I should hope it ain't a crime to be forgiven Cause I been told you can't forgive without a crime In all these lonesome years inside this prison I've worked out my last request for when I die Won't you put me in the honky tonk angel band Won't you put me in the honky tonk angel band String up my sins across this ol guitar in my hand And put me in honky tonk angel band Well I have seen the broadway neon lights a'buzzin And I have known my kind to wander up this way Given one last chance to find what i've been missin' I can tell you for a picker there just ain't no better place Won't you put me in the honky tonk angel band Won't you put me in the honky tonk angel band String up my sins across this ol guitar in my hand And put me in honky tonk angel band Now I understand you might be hesitant to see me For wherever mischief leads I trail behind Since I broke the only heart that ever loved me I have busked all up and down this earthly side So won't you put me in the honky tonk angel band Won't you put me in the honky tonk angel band? String up my sins across this ol guitar in my hand And put me in the honky tonk angel band Won't you put me in the honky tonk angel band Won't you put me in the honky tong angel band