The lights are dim and low in the tavern as I sit all alone with a heart that's lost

But the laughing crowd don't know tears are ready to flow

As I listen to the Honky Tonk Waltz

It's the same waltz we used to dance together

Now you're gone and I'll suffer alone

I'm so blue tonight while another holds you tight and I listen to the honky tonk waltz

[ fiddle - steel ]

There's no use to go to my lonely room I can't sleep I'll just turn and toss

So when the crowd says goodbye I'll just sit here and cry

As I listen to the Honky Tonk Waltz

It's the same waltz...