You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl

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    Yeah, Connie came back for her second cousin's wedding,
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    first time she'd been home in a year or two,
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    just in time for the rehearsal dinner,
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    that crazy Connie wasn't wearin' any shoes.

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Yeah, she lives in L.A., she flies to New York City,
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that woman's been around the world.
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You can take the girl out of the honky tonk,
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But, you can't take the honky tonk, take the honky tonk
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out of the girl.

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    The dinner broke up at around 11:30,
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    and the boys went off to do what boys do.
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    Connie said, “Hey girls,         let's huddle up,
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    around something 'bout a hundred proof.

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Yeah, she lives in L.A., she flies to New York City,
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that woman's been around the world.
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You can take the girl out of the honky tonk,
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But, you can't take the honky tonk, take the honky tonk
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out of the girl.

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    Well, at nine a.m. out in front of that church,
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    people are going nuts, looking for the groom.
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    Somebody says, “And by the way, where's Connie ?"
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    She's run off with that boy to Cancun !

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Yeah, she lives in L.A., she flies to New York City,
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that woman's been around the world.
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You can take the girl out of the honky tonk,
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But, you can't take the honky tonk, take the honky tonk
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out of the girl.

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