Soul Of A Honky Tonk Woman - Mel McDaniel

She puts on her makeup each evening

And makes up the story she’ll tell

Then she heads for a neighborhood tavern

And the night life that she knows well

There’s always somebody there

Waiting to whisper sweet talk in her ear

He’ll laugh when he tells her he loves her

And leave her crying honky-tonk tears

And she can fool anybody she wants to

But a honky-tonk man, he can see

Down to the soul of a honky-tonk woman

And the lady she’s wanting to be

Nobody would guess she’s unhappy

Laughter was all of her fame

But a honky-tonk man knows her difference

He’s living his life just the same

Now I’m trying to give up some reasons

That maybe she’ll get all her needs

I’m gonna let her know that she’s wanted

For more than a honky-tonk memory

And she can fool anybody she wants to

But a honky-tonk man, he can see

Down to the soul of a honky-tonk woman

And the lady she’s wanting to be

And she can fool anybody she wants to

But a honky-tonk man, he can see

Down to the soul of a honky-tonk woman

And the lady she’s wanting to be

She can fool anybody she wants to