[Verse 1]
You wouldn't read my letter if I wrote you
You asked me not to call you on the phone
But there's something I wanted to tell you
So I wrote it in the words of this song

[Chorus]
I didn't know God made honky-tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to that wild side of life

[Verse 2]
The glamor of the gay night life has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquor flow
Wherе you wait to be anybody's play date
And forget thе truest love you've ever know

[Chorus]
I didn't know God made honky-tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to that wild side of life

[Chorus]
I didn't know God made honky-tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went back to that wild side of life