I met a gent so far on the quainty of rivers She tried to take me upstairs for a ride She had to heave me right across her shoulder Cos I just can't seem to drink it off my mind He's a honky-tonk rubbish Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky-tonk blues I laid up there for a fling in New York City I had to go out of some kind of a fight The lady, then she covered me in roses She blew my nose and then she blew my mind He's a honky-tonk rubbish Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky-tonk blues He's a honky-tonk, honky-tonk rubbish Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky-tonk blues He's a honky-tonk, honky-tonk rubbish Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky-tonk blues He's a honky-tonk, honky-tonk rubbish Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky-tonk blues