I still show up at five 

Let everybody know I've arrived 

I order up my usual bangles 

I don't want no-one to thank 

I'm not the guy they've come to learn to like 

Somewhere around about eight 

When it's up, wall to wall, in this place 

I sneak into the bathroom stall 

Lift the window, out I crawl 

Better things to do than drink 



Hey, I'm cheatin' on my honky-tonk 

'Fraid my friends are gonna talk 

Tryin' hide it best as I can 

Well, I don't want no-one to know 

What I'm doin', where I go 

Think I'm any less of a man 

I know they'll really kill me 

Try to pull me back if they only knew 

I've been cheatin' on my honky-tonk 

An' comin' home to you 



First time I slipped away 

I felt guilty 'bout all next day 

So next night, just to throw 'em off 

I got so drunk I had to fall 

On my butt to save a little face 

They still don't know I'm doin' wrong 

But they been noticing how I've been gone 

An' I'm running out of ways to lie 

My poor ol' Momma's died three times 

I think they're close to catchin' on 



Hey, I'm cheatin' on my honky-tonk 

'Fraid my friends are gonna talk 

Tryin' hide it best as I can 

Well, I don't want no-one to know 

What I'm doin', where I go 

Think I'm any less of a man 

I know they'll really kill me 

Try to pull me back if they only knew 

I've been cheatin' on my honky-tonk 

An' comin' home to you 



(Oh, wontcha stand on it son) 



Hey, I'm cheatin' on my honky-tonk 

'Fraid my friends are gonna talk 

Tryin' hide it best as I can 

Well, I don't want no-one to know 

What I'm doin', where I go 

Think I'm any less of a man 

I know they'll really kill me 

Try to pull me back if they only knew 

Yeah, I been cheatin' on my honky-tonk 

An' comin' home to you 



I know they'll really kill me 

Try to pull me back if they only knew 

I been cheatin' on my honky-tonk 

An' comin' home to you