Elliott Murphy - Sweet Honky Tonk lyrics

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(Verse)

Endless nights were calling

Black hooded crows, nail polish on their toes

They were falling from the sky

I saw a wave of gluttony

Maybe the worst since eighty-three

And i was praying to a lie

Though not really on my knees

Stand up be counted if you please

And find your calling – if you can

(Chorus)

Hello Queen Elizabeth

I’m finding that it’s very tough

Getting started with this stuff

Oh these days i’m living rough!

Hey – hey - hey – sweet honky tonk

(Verse)

After that now where do you go

You got options like Marilyn Monroe

You didn’t plan an escape route – no doubt

Take up painting – take up chess

Be the victim of a false caress

It felt fine at the time – is that a sign

I’ve been there and all that’s good

I would avoid it again if I could, if it was you

True love waits but love grows cold

Sees it shadow - goes back into the hole

And winter is at hand

(Chorus)

Seems a change was due somehow

The obvious eludes me now

Stumble on to the next good thing

Pass the donuts – try to sing

Hey – hey - hey – sweet honky tonk

(Verse)

Count my blessings one by one

Begin with me – I start to run

Out of things – to complain about

Yes i’m the one with all those doubt

Failing harder all the time

Reach my peak and I still I climb

The higher we go – the lower we fall

Pinky Lee and the Taj Majal

(Interlude)

I look back so often

I see a warehouse full of shiny brand new coffins

Well someday son this will all be yours

Spare me dad – the rain it pours

And i start coughing

Oh give me life and give me hope

I was never a punk shooting up dope

Safety pin through your nose

Another stupid overdose

(Chorus)

Hello Abraham, <artin and John

Can you recite the 23rd palm

The valley dark and the daylight darker

Buy your ticket from a carnival barker

Seems the end was over due

I just want to see anything new

Walking backwards into the abyss

A New York bagel – that’s what I miss

Hey – hey - hey – sweet honky tonk