Ever since you left me, I've done nothing but wrong
Many nights I lie awake and cried
We once were happy, my heart lay in your hand
But now I’m a honky-tonk man

So turn that jukebox way up high
And fill my glass up while i cry
I've lost everything in this land
And now I'm a honky-tonk man

I just can’t make a right with all of my wrongs
Every evening of my life seems so long
I'm sorry and ashamed for all the games I've played
Losing you done made a fool of me

So fill my glass up for me, Sir
To lose my memory of her
I've lost everything in this land
And now I'm a honky-tonk man