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Honky Tonk Women

Release date: 17th August 1999

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"Honky Tonk Women" is a track by Joe Cocker, from the album The Essential Joe Cocker, released 17th August 1999. Full lyrics are available below.

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Honky Tonk Women

I met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Memphis

She tried to take me upstairs for a ride

She had to heave me right across her shoulder

Cause I just can't seem to drink you off my mind

It's the honky tonk women

That gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues

I laid a divorcee in New York City

I had to put up some kind of a fight

The lady, then she covered me in roses

She blew my nose and then she blew my mind

It's the honky tonk women

That gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues

It's the honky tonk women

That gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues

It's the honky tonk women

That gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues

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