Released: June 18, 1976
Songwriter: Wayne Walker Arlie Carter
Producer: Tom Dowd
[Verse 1]
You wouldn't read my letters if I wrote them
You ask me not to call you on the phone
But there's something I've been waiting for to tell you
So I wrote it in the words of this song
[Chorus]
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went on back to the wild side of life
[Verse 2]
The glamour of the gay nightlife has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquor flow
Where you wait to be somebody else's baby
And forget the truest love you'll ever know
[Chorus]
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went on back to the wild side of life
[Verse 3]
The glamour of the gay nightlife has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquor flow
Where you wait to be somebody else's baby
And forget the truest love you'll ever know
[Chorus]
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went on back to the wild side of life
You wouldn't read my letters if I wrote them
You ask me not to call you on the phone
But there's something I've been waiting for to tell you
So I wrote it in the words of this song
[Chorus]
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went on back to the wild side of life
[Verse 2]
The glamour of the gay nightlife has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquor flow
Where you wait to be somebody else's baby
And forget the truest love you'll ever know
[Chorus]
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went on back to the wild side of life
[Verse 3]
The glamour of the gay nightlife has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquor flow
Where you wait to be somebody else's baby
And forget the truest love you'll ever know
[Chorus]
I didn't know God made honky tonk angels
I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one that ever loved you
And went on back to the wild side of life
more tracks from the album
Trilogy: Three Classic Albums
- I Don’t Want to Talk About It
- It’s Not the Spotlight
- How Long
- The Killing of Georgie, Pts. 1 & 2
- The Wild Side of Life
- Stone Cold Sober
- Three Time Loser
- Pretty Flamingo
- Only a Boy
- Tora, Tora, Tora (Out with the Boys)
- Trade Winds
- All in the Name of Rock ‘N’ Roll
- Fool for You
- Sonny
- Never Give Up On a Dream
- Alright for an Hour
- Sailing
- Young Turks
- Tear It Up
- Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
- Drift Away
- Tonight I’m Yours (Don’t Hurt Me)
- This Old Heart of Mine
- Still Love You
- Big Bayou
- The First Cut Is the Deepest
- The Balltrap
- Just Like a Woman
- Jealous
From the albums
- A Night on the Town (1976)
- A Night on the Town (Deluxe Edition) (1976)
- Trilogy: Three Classic Albums (2005)
Rod Stewart popular songs
- I Don’t Want to Talk About It
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?
- Young Turks
- Maggie May
- Forever Young
- Love Is
- Sailing
- Handbags & Gladrags
- Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? (Remix)
- Maggie May (Live)
- Faith of the Heart
- Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
- Every Picture Tells a Story
- Have I Told You Lately
- Didn’t I
- Baby Jane
- You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)
- The First Cut Is the Deepest
- When I Need You
- Downtown Train
- Rhythm of My Heart
- Hot Legs
- Ruby Tuesday
- Love Minus Zero/No Limit