Well, it won't be long now   Until that 'ol sun goes down   And darkness helps me   Hide my shameful tears      My wife works all night long   For a man who's halfway gone   She's the barmaid in   The honky-tonk downstairs      It's a shame she wears the name   Of a man who's locked and chained   To a bottle that's destroyin' all hopes and cares      To the men with hungry eyes   She works and hides her pride   She's the barmaid in the honky tonk downstairs      It's a shame she wears the name   Of a man who's locked and chained   To a bottle that's destroyin' all hopes and cares      To the men with hungry eyes   She works and hides her pride   She's the barmaid in the honky tonk downstairs   She's the barmaid in the honky tonk downstairs