written by: William Warren / Arlie Carter [Verse 1] Well, you wouldn't read my letters if I wrote you You ask me not to call you on the phone Well, there's something I've been wanting to tell you So I wrote it in the words of this song [Chorus] I didn't know there ain't honky-tonk angels Oh, I might have know you never make a wife You gave up the only one that ever loved you You went back to that wild side of life [Verse 2] The glamour of the gay night life has lured you To places where the wine and liquor flow You just sit and wait to be anybody's baby You forget the truest love you ever know [Chorus] I didn't know there ain't honky-tonk angels Oh, I might have know you never make a wife You gave up the only one that ever loved you You went back to that wild side of life.