[Verse 1:Waylon Jeninngs]
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'm wanting 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 the wild side of life

[Instrumental]

[Verse 2: Jessi Colter]
As I sit here tonight the jukebox's playing
A song bout the wild side of life
As I listen to the words you are saying
It brings memories when I was a trusting wife
It wasn't God who made honky tonk angels
As you say in the words of your song
Too many times married men think they're single
And it haunts a million poor girls to go wrong

[Chorus]
[Outro]
They go back to the wild side of life...