They've Closed Down the Honky Tonks

[Verse 1]

No bartenders

No guitars with B-Benders

No two-steppin' shuffles

No shiny belt buckles

No sawdust in sight

No cold Lone Star Light

Well, they've mopped all the floors

Locked all the doors

And turned out the lights

[Chorus]

Y'all, they've closed down the honky tonks

And now my world ain't turnin'

The jukebox ran out of change

And the neon lights ain't buzzin'

And there ain't nothin' sadder

Than coverin' Haggard

And nobody singin' along

Y'all, they've closed down the honky tonks

[Verse 2]

There's no Broken Spoke

Dim lights or thick smoke

No more rowdy and reckless

No more Billy Bob's Texas

No barstool backslidin'

No Gilley's bull ridin'

No more last call

And no boots in Gruene Hall

Damn, that ain't right

[Chorus]

They've closed down the honky tonks

And now my world ain't turnin'

The jukebox ran out of change

And the neon lights ain't buzzin'

And there ain't nothin' sadder

Than coverin' Haggard

And nobody singin' along

Y'all, they've closed down the honky tonks

Y'all, they've closed down the honky tonks