An Ode To The Honky Tonks of Yesteryear

Contact: Roger Wilson
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Songwriter: Roger Wilson
Publishers & PRO: Brux Music/ BMI


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AN ODE TO THE HONKY TONKS OF YESTERYEAR

I PLAYED MY GUITAR AROUND ATLANTA G. A.
IT’S A WONDER I’M STILL ALIVE
FROM COOLEY’S BALLROOM, TO ROSA’S CANTINA
TO RICHARD’S IN SEVENTY-FIVE
I BEEN SOBER SO LONG
ALL THE BARS I USED TO DRINK IN ARE GONE

(Chorus)
SO THIS SONG THAT YOU HEAR
IS AN ODE TO THOSE HONKY TONKS OF YESTERYEAR

FROM A JUKE JOINT IN AUSTELL
TO A ROADHOUSE IN LAWRENCEVILLE, I LIKE TO DIED
FROM THE C R C WHERE I WAS PICKIN’
FROM LEISURE TIME TO THE BIG CHICKEN
I THOUGHT I COULD FLY

FROM THE MUSIC HALL IN SEVENTY THREE
TO THE BISTRO ON WEST PEACHTREE
WE HAD A GOOD TIME

(Chorus)
SO THIS SONG THAT YOU HEAR
IS AN ODE TO THOSE HONKY TONKS OF YESTERYEAR

(Bridge)
I OUTLIVED THE JOINTS WHERE I WAS DRINKIN’
THE INSANITY OF IT ALL IS THAT I WAS SINKIN’
THE HURTING, PAIN, AND SORROW
WAS MORE THAN I COULD TAKE
THE MAN UPSTAIRS SAID
I’M GONNA GIVE THE POOR SAP A BREAK

WELL I PLAYED MY GUITAR AROUND THE BIG A
IT’S A MIRCALE MY STORY CAN BE TOLD
FROM THE OLD DOWNTOWN CAFÉ,
ALL THE WAY TO GOOD OL’ DAYS ON ROSWELL ROAD
I BEEN SOBER SO LONG
ALL THE BARS I USED TO DRINK IN ARE GONE

(Chorus)
SO THIS SONG THAT YOU HEAR
IS AN ODE TO THOSE HONKY TONKS OF YESTERYEAR

(MANUAL’S TAVERN IS STILL STANDING, NOW I JUST GO THERE FOR THE HOT DOGS)