Storie edificanti con quel ritornello così orecchiabile! Tina ha riadattato il testo per tenere conto delle politiche sulle pari opportunità vigenti nei primi anni Settanta del secolo scorso. Mais la musique, c’est de la musique. E poi arrivò Beyoncé con le Destiny’s Child, guardandosi bene dal far comparire un gruppo che suonava dietro di loro.

I met a gin soaked, bar-room queen in Memphis,
She tried to take me upstairs for a ride.
She had to heave me right across her shoulder
‘Cause I just can’t seem to drink you off my mind.

It’s the honky tonk women
Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues.

I laid a divorcee in New York City,
I had to put up some kind of a fight.
The lady then she covered me in roses,
She blew my nose and then she blew my mind.

It’s the honky tonk women
Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues.

(Yeah!) It’s the honky tonk women.
Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues.

(Yeah!) It’s the honky tonk women.
Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues.