Spent a long, long evening in a low down honky-tonk bar
   Pulled a low down lady with a long black honky-tonk car
   I asked no questions, I got no lies
   A one off winner, I didn't want any ties
   And I knew it wasn't right
   Well, everybody has to sometimes break the rules
  
   Took me down on the highway doing too many miles an hour
   And by the way she motored thought we might have made the Eiffel Tower
   She stopped the motor by her own front door
   I knew she'd done it so many times before
   But I was off of the floor
   But everybody has to sometimes break the rules
  
   I woke up next morning feeling kind of up and down
   'Cos I did not know if I was in or out of the town
   Then I saw the face from the night before
   My purse was empty lying there on the floor
   But like I told you before
   That, everybody has to sometimes break the rules
  
   I spend a low down evening sitting high on a honky-tonk stool
   And I spent my money like a low down honky-tonk fool
   But everybody has to sometimes break the rules
   Well, everybody has to sometimes break the rules
   Yes, everybody has to sometimes break the rules