I walked into a honkey tonkey just the other day

I dropped a nickel in the juke box just to hear it play

I didn't have no tune in mind I didn't wait to choose

I just dropped a nickle in the slot and I played the juke box blues

There's a guy in there with an old tin horn

And a feller on an old banjo and the man of the fiddle

He wasn't no slouch she could really drag that bow

Well the man on the fiddle he must have got tired

I didn't hear him say 'cause he cut loose on the steel guitar

And the juke box ran away

And I've heard something going strong

It must have been a drum

It gave that song a solid beat

Boy it was goin' some

I walked into a honkey tonkey just the other day

I dropped a nickle in the juke box just to hear it play

I didn't have no tune in mind I didn't wait to choose

Just dropped a nickle in the slot and I played the juke box blues

I've played a lot of juke boxes most everyone in town

That's the first tune I've ever heard

That can make one night surround

Play the juke box blues such a rhythm I've never heard

I danced out both of my shoes