the honky tonk downstairs

She's a barmaid in the honky tonk downstairs