Well the way things are going
It won't be very long
Till them flashing neon signs

Are all but gone
They say the nightlife ain't the right life
Pour the whiskey down the drain

Melt down all those 45's
That talk about trucks and trains


CHORUS
I'll be there when they burn
The last honky-tonk down

In body mind and spirit
Under the table or under the ground
The fading echoes of a bar-room band

Might be the only sound
I'll be there when they burn
The last honky-tonk down


Pull the jukebox from the ashes
Dust it off and turn it on

We'll dance in the burning embers until dawn
We'll pull a double from the row
And we'll drink to the good ol' days

Sit there till the smoke clears
And my last selection plays


CHORUS
I'll be there when they burn
The last honky-tonk down

In body mind and spirit
Under the table or under the ground
The fading echoes of a bar-room band

Might be the only sound
I'll be there when they burn
The last honky-tonk down


INST.


CHORUS
I'll be there when they burn
The last honky-tonk down

In body mind and spirit
Under the table or under the ground
The fading echoes of the bar-room band

Might be the only sound
I'll be there when they burn
The last honky-tonk down


I'll be there when they burn
The last honky-tonk down