SATURDAY NIGHT AT A HONKY TONK BAR
I SAW YOU ALONE, AND I STARED FROM AFAR
HOW WOULD I KNOW WHAT LAY AHEAD?
I IMAGINED YOU LYIN' ON MY FEATHER BED
THE JUKEBOX WAS PLAYIN' THE EAR BLEEDIN' WALTZ
I WAS HOPIN' YOU WOULDN'T NOTICE MY FAULTS
I STOOD NEAR AND READY FER THE DANCE TO BEGIN
YOU KICKED UP YOUR BOOTS AND BUSTED MY SHIN
EAR BLEEDIN' WALTZ...EAR BLEEDIN' WALTZ
WHERE, OH WHERE DID YOU GO?
I'M WAITIN' ON YOU TO JUST SEE ME THROUGH
THE NIGHT OF THE EAR BLEEDIN' WALTZ
MY KNEES BUCKLED UNDER, EYES ROLLED BACK IN MY HEAD
THE NAUSEA HIT ME LIKE TEN TONS OF LEAD
LOST IN THE CROWD, I WANTED YOU BACK
BUT I COULD NOT WITHSTAND YOUR SECOND ATTACK
COME BACK TO ME, THEN YOU WILL SEE...
ALL OF MY LIFE, YOU'LL BE MY EAR BLEEDIN' WIFE
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