Close Up the Honky Tonks (Early Version)

She's in some honky tonk tonight I know

She's dancing where the music's loud and lights're low

In a crowded bar she likes to hang around

And as long as there's a honky tonk she'll never settle down

So close up the honky tonks lock all the doors

Don't let the one I love go there anymore

Close up the honky tonks throw away the key

Then maybe the one I love will come back to meI wish I had the power to turn back the time

And live again the hours when she was all mine

But it hurts to see her running with that crowd downtown

And as long as there's a honky tonk she'll never settle down

So close up the honky tonks...

Songwriters

SIMPSON, REDPublished by

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC