Honky Tonk Town Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Thompson
Honky Tonk Town
Recorded by Hank Thompson
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Lights are bright all through the night in
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honky tonk town
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Cabaret seems bright and gay when
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love has turned you
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down
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jukebox plays to broken hearts the
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saddest kind of songs
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wine flows each night for those who'
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s love affair wen
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t
wrong
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them it's just a one way street
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a road of no return
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each heartache a drink they'll tak
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e but still the memorie
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s
burn
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smoke filled rooms and cheap perfume and the
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call for another round
Life
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wasn't sweet to those you meet i
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n honky ton
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k
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You'll find that crime has all but died i
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n honky tonk town
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longer proud I've joined the crowd an
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d laid my hono
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r
down
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sions of the one I love keeps
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gnawing at my soul
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my heart pines meet flashing signs in an
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atmosphere so
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cold
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m heading down that one way street
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a road of no return
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each heartache a drink I'll tak
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e but still the memorie
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burn
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smoke filled rooms and cheap perfume and the
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call for another round
With a
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broken heart I'm now a part o
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f honky ton
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k
town
FAQ
Who sang the the song Honky Tonk Town?
- The song Honky Tonk Town was sang by Hank Thompson.
Who is Hank Thompson?
- Henry William Thompson (September 3, 1925 - November 6, 2007) was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned seven decades.
Thompson's musical style, characterized as honky-tonk Western swing, was a mixture of fiddles, electric guitar, and steel guitar that featured his distinctive, smooth baritone vocals.
His backing band, The Brazos Valley Boys, was voted the top Country Western Band for 14 years in a row by Billboard. Thompson pursued a "light" version of the Western swing sound that Bob Wills and others played the primary difference between his music and that of Bob Wills was that Thompson, who used the swing beat and instrumentation to enhance his vocals, discouraged the intense instrumental soloing from his musicians that Wills encouraged however, the "Hank Thompson sound" exceeded Bob Wills in top-40 country hits.
Although not as prominent on the top country charts in later decades, Thompson remained a recording artist and concert draw well into his 80s.
The 2013 game Grand Theft Auto V featured his song "It Don't Hurt Anymore" in the fictional radio show, Rebel Radio.
The 1987 novel Crazy Heart by Thomas Cobb was inspired by Thompson's life, specifically by his practice of picking up a local band to back him when he toured. In 2009, Cobb's novel was turned into a successful film directed by Scott Cooper and starring Jeff Bridges in an Academy Award-winning performance.
