You wouldn't read my letters if I wrote you
You asked me not to call you on the phone
But there's something I'm wanting to tell you
So I wrote it in the words of this song
I didn't know, baby, honky-tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one who ever loved you
You went back to the wild side of life.
The glamour of the gay nightlife has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquor flow
You just sit and wait to be anybody's baby
You forget the truest love you ever know
I didn't know, baby, honky-tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one who ever loved you
You went back to the wild side of life.
