I've got honky tonk troubles every pay day Money's gone I don't know where it went I've got honky tonk troubles every pay day I can't get home with more than fifty cents I work all week and take my lunch and try to save a dime Don't know why I bother anymore Friday finally rolls around and I get my take home pay But I just can't make it by that tavern door Groceries due the kids need shoes they ain't had none since June And they were hand me downs at Christmas time The wife I took the wife I got she still good and true Though I nearly make her loose her mind