Somebody Save The Honky Tonks Lyrics - Mark Chesnutt

I drove down to the trap 

But the joint was closed 

Lately they've been droppin like dominoes 

All my favorite watering holes 

Are dryin' up 

Tell me is it too much for a man to ask 

To hear Haggard and Jones sing C.C. Waterback 

With the lights so low a - tramp will cost you one buck, enough's enough 

Somebody save the honky tonks 

The hardwood floor and the quarter jukebox 

Where's a workin' man gonna go to get tore up 

When the last one's tore down 

Somebody save the neon lights 

And the cinderblock shacks cross the county line 

Every day another piece of history's lost 

Somebody save the honky tonks 

It's enough to bring a tear to a bloodshot eye 

Not knowin where to go on Friday night 

To get down and get loud 

And unwind from a hard day 

Well listen, 

We the people got a make a stand 

Maybe write a letter to our congressman 

Show some support for the drinkin' man 

We can't wait until it's too late 

Somebody save the honkytonks 

The hardfloor and the quarter jukebox 

Where's a workin' man gonna go to get tore up 

When the last one's tore down 

Somebody save the neon lights 

And the cinderblock shacks cross the county line 

Every day another piece of history's lost 

Somebody save the honky tonks 

Why don't they take that old wreckin ball 

To the upend bars down at the mall 

All I'm askin' and I want 

Somebody save the honky tonks