I walked in and sat down, ordered me a drink|Tried to wash away the fool I'd been|I was drowning my regrets, trying to forget|The crazy things I'd said to you again|Sitting there beside me was a grey haired older man|Watching as I threw that double down|He said son don't drink so fast, make that whiskey last|Theres lessons to be learned just look around||[Chorus:]|He said honky-tonks and heartaches|Alcohol and bad breaks|They'll teach you things that you don't understand|A bar's a place to study|About love and life and money|And this old stool will humble any man|It might seem like the bitter end|From the outside looking in|But it's ok to live and learn the hardway|That's the school of honky-tonks and heartaches||I told him all about you and all about our fight|How everything I said just came out wrong|He just sat and listened to my convoluted wisdom|I knew I ain't fooling him at all|He said son you're mighty clever, you've got it figured out|But your common sense took a backseat to your pride|Then all at once it hit me and it wasn't just the whiskey|A burning feeling told me he was right||[Repeat chorus]||[Instrumental]||A bar's a place to study|About love and life and money|And this old stool will humble any man|It might seem like the bitter end|From the outside looking in|But it's ok to live and learn the hardway|That's the school of honky-tonks and heartaches||Sitting there beside me was a grey haired older man|Watching as I threw that double down|