I'm a Honky Tonk Girl

Album: Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection (1960)
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  • Ever since you've left me I've done nothing but wrong
    Many nights I've laid awake and cried
    We once were happy
    My heart was in a whirl
    But now, I'm a honky tonk girl

    So turn that jukebox way up high
    And fill my glass up while I cry
    I've lost everything in this world
    And now I'm a honky tonk girl

    I just can't make a right with all of my wrongs
    Every evening of my life seems so long
    I'm sorry and ashamed for all these things you see
    But losing him has made a fool of me

    So fill my glass up to the brim
    To lose my memory of him
    I've lost everything in this world
    And now I'm a honky tonk girl Writer/s: Loretta Lynn
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, SURE - FIRE MUSIC COMPANY
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Comments: 2

  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn October 15th 1960, Loretta Lynn made her first appearance* on the 'Grand Ole Opry'...
    Three months earlier on July 25th, 1960 her first nationally charted record, "I'm A Honky Tonk Girl", peaked at #14 on Billboard's Country & Western Best Sellers in Stores chart...
    Ms. Lynn, born Loretta Webb, will celebrate her 83rd birthday this coming April 14th {2015}...
    * She so impressed the 'Opry' staff that she was invited back for 21 consecutive week-ends.
  • Randy from Houghton Lake, MiI wonder what ever happened to that $17 guitar it would be worth a fortune today.
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