Checkered table cloths homemade ashtrays and neon lights Advertisements that light up the night Loud music smoke and laughter Make me feel like a different man And the honky tonks are calling me a-gain Well the jukebox is playing and everyone is singing Songs of dreams that have no end Life is just an illusion there in the confusion And the honky tonks are calling me a-gain Lord I’ve tried to break away to a better kind of life Oh but a good woman’s love can only hold me for a while Yes the church bells ring on Sunday Oh but that old Devil he just grins And the honky tonks are calling me a-gain