she s burning the honky tonks down burnin the honky tonks down smoke s been rising all over town she s burning the honky tonks down she caught me running around she was dancing in the ashes when they caught her with them matches she s burning the honky tonks down well she s burning the honky tonks down i tried but i couldn t put them out did the best to save the whiskey but the flame s just too risky she s burning the honky tonks down she s burning the honky tonks down she couldn t stop that honky tonk sound it was sizzling like a griddle when i ran out with my fiddle she s burning the honky tonks down fiddle she s burning the honky tonks down she s down in the jailhouse now said she felt no remorse for breaking out that torch she s burning the honky tonks down yes she s burning the honky tonks down burnin the honky tonks down smoke s been rising all over town she s burning the honky tonks down aww burn it up boys  well that smoke s been a rising all over town she s burning the honky tonks down 