Honky Tonk Song - Mel Tillis

Honky Tonk Song
Written by: Buck Peddy, Mel Tillis

Honky Tonk Song Lyrics

Well I got me a room
In a cheap hotel
My head was a spinnin'
And I didn't feel well

I laid right down
And tried to go to sleep
A band kept a playin'
In a joint underneath

I picked up my pillow
And I covered up my head
But the band kept a playin'
And a shakin' my bed

Honky tonk, same old song
Honky tonk all night long
Honky tonk, my money's all gone
Honky tonk, she done me wrong

I turned and I tossed
But I couldn't go to sleep
'Cause the band kept a playin'
With a honky tonk beat

Well, my baby’s gone left me
And I'm feeling so blue
She took all my money
And I telling you

I'm tryin' to forget her
But I don't know what to do
The honky tonk song
Keeps a leakin' through

Honky Tonk Song Singers

1. Mel Tillis February 1957 First recording on January 24, 1957 first release


2. Webb Pierce (Billboard hit 1957) March 1957 3. Coco Taylor 1963 4. Faron Young July 1964 5. Charlie Walker January 1965 6. Carl Perkins December 1973 7. Conway Twitty January 1978 8. Jimmie Dale Gilmore 1989 9. Dude Mowrey April 23, 1991 10. BR5-49 September 17, 1996 11. Guy Clark & The Jordanaires January 8, 2002 12. The Lucky Tomblin Band September 18, 2007 13. The Honky Tonk Playboys 2010


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