You asked me not to call you on the phone
 But there's something I'm wanting to tell you
 So I wrote it in the words of this song

 CHORUS:
 I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
 I might have known you'd never make a wife
 You gave up the only one that ever loved you
 And went back to the wild side of life

 The glamor of the gay night life has lured you
 To the places where the wine and liquor flows
 Where you wait to be anybody's baby
 And forget the truest love you'll ever know

 REPEAT CHORUS


 (As performed by Ray Price on "Night Life")

 You wouldn't read the letter that I wrote you
 You told me not to call you on the phone
 But there's something that I've just got to tell you
 So I wrote it in the words of this song

 CHORUS:
 I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
 I might have known you'd never make a wife
 You gave up the only one that ever loved you
 And went back to the wild side of life

 The glamor of the gay night life has lured you
 To the places where the wine and liquor flow
 Where you wait to be anybody's baby
 And forgot the truest love you'll ever know

 REPEAT CHORUS