[ti:Somebody Save the Honky Tonks] [ar:Mark Chesnutt] [al:Savin' the Honky Tonk] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Somebody Save the Honky Tonks - Mark Chesnutt [00:10.39]I drove down to The Trap but the joint was closed [00:15.27]Lately they've been droppin' like dominoes [00:19.40]All of my favorite [00:21.76]Waterin' holes are dryin' up [00:27.78]Tell me is it too much for a man to ask [00:31.85]To hear haggard and Jones sing cc waterback [00:37.64]With the lights so low [00:39.56]And cold drafts will cost you one buck enough's enough [00:46.08]Somebody save the honky tonks [00:50.00]The hard wood floor and the quarter jukebox [00:54.98]Where's the workin' man gonna go to get tore up [01:00.59]When the last one's tore down [01:03.56]Somebody save the neon lights [01:07.00]And the cinder block shacks crossed the County line [01:11.99]Everyday another piece of history's lost [01:16.62]Somebody save the honky tonks [01:28.61]Well it's enough to bring a tear to a blood shot eye [01:33.58]Not knowin' where to go on a friday night [01:37.39]To get down and get loud [01:40.66]And unwind from a hard day [01:46.32]Listen we the people got a make a stand [01:51.00]Maybe write a letter to our congressman [01:55.31]Show some support for the drinkin' man [01:59.74]We can't wait until it's too late [02:04.60]Somebody save the honky tonks [02:08.47]The hard wood floor and the quarter jukebox [02:13.41]But where's the workin' man gonna go to get tore up [02:19.09]When the last one's tore down [02:21.96]Somebody save the neon lights [02:25.42]And the cinder block shacks crossed the County line [02:30.31]Everyday another piece of history's lost [02:35.13]Somebody save the honky tonks [02:41.64]Why don't they take that ol' wreckin' ball [02:45.09]To the uppity bars down at the mall [02:50.20]All I'm askin' and all I want [02:54.83]Somebody save the honky tonks