The Wild Side of Life

No, no, no
I tried to be your one and only angel

And I might have known I'd never make a wife
'Cause the things you said they cut me like a knife
You walked out on the only one who ever loved you
I cried so hard the day you went and left me
You never knew there were honky tonk angels
Well, you left the only one who ever loved you
But I'm not that kind of angel heaven knows
What you wanted was another kind of angel
You walked out on the only one who ever loved you
And you sent me back to the wild side of life, no

And I'm back here on the wild side of life
So I wrote it in the words of this song
There's something I've been waiting for to tell you
To the places where the wine and the liquor flow
I'm only a honky tonk angel

And I might have known I'd never make a wife
Or you might have known, I'd never make a wife
So I went on back to the wild side of life

Now the climate of all the good life, oh has led me
Well, I guess I'm just a honky tonk angel