Somebody Save the Honky Tonks - Mark Chesnutt

I drove down to The Trap but the joint was closed

Lately they’ve been droppin' like dominoes

All of my favorite

Waterin' holes are dryin' up

Tell me, is it too much for a man to ask

To hear Haggard and Jones sing CC Waterback

With the lights so low

And cold drafts will cost you one buck, enough’s enough

Somebody save the honky tonks

The hard wood floor and the quarter jukebox

Where’s the workin' man gonna go to get tore up?

When the last one’s tore down

Somebody save the neon lights

And the cinder block shacks crossed the county line

Everyday another piece of history’s lost

Somebody save the honky tonks

Well, it’s enough to bring a tear to a blood shot eye

Not knowin' where to go on a Friday night

To get down and get loud

And unwind from a hard day

Listen, we the people got a make a stand

Maybe write a letter to our Congressman

Show some support for the drinkin' man

We can’t wait, until it’s too late

Somebody save the honky tonks

The hard wood floor and the quarter jukebox

Where’s the workin' man gonna go to get tore up?

When the last one’s tore down

Somebody save the neon lights

And the cinder block shacks crossed the county line

Everyday another piece of history’s lost

Somebody save the honky tonks

Why don’t they take that ol' wreckin' ball

To the uppity bars, down at the mall?

All I’m askin' and all I want

Somebody save the honky tonks