Honkytonk Man
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1:26:02
I told her to get her own place.
I gave her all my money...

1:26:05
so she could get one.
1:26:07
She threw the money in my face.
1:26:10
She said that she didn't want
any part of me or my money.

1:26:13
She took off
and went back to her husband.

1:26:19
And you? What'd you do?
1:26:22
I got drunk and started
feeling sorry for myself as usual.

1:26:29
I got to thinking
what a no-good bastard I was...

1:26:33
and what a decent girl Mary was.
1:26:36
I got to thinking
maybe I loved her all along.

1:26:40
Maybe I loved her all this time
and just never realized it until...

1:26:44
I'd lost her.
1:26:49
You didn't try to find her?
1:26:54
I heard she was pregnant
before she left me.

1:26:57
I went on down to Brawley
where she was from and tried to see her.

1:27:01
But before I could see her,
I ran into her husband and his brother.

1:27:05
They beat me up pretty bad
in the parking lot.

1:27:09
Her husband said
Mary didn't want to see me no more.

1:27:12
If I ever tried to see her again...
1:27:14
they'd break my fingers
and I'd never play the guitar again.

1:27:18
So I left town.
1:27:22
And did she have the baby?
1:27:24
Yeah, I heard she did.
1:27:27
A little girl.
1:27:30
You never tried to see her? The little girl?
1:27:37
No, she's better off
not knowing about me.

1:27:41
Mary was right to go back to her husband.
1:27:44
What the hell did I have to offer a kid?
1:27:46
Just honkytonks and flophouses.
1:27:51
That's the life of a country singer.
1:27:53
Hoss, does it sound good to you?
1:27:57
Don't sound too hot
when you put it like that.


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