I still show up at five   Let everybody know I've arrived   I order up my usual bangles   I don't want no-one to thank   I'm not the guy they've come to learn to like   Somewhere around about eight   When it's up, wall to wall, in this place   I sneak into the bathroom stall   Lift the window, out I crawl   Better things to do than drink     Hey, I'm cheatin' on my honky-tonk   'Fraid my friends are gonna talk   Tryin' hide it best as I can   Well, I don't want no-one to know   What I'm doin', where I go   Think I'm any less of a man   I know they'll really kill me   Try to pull me back if they only knew   I've been cheatin' on my honky-tonk   An' comin' home to you     First time I slipped away   I felt guilty 'bout all next day   So next night, just to throw 'em off   I got so drunk I had to fall   On my butt to save a little face   They still don't know I'm doin' wrong   But they been noticing how I've been gone   An' I'm running out of ways to lie   My poor ol' Momma's died three times   I think they're close to catchin' on     Hey, I'm cheatin' on my honky-tonk   'Fraid my friends are gonna talk   Tryin' hide it best as I can   Well, I don't want no-one to know   What I'm doin', where I go   Think I'm any less of a man   I know they'll really kill me   Try to pull me back if they only knew   I've been cheatin' on my honky-tonk   An' comin' home to you     (Oh, wontcha stand on it son)     Hey, I'm cheatin' on my honky-tonk   'Fraid my friends are gonna talk   Tryin' hide it best as I can   Well, I don't want no-one to know   What I'm doin', where I go   Think I'm any less of a man   I know they'll really kill me   Try to pull me back if they only knew   Yeah, I been cheatin' on my honky-tonk   An' comin' home to you     I know they'll really kill me   Try to pull me back if they only knew   I been cheatin' on my honky-tonk   An' comin' home to you