Barbara Dickson

Honky Tonk Woman

Barbara Dickson


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I met a gin soaked, bar-room queen in Memphis
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She tried to take me upstairs for a ride
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She had to heave me right across her shoulder 
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'Cos I just can't seem to drink you off my mind
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It's the honky tonk women 
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Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues
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I laid a divorcee in New York City
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I had to put up some kind of a fight 
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The lady then she covered me with roses
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She blew my nose and then she blew my mind
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It's the honky tonk women 
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Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues 
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It's the honky tonk women 
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Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues
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It's the honky tonk women 
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Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues