This Ain't Your Daddy's Honky Tonk
Hank and Lefty owned the Jukebox back in 1952
They set the bar real high for those to come
Ernest Tubb and the Troubadours in that old Green Hornet
Showed us how to get the job done
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Granddaddies and Grandmothers wore those hardwood floors clean out
Then passed the music down to Mom and Dad
Three generations later on that Honky Tonk Highway
Sons and daughters see just how much they can add
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(Chorus)
This ain't your daddy's honky tonk
It's a different kind of world
We sing our share of Hank
Willie, Patsy, George and Merle
All our heroes don't wear hats .. and
We don't care that they don't
It's a different kind of world
This ain't your daddy's honky tonk
(Instrumental)
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We took the songs we learned ... from Patsy, Hank and Lefty
Cranked 'em up then gave 'em to the world
We may follow Faron Young with a rocker like Bon Jovi
Honky Tonk Heroes, Honky Tonk girls
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(REPEAT Chorus)
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It's a different kind of world
This ain't your daddy's honky tonk
Lonnie C. Ratliff
Okie Acres Music (BMI)
