honky tonk friends

i like my next-door-neighbor

we do each other favors sometimes

we threw somethin' on the grill

sat around and chilled just the other night

and we talk about our lawns and the goin's on

in our neighborhood

he's a real nice guy.that's all fine and good

he ain't my honky tonk friends

nobody really understands me like them

i love the songs that they sing

i love the drinks that they drink

i love the dances they dance

they don't make fun of my drawl

keep somethin' cold and tall in my hands

i ain't gotta pretend

they take me just like i am

i love my honky tonk friends

i like my growin' up buddies

we still keep in touch now and then

them folks down at the office really ain't all that stiff

i met some real good people underneath the steeple in town

i'll still make time for them

but as for right now

i want my honky tonk friends

well

we light each other's smokes and we bend each other's ears

and we laugh at each other's stupid jokes and we buy each other beers

then we lose our butts in pool but we win it back in darts

and we lend each other shoulders when someone breaks our hearts. i love my honky tonk friends

nobody really understands me like them

i ain't gotta pretend

they take me just like i am

i love my honky tonk friends

i ain't gotta pretend

they take me just like i am

i love my honky tonk friends