Connie came back for her second cousin's wedding First time she'd been home in a year or two Just in time for the rehearsal dinner That crazy Connie wasn't wearing any shoes Chorus She lives in L.A. she flies to New York City That woman's been around the world You can take the girl out of the honky tonk But you can't take the honky tonk, take the honky tonk, out of the girl Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh That dinner broke up at around 11:30 The boys went out to do what boys do Connie said hey girls let's huddle up Around something 'bout a hundred proof She lives in L.A. she flies to New York City That woman's been around the world You can take the girl out of the honky tonk But you can't take the honky tonk, take the honky tonk, out of the girl Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Well at nine a.m. out in front of that church People goin' nuts looking for the groom Somebody says hey by the way where's Connie She's run off with that boy to Cancun She lives in L.A. she flies to New York City That woman's been around the world You can take the girl out of the honky tonk But you can't take the honky tonk, take the honky tonk, out of the girl Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh