Well, you wouldn't read my letters if I wrote younYou asked me not to call you on the phonenThere's something I've been waiting for to tell younSo I wrote it in the words of this songnnYou never knew there were honky tonk angelsnOr you might have known I'd never make a wifenYou walked out on the only one who ever loved younSo I went back to the wild side of lifennNow the glamor of the good life always lead menTo the places where the wild liquor flowsnI tried to be your one and only angelnBut I'm not that kind of angel, heaven knowsnnI cried so hard the day you went and left men'Cause some things you said, they cut me like a knifenWhat you wanted was another kind of angelnAnd you should be back to the wild side of lifennNo, well, I guess I'm just a honky tonk angelnI might have known I'd never make a wifenWell, you left the only one who ever loved younAnd I'm back here on the wild side of lifennI'm only a honky tonk angelnI might have known I'd never make a wifenYou walked out on the only one who ever loved younAnd you left me here on the wild side of life