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Honky-Tonk, Night-Time Man

This version of Honky-Tonk, Night-Time Man was released by Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1977.

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Little bit of Bakersfield

I’m a honky tonk night time man
I can’t stand no light
I’m a honky tonk night time man
I can’t stand no light
I get my rest in the day time
Do my runnin’ around at night

I had the blues this morning
Had the blues all day today
I had the blues this morning
Had the blues all day today
Well I wish a tornado
Come and blow my blues away, away
That’s what I said, take ’em away

Sounds like Roy
Yeah

And then my heart starts beatin’
When that sun starts sinkin’ low
Well my heart starts beatin’
When that sun starts sinkin’ low
When the shadows fall
I know its time for me to go

Billy Powell on piano

Oh Barry, play me some dobro

I’m a honky tonk night time man
I can’t stand no light
I’m a honky tonk night time man
I can’t stand no light
I get my rest in the day time
I do my runnin’ around, round at night
I get my rest in the day time
Gets that old love sweet stuff at night

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You can understand the lyrics to Honky-Tonk, Night-Time Man if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Honky-Tonk, Night-Time Man" means the words set to the music of Honky-Tonk, Night-Time Man, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Lynyrd Skynyrd. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Honky-Tonk, Night-Time Man and the lyrics to Honky-Tonk, Night-Time Man are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Lynyrd Skynyrd who came here looking just for the lyrics to Honky-Tonk, Night-Time Man, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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