Well the day it ends when the sun comes up

And it starts when the sun goes down

Out on the backroads and on the back streets

Of every farm and factory town

There in the world of weekly wage

There's always a place out there

And the names and the faces are the same everywhere



Well the room is full it's a Friday night

We all wanna hear Louie Louie

Been a long hard day and a long hard life

And this is how we make it through it

It's a blue collar place a red blooded crowd

Tonight everything's all right

In honky tonk America



There's a flashing sign on a rain soaked street

That lights up just about dark

A welcome beacon on life's highway

When your weary and when you lost heart

Never say its loneliness

It's only the drinks and the band

But something brings us back here again and again



Well the room is full it's a Friday night

We all wanna hear Proud Mary

Been a long hard day and a long hard life

We all got our crosses to carry

It's a blue collar place a red blooded crowd

Tonight everything's all right

In honky tonk America



Well talk about freedom alright but maybe some other time

Tonight everyone's feeling fine



Well the room is full it's a Friday night

We all wanna hear Wolly Bully

Been a long hard day and a long hard life

Monday morning well all do our duty

It's a blue collar place a red blooded crowd

Tonight everything's all right

In honky tonk America



Honky tonk America

Honky tonk America

Honky tonk America

Honky tonk America