[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Well, I’m a honky-tonk nighthawk
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Trottin’ on the hardwood floor
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Said, I’m a honky-tonk nighthawk
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Trottin’ on the hardwood floor
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Yeah, when it comes last call
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I’ll be the last to haul out the door

[Verse 2]
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Give me a buckskin beer and
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A pedal steel guitar
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I like a buckskin beer and
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Pedal steel guitar
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I wanna two-step from Fort Worth
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To Calgary at the Ranchmen’s Bar

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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Well, I don’t care what’s cool or where it’s at
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No, I don’t care what’s cool or where it’s at
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I’m congregating at the places
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Where the folks dress in boots and hats

[Verse 3]
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‘Cause I’m a honky-tonk nighthawk
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Trottin’ on the hardwood floor
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And I’m a honky-tonk nighthawk
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Trottin’ on the hardwood floor
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Yeah, when it comes last call
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I’ll be the last to haul out the door

[Outro]
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