Lyrics

From that day when she first walked into that Honky Tonk Bar
My heart went a beatin’ and I fell in love with her that night from afar
I remembered when I worked up my nerve and offered to buy her that drink
Later that night as it was hitting first light
I looked at her number.
Remembered how it came with a wink

When I called the next night I knew it was right
That we were meant for each other
You can imagine how my heart fell low
When she said she had a date with another

But I knew it would be all right
After she accepted a date for Saturday Night
Out on that date at half past eight
I thought my life was going to end
When she said she wanted to be just friends

She’s easy on the eyes, heavy on the heart
I should have known that right from the start
She knows how to take a man’s feelings
And send them a reeling

While saying we’re just friends

She can take a man’s money
With smiles like milk and honey
Let him think he has a chance

My friends tell me to forget her
Say we’ll never be together
That she’s stringing me along
Got me where I can’t tell right from wrong

Sometimes I think they’re probably right
That I should find another
But as hard as I try with all of my might
I just can’t think of any other

And now half a year later
I still want to date her

But for now, I think I’d settle
For just one slow dance

She’s easy on the eyes, heavy on the heart
I should have known that right from the start

She knows how to take a man’s feelings
And send them a reeling
While saying we’re just friends

She can take a man’s money
With smiles like milk and honey
Let him think he has a chance

© 2025 Words and Music by William Fred Thompson