Garth Brooks

The American Honky Tonk Bar Association

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If your paycheck depends on the weather an’ the clock
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If your conversation calls for a little more than a coffee pot
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If you need to pour your heart out, an’ try to rectify some situation, that you’re facin’
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Contact your American Honky Tonk Bar Association

 	 
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When Uncle Sam dips in your pocket, for most things you don’t mind
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But when your dollar goes to all of those standin’ in a welfare line
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Rejoice you have a voice, if you’re concerned about the destination, of this great nation
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It’s called the American Honky Tonk Bar Association


Chorus 1:
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It represents the hard-hat, gun-rack, achin’-back, over-taxed, flag-wavin’, fun-lovin’ crowd
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Their heart is in the music, an’ they love to play it loud
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There’s no forms or no applications, there’s no red-tape administrations
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It’s the American Honky Tonk Bar Association


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We’re all one big family throughout the cities an’ the towns
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We don’t reach for handouts, we reach for those who’re down
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And every local chapter has a seven-day-a-week-available consultation, for your frustration
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It’s called the American Honky Tonk Bar Association


Repeat Chorus 1


Chorus 2:
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It represents the mud-flap, six-pack, bare-crack, over-taxed, flag-wavin’, fun-lovin’ crowd
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Their heart is in the music, an’ they love to play it loud
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There’s no forms or no applications, there’s no red-tape administrations
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It’s the American Honky Tonk Bar Association

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Go join your American Honky Tonk Bar Association

Do not delay; contact today, your AHBA, your AHBA