Hello Poetry
Submit your work and get some sparkles! Create free account
Tags
#honkytonk
Better days were in the past For the bar and all inside Windows broke and lights burned out The bar had long since died Carpets gone and floors all worn Scorch marks on the wall Smells of stale beer in the air the bar had it's last call Welcome to the Stagger Inn Good Food and Cold Beer Too Live bands every single night And it's air conditioned too Welcome to the Stagger Inn A bar befits it's name We'll take you the way you are And we're mighty glad you came The stage was now an eyesore As was most of what was here Way back in the corner Sat a woman with her beer Hair was streaked with boot black From a time, who knows when The bar was dead or dying As were most in this old den A few nights folks would still come here To see the towns old jewel What once was gold and glistened Now was just no longer cool The lady way back in the corner Hadn't danced since eighty three Ten times a night she'd go and Play the jukebox tune  5B A song about the devil calling him silver tongued was  her pick She'd hit the worn out buttons While giving her  chapped lips a lick Sitting in the back and nursing A beer as dead as the bar On a steady diet of Winstons That had made her voice as thick as  tar Welcome to the Stagger Inn Good Food and Cold Beer Too Live bands every single night And it's air conditioned too Welcome to the Stagger Inn A bar befits it's name We'll take you the way you are And we're mighty glad you came Maybe fifteen people came here When the other places were full You could see the worn out tiles Where there once was a mechanical bull Trends were never big here Though they tried a few to survive The bar was dead and dying Housing folks who now were barely alive The last band that they had here Was a cover group from down in NC They didn't last the evening Getting out done by  old 5B The woman in the corner With the boot black streak of wild closed her eyes and listened To the memories she had compiled If you ever choose to come here I don't think you'll stay long But, I know you'll hear a singer Talk of the devil in that 5B song The door is always open At the dead and dying Stagger Inn A place that still lives through the ages And the folks remembering what might have been Welcome to the Stagger Inn Good Food and Cold Beer Too Live bands every single night And it's air conditioned too Welcome to the Stagger Inn A bar befits it's name We'll take you the way you are And we're mighty glad you came
0
Apr 26, 2014
Apr 26, 2014 at 6:43 PM UTC
roger-turner
The Stagger Inn
Better days were in the past For the bar and all inside Windows broke and lights burned out The bar had long since died Carpets gone and floors all worn Scorch marks on the wall Smells of stale beer in the air the bar had it's last call Welcome to the Stagger Inn Good Food and Cold Beer Too Live bands every single night And it's air conditioned too Welcome to the Stagger Inn A bar befits it's name We'll take you the way you are And we're mighty glad you came The stage was now an eyesore As was most of what was here Way back in the corner Sat a woman with her beer Hair was streaked with boot black From a time, who knows when The bar was dead or dying As were most in this old den A few nights folks would still come here To see the towns old jewel What once was gold and glistened Now was just no longer cool The lady way back in the corner Hadn't danced since eighty three Ten times a night she'd go and Play the jukebox tune  5B A song about the devil calling him silver tongued was  her pick She'd hit the worn out buttons While giving her  chapped lips a lick Sitting in the back and nursing A beer as dead as the bar On a steady diet of Winstons That had made her voice as thick as  tar Welcome to the Stagger Inn Good Food and Cold Beer Too Live bands every single night And it's air conditioned too Welcome to the Stagger Inn A bar befits it's name We'll take you the way you are And we're mighty glad you came Maybe fifteen people came here When the other places were full You could see the worn out tiles Where there once was a mechanical bull Trends were never big here Though they tried a few to survive The bar was dead and dying Housing folks who now were barely alive The last band that they had here Was a cover group from down in NC They didn't last the evening Getting out done by  old 5B The woman in the corner With the boot black streak of wild closed her eyes and listened To the memories she had compiled If you ever choose to come here I don't think you'll stay long But, I know you'll hear a singer Talk of the devil in that 5B song The door is always open At the dead and dying Stagger Inn A place that still lives through the ages And the folks remembering what might have been Welcome to the Stagger Inn Good Food and Cold Beer Too Live bands every single night And it's air conditioned too Welcome to the Stagger Inn A bar befits it's name We'll take you the way you are And we're mighty glad you came
Continue reading...
80
-Lyrix -Rock 'a Billy Country Rock 'n Roll I wanna' real fast woman and a beautiful horse to ride I wanna' real fast woman and a beautiful horse to ride I wanna' real fast woman who always makes it home ahead of time The Texas summer simmers but the cold long winters hotter still The Texas summer simmers but the cold long winters hotter still Those long winter nights give those fast women time to chase a thrill Big D and Cowtown's brimmin' with those fast hard-hearted women Big D and Cowtown's brimmin' with those fast hard-hearted women It's disaster that their after It's just heartache on the wild side of liven' I wanna' real fast woman and a beautiful horse to ride I wanna' real fast woman and a beautiful horse to ride I wanna' real fast woman who always makes it home ahead of time She's driven' 90 miles an hour lookin' for another honky-tonk She's driven' 90 miles an hour tryin' to make another   honky-tonk She's gonna' find her a cowboy and She's gonna' show him what it's all about I wanna' real fast woman I wanna' real fast woman I wanna' real fast woman who rides her pony home ......in overdrive. -R. (96) -D *Big D and Cowtown---Dallas and Fort Worth (D/FW)
0
Aug 16, 2017
Aug 16, 2017 at 10:24 PM UTC
g-rog-rogers
-Real Fast Woman
-Lyrix -Rock 'a Billy Country Rock 'n Roll I wanna' real fast woman and a beautiful horse to ride I wanna' real fast woman and a beautiful horse to ride I wanna' real fast woman who always makes it home ahead of time The Texas summer simmers but the cold long winters hotter still The Texas summer simmers but the cold long winters hotter still Those long winter nights give those fast women time to chase a thrill Big D and Cowtown's brimmin' with those fast hard-hearted women Big D and Cowtown's brimmin' with those fast hard-hearted women It's disaster that their after It's just heartache on the wild side of liven' I wanna' real fast woman and a beautiful horse to ride I wanna' real fast woman and a beautiful horse to ride I wanna' real fast woman who always makes it home ahead of time She's driven' 90 miles an hour lookin' for another honky-tonk She's driven' 90 miles an hour tryin' to make another   honky-tonk She's gonna' find her a cowboy and She's gonna' show him what it's all about I wanna' real fast woman I wanna' real fast woman I wanna' real fast woman who rides her pony home ......in overdrive. -R. (96) -D *Big D and Cowtown---Dallas and Fort Worth (D/FW)
Continue reading...
58