Well, it won't be long now until that old 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 that'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 It's a shame she wears the name of a man that'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 She's a barmaid in the Honky Tonk downstairs