High Plains Jamboree Lyrics - Robert Earl Keen

She was a honkytonker and he was a family man 

And she showed him her gold teeth when he'd hold her little hand 

And they met out on the highway at the Paradise Motel lounge 

On Saturday nights when things weren't right between him and his wife in town 

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They're just another couple on a high plains jamboree 

Playin' out those sad songs they understand 

Just another couple makin' jukebox memories 

Walkin' into troubles hand in hand 

She weren't no maid of cotton and he weren't no hell of a man 

So they must have loved each other like only the lonely can 

'Cause they slow-danced through the neon like a sorrow through a song 

Then they carried the tune to the motel room and they played it all night long 

[Chorus]