If the jukebox took teardrops
   And the whiskey was free
   If that ol' car in the parking lot
   Drove home automatically
   If every night 'neath the honky tonk lights
   Didn't start those memories
   Wouldn't it be a wonderful world
   For somebody just like me
  
   How long can a girl keep goin'
   Like every day's the last
   I've paid off the rent and the government
   Maybe I could pay off the past
  
   If the jukebox took teardrops
   And the whiskey was free
   If that ol' car in the parking lot
   Drove home automatically
   If every night 'neath the honky tonk lights
   Didn't start those memories
   Wouldn't it be a wonderful world
   For somebody just like me
  
   Wouldn't I be on easy street
   Livin' this life of mine
   I could keep right on till the hurt's all gone
   And it wouldn't cost me a dime
  
   If the jukebox took teardrops
   And the whiskey was free
   If that ol' car in the parking lot
   Drove home automatically
   If every night 'neath the honky tonk lights
   Didn't start those memories
   Wouldn't it be a wonderful world
   For somebody just like me
  
   If the jukebox took teardrops
   And the whiskey was free