Well, I woke at 11 to the ring of the phone
  Was my baby just callin' let me know she's gone
  There's nothin' left to say
  She said I had it with you honey and I'm movin' away
  I get the feelin' it's just no use I got the 12 bar blues
  
  Well at night in this town there ain't no place to go
  There's no penny arcade and no picture show
  The sun goes down and then
  I headed out to where the lights are dim
  And the people love to get loose
  They got the 12 bar blues
  
  'Cause in this sleepy little town
  Well you wouldn't think there was nobody around
  But the sound of the swingin' doors
  On the honky tonks they got a dozen or more
  And the hardest thing is to choose
  They got the 12 bar blues
  
  They got the best juke box down at Jimmy and Joe's
  My picture on the wall at the Yellow Rose
  They got the best pinball game at Bill's
  The best hardwood floor at Henry's Bar and Grill
  They wash away my bad news
  I got the 12 bar blues
  
  'Cause in this sleepy little town
  Well you wouldn't think there was nobody around
  But the sound of the swingin' doors
  On the honky tonks they got a dozen or more
  And the hardest thing is to choose
  They got the 12 bar blues
  
  The hardest thing is to choose
  They got the 12 bar blues