G D7G I love those bright lights and country music C G I won't stay home and cry tonight like all the nights before D7 C G I've just learned that I don't really need you anymore C G I found a little place downtown where guys like me can go D7 G And they've got bright lights and country music C G Bright lights and country music a bottle and a glass A7 D7 Soon I'll be forgetting that there ever was a past G C G And when everybody asks me what helped me forget so fast D7 G I'll say bright lights and country music C G A table by the bandstand a bottle filled with wine D7 C G Honky tonks were made for men with women on their minds C G Nothing else can take away this loneliness of mine D7 G Quite like bright lights and country music C G Bright lights and country music a bottle and a glass A7 D7 Soon I'll be forgetting that there ever was a past G C G And when everybody asks me what helped me forget so fast D7 G I'll say bright lights and country music D7 G I love those bright lights and country music