It won't be long now until that old sun goes down And up those stairs I hide my shameful tears 'Cos I work all night long For a man who's half way gone I'm the barmaid in the honky tonk downstairs And it's a shame I wear the name Of a man who's now been chained To a bottle that destroys all hopes and cares To a man with lonely eyes I work and hide my pride I'm the barmaid in the honky tonk downstairs It won't be long now until that old sun goes down And up those stairs I hide my shameful tears 'Cos I work all night long For a man who's half way gone I'm the barmaid in the honky tonk downstairs And it's a shame I wear the name Of a man who's now been chained To a bottle that destroys all hopes and cares To a man with lonely eyes I work and hide my pride I'm the barmaid in the honky tonk downstairs