Lyrics: Arlie Carter/William Warren
Music: Arlie Carter/William Warren
[Intro]
You wouldn't read my letter
If I wrote you
You know, you asked me
Not to call you on the phone
But there's something I wanted to tell you
So I wrote it in words
And a song
[Chorus]
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
I might have known you would have never made a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to the wild side of life
[Verse 1]
The glamour of the game-night life has lured you
To the places where the winΠ΅ and liquor flow
Where you wait to be anybody's baby
And forgΠ΅t the truest love you'll ever know
[Chorus]
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
I might have known you would have never made a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to the wild side of life