(Live version (on "Real to Reel") differs; repeated in its entirety, below. Why? Because this doesn't differentiate between the live version and the Honky Tonk Union (album) version.)

They got married in a honky tonk bar
Said their vows on a 6-string steel guitar
He'd been in love since the moment he saw her
All them years ago at the livestock show
He's just a rodeo clown
He ain't much, just the biggest d___ fool in town
Now his best man he couldn't come around
'Cause he died a month ago down in Mexico

Well, God bless the fools
For breaking all the rules
And fighting over their bar stools
And getting married in a honky tonk bar

They honeymooned in a pick-up truck
He threw some hay in the bed so that they might stay up all night
And laugh with the stars in the moonlight
And all them UFOs with their crazy light shows
(So) he left his three-legged dog at home
And let the cows loose so they could roam
We don't know if they'll ever come home
But that's okay, you see, we think they ought to go free by now

God bless the fools
For s_______ up all the rules
And hanging onto their bar stools
And getting married in a honky tonk bar

They got married in a honky tonk bar
Said their vows on a 6-string steel guitar
He'd been in love from the moment he saw her
All them years ago at the livestock show
So he's just a rodeo clown
He ain't much, just the biggest d___ fool in town
Now, his best man now couldn't come around
'Cause he died hard and slow down in Mexico

Well, God bless us fools
For stumbling all over your rules
And falling off our bar stools
And getting married in a honky tonk bar

Getting married in a honky tonk bar

Live version:
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Got married in a honky tonk bar
Said their vows on a 6-string steel guitar
He'd been in love from the moment he saw her
All them years ago in the livestock show
So he's just a rodeo clown
He ain't much, just the biggest d___ fool in town
His best man couldn't come around
'Cause he died a month ago down in Mexico

Well, God bless the fools
For breaking all the rules
And fighting over their bar stools
And getting married in a honky tonk bar

They honeymooned in a pick-up truck
He threw some hay in the bed so that they might stay up all night
And laugh with the stars in the moonlight
And all them UFOs with their crazy light shows
So he left his three-legged dog at home
He let the cows loose so they could roam
Now we don't know if they'll ever come home
But that's okay, you see, we think they ought to go free by now

God bless the fools
For s_______ up all the rules
And fallin' off their bar stools
And gettin' married in a honky tonk bar

Got married in a honky tonk bar
They said their vows on a 6-string steel guitar
He'd been in love from the moment he saw her
All them years ago at the livestock show
So he's just a rodeo clown
No he ain't much, still he's the biggest d___ fool in town
His best man no he couldn't come around
'Cause he died hard and slow down in Mexico

Well, God bless us fools
For f___ing up all your rules
And hanging onto our bar stools
And getting married in a honky tonk bar

Getting married in a honky tonk bar

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