Subject: Lyr Add: YOU'RE STILL ON MY MIND From: Jim Dixon Date: 08 Feb 05 - 06:50 PM This was mentioned by GUEST,Frankie, who started this thread. YOU'RE STILL ON MY MIND (a.k.a. AN EMPTY BOTTLE, A BROKEN HEART) (Luke McDaniel) The jukebox is playin' a honky-tonk song. One more, I keep sayin', and then I'll go home. What good will it do me? I know what I'll find: An empty bottle, a broken heart, and you're still on my mind. The people are dancin' and havin' their fun While I sit here thinkin' about what you have done. To try and forget you, I turn to the wine: An empty bottle, a broken heart, and you're still on my mind. Alone and forsaken, so blue I could cry, While I sit here drinkin' until the bottle runs dry; What good will it do me? I know what I'll find: An empty bottle, a broken heart, and you're still on my mind. An empty bottle, a broken heart, and you're still on my mind. [Recorded by The Byrds, George Jones, Johnny Paycheck, Red Volkaert, and several others.] |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Scoville Date: 05 Feb 05 - 12:52 AM The Maddox Brothers & Rose did a cover of "Hangover Blues". George Jones: "Tennessee Whiskey" "Whiskey River" "Four-Cent Cotton" (not really honky-tonk) |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: GUEST,bds808 Date: 04 Feb 05 - 10:22 PM Misery & Gin=Merle Haggard |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: GUEST,frankie Date: 29 Sep 01 - 11:47 AM Whoa, Bill D, what a site and well worth supporting. frankie |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: GUEST,Got Here By accident Date: 27 Sep 01 - 12:36 AM I think of the old song "HAND ME DOWN MY WALKIN' CANE" |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Bill D Date: 26 Sep 01 - 05:51 PM and don't forget this thread those songs may disappear without some help |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Bill D Date: 26 Sep 01 - 05:47 PM still running so far..... 'Pick Me Up On Your Way Down' - Charlie Walker Almost Persuaded' - David Houston |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: GUEST,Doc Rock Date: 26 Sep 01 - 02:15 PM Roy Acuff: THE PRECIOUS JEWEL |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Chip2447 Date: 26 Sep 01 - 02:09 PM "ANOTHER PERFECT COUNTRY SONG" lyrics (thus far) by me; "Well my trailer burned down, and my dog ran away. My girlfriend's pregnant, and my little brother's gay. My wife's been seen cheatin with my best friend. My pickup truck has got a flat tire, an if Possum crick flows any higher I'll have to swim to get to my deer camp. Chorus: I'm crying my eyes out in my beer over you What else is a poor ole country boy to do? This long neck bottle is empty once again I can't get a break, I can't never win." Just sing with an appropriate twang...Chip2447 |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: GUEST,Genie Date: 26 Sep 01 - 02:02 AM I Got Friends In Low Places (sung by Garth Brooks) Good Old Mountain Dew Jose Cuervo, You Are a Friend Of Mine (as "53" mentioned) Wasted Away Again in Margaritaville Nancy Whiskey (the other side of it) Whiffenpoof Song Bottle of Wine (Tom Paxton) |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: M.Ted Date: 25 Sep 01 - 04:37 PM Thanks for posting the links everybody--keep it up--oh, how about "ALMOST PERSUADED" and "PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN"? |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: 53 Date: 25 Sep 01 - 02:50 PM jose quevro you are a friend of mine. bob. |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: GUEST,Paddy(1) Date: 25 Sep 01 - 02:39 PM Close up The Honky Tonks - Gram Parsons (among athers)
IF DRINKING DON'T KILL ME (HER MEMORY WILL) - George Jones
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Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: GUEST Date: 25 Sep 01 - 02:06 PM How about Fred Eaglesmith's Water In The Fuel? It's not a song about drinking, but it fits the Honky Tonk genre. A real tear-jerker leaving you reaching for the bottle. Kasey Chambers does the definitive version, however. Hard to find it on her available recordings. |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: RWilhelm Date: 25 Sep 01 - 01:09 AM Here's a new song in the honky tonk tradition: Drunk and Lonesome Again by Souhtern Culture on the Skids. |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: annamill Date: 24 Sep 01 - 02:30 PM "He stopped lovin' her today" - I think it's George Jones. Make's me cry every time. I love old country. Love, annamill |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Deda Date: 24 Sep 01 - 12:28 PM How about "Countin' FLOWERS ON THE WALL" and even "Achey breaky heart"? |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: GUEST,Doc Rock Date: 24 Sep 01 - 09:11 AM Hasn't anyone mentioned Hank's THERE'S A TEAR IN MY BEER or Buck Owens' ACT NATURALLY? If you want something new, check out Brad Paisley's The Tin Man or THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. Of course, the best cryin' in yer beer songs are by Cajun musicians. But then again, you can't cry in your beer if you can't understand the words. p.s. Don't exclude Hank's gospel songs. Sipping a quadruple Jack Daniels and Coke while listening to Lost Highway can have great therapeutic value on a lonely Sunday morning. |
Subject: Lyr Add: BROKEN HEARTED PEOPLE (Guy Clark) From: Midchuck Date: 23 Sep 01 - 09:28 PM Bat Goddess: It's Guy Clark's BROKEN HEARTED PEOPLE:
BROKEN HEARTED PEOPLE Peter. |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Frogmore Date: 23 Sep 01 - 08:25 PM Surprised you Hank nuts didn't mention "SETTIN' THE WOODS ON FIRE." Also, I used to sing a great Hank Thompson song called "Oklahoma Home Brew." And "Swingin' Doors", "6 Pack to Go", James Taylor's perfect George Jones vehicle "I'm Just a Bartender" [BARTENDER'S BLUES]......on and on. Gotta love those tunes whether or not you're a whiskey-head. |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: GUEST,Guest Deda Date: 23 Sep 01 - 06:50 PM How about "Please, mister, please, Don't play B-17" That may not be the title. Olivia Newton-John did it as a real whiner. Then there's "Somebody done somebody wrong song." And a great (i.e., a groaner) but very little known number called "WILL YOUR LAWYER TALK TO GOD FOR YOU?" |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Armen Tanzerian Date: 23 Sep 01 - 06:46 PM Huh? |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Gareth Date: 23 Sep 01 - 06:30 PM An Honourable mention for "THOSE WERE THE DAYS" as sung by Mary Hopkin. Gareth |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Bill D Date: 23 Sep 01 - 05:53 PM one more refresh..the site still goes as of 6:00pm EST...give a listen |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Armen Tanzerian Date: 23 Sep 01 - 12:45 AM - Pop A Top Again, Jim Ed Brown
- Sun Come Up, Niel Stuckey
- Drink Up and Go Home, Jimmy Martin
- THE MEMORY OF YOUR SMILE, Stanley Brothers - Here I Am, I'm Drunk Again, Moe Bandy |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Bill D Date: 22 Sep 01 - 05:31 PM Queen of the Silver Dollar...Doyle Holly |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Jeri Date: 22 Sep 01 - 05:17 PM QUEEN OF THE SILVER DOLLAR Can't remember any more right now. |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Bat Goddess Date: 22 Sep 01 - 04:37 PM Oops. what a difference a keystroke makes (especially in code). "Take me to a barroom, driver Bat Goddess |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Bat Goddess Date: 22 Sep 01 - 04:34 PM "Put the bottle on the bar, so's I can pet it And take down my address before I forget it. Someone's gonna have to take me home yet Cuz I'm gonna sit here until I forget. The way I figure, I've got nothing to lose So, bartender, just pass the booze." Haven't a clue who recorded it. Randa MacNamara used to sing a different song; wish I knew it, "Take me to a barroom, driver |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Bill D Date: 22 Sep 01 - 03:29 PM still going!...here's A-11 done by Johnny Paycheck |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: GUEST,Navillus Date: 22 Sep 01 - 01:52 AM The best I ever heard was a song called A11 which refers to a song on a jukebox. I cannot remember who did the original. |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: kendall Date: 22 Sep 01 - 12:25 AM I was brought up on this stuff...then. I learned two more chords. How about this one,
Turn up the bottle, pour down the wine
I leave the bar at 2 o'clock,
Them old blue lights they serve as a reminder
Long time ago, happiness came with wine Them old blue lights...etc. Kate Wolf |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Date: 21 Sep 01 - 11:56 PM San Antonio Rose was the big honky-tonk hit I remember. |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Bill D Date: 21 Sep 01 - 11:29 PM They do for now...cry tonight, boys... |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Bill D Date: 21 Sep 01 - 11:24 PM When I Stop Dreamin I Think those work |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: toadfrog Date: 21 Sep 01 - 11:06 PM THERE STANDS THE GLASS and WHEN I STOP DREAMING The worst that I've ever been hurt in my life, The first time I ever have wanted to die Was the night that you told me you loved someone else, And asked me If I could forget. When I stop dreaming, that's when I'll stop loving you. Etc. Absolutly guaranteed to cause cying in beer, if any beer is present! |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Bill D Date: 21 Sep 01 - 11:03 PM "In the Pines" by The Louvin Brothers sorry this resource 'may' not be online much longer...attempts are being made to save it. |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Bill D Date: 21 Sep 01 - 10:58 PM Okie from Muskogie by Merle Haggard |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Bill D Date: 21 Sep 01 - 10:53 PM Blackboard of My Heart? sure...here (PM me for copies of these if it quits working) |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Bill D Date: 21 Sep 01 - 10:46 PM good for tonight...maybe not tomorrow |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Mudlark Date: 21 Sep 01 - 09:42 PM I have a neighbor who was raised on these songs, they are meat (and drink!) to him. I don't know a one, but get a kick out of seeing him play, cowboy hat tipped back on his head, work-hardened hands so knotted up it's hard to see what chord he's playing. I've never liked the genre but have figured out that at least all the songs he sings have only 3 chords....D, G and A....easiest back-up playing I've ever done....and harmony is easy too! Great fun..... . Some of his favorites...the Blackboard of my Heart, Mother and Dad Waltz, In the Pines (very different from the bluesy version I know), We'll Go HONKY TONKIN' Round the Town, OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE, Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation [OKLAHOMA HILLS]....He's a Hank lover....Hank Wms, Hank Snow, Hank Thompson.... |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: lamarca Date: 21 Sep 01 - 05:56 PM Then there's the classic I'M GONNA HIRE A WINO TO DECORATE OUR HOME |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: GUEST,Tim Ausburn Date: 21 Sep 01 - 05:48 PM Almost all of Hank Williams' non-Gospel songs fit this list. A whole bunch of Ernest Tubb songs do too. |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: GUEST Date: 21 Sep 01 - 04:39 PM Thanks,everyone, for the response. Some of these I use to know and forgot about and some I've never heard of. Now I've got to start tracking them down. Regards, frankie PS Good one Sorcha. |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: GUEST,Ned Ludd Date: 18 Sep 01 - 01:59 PM I got the blues, I got the blues I got THE ALCOHOLIC BLUES ... Agood old prohibition song! |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: beadie Date: 18 Sep 01 - 11:58 AM Thank God and Greyhound, she's gone. Roy Clark |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: GUEST,Russ Date: 18 Sep 01 - 10:19 AM CRAZY She's got you HE'LL HAVE TO GO Making believe (Cannot remember title but it begins) It's got swinging door, a jukebox, and a bar stool etc. |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: SeanM Date: 18 Sep 01 - 01:41 AM Not 'true' Honky Tonk, more making fun of it, but I've always loved Jimmy Buffet's "Why Don't We Get Drunk And Screw?" M |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: M.Ted Date: 18 Sep 01 - 12:51 AM THE BOTTLE LET ME DOWN |
Subject: RE: Honky Tonk Drinking Songs From: Armen Tanzerian Date: 17 Sep 01 - 09:58 PM Correction: Walls of This Old Honky-Tonk was by Red Steagall. Oh, that reminds me of Lone Star Beer and Bob Wills Music, also by Red Steagall. |
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