Spent a long
long evening
in a low down
honky-tonk bar
Pulled a low down lady
with a long black
honky-tonk car
I asked no questions
I got no lies
A one off winner
I didn't want any ties
And I knew it
wasn't right
Well everybody
has to sometimes
break the rules
Took me down
on the highway
doing too many
miles an hour
And by the way
she motored
thought we might
have made
the Eiffel Tower
She stopped the motor
by her own front door
I knew she'd done it
so many times before
But I was off
of the floor
But everybody has
to sometimes
break the rules
I woke up next morning
feeling kind of
up and down
'Cos I did not know
if I was in or out
of the town
Then I saw the face
from the night before
my purse was empty
lying there on the floor
But like I told you before
That everybody
has to sometimes
break the rules
I spend a low down
evening sitting high
on a honky-tonk stool
And I spent my money
like a low down
honky-tonk fool
But everybody
has to sometimes
break the rules
Well everybody
has to sometimes
break the rules
Yes everybody
has to sometimes
break the rules