By Carl Lee Perkins
| Recorded live at the "Greek Theatre", Los Angeles, California, 3-4 September 1989
| From the live album "Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band".
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| "Okay, a Carl Perkins number now called 'Honey Don't'!"
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| ONE, TWO, THREE!
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| WELL, HOW COME YOU SAY YOU WILL WHEN YOU WON'T?
| SAY YOU DO, BABY, WHEN YOU DON'T?
| EV'RYTHING ABOUT YOU IS SO DOGGONE SWEET;
| YOU GOT THAT SAND ALL OVER YOUR FEET.
| BUT AH-HAH, HONEY, DON'T,
| WELL, HONEY, DON'T, (bop, bop, bop, bop)
| HONEY, DON'T, (bop, bop, bop, bop)
| HONEY, DON'T, (bop, bop, bop, bop)
| HONEY, DON'T, (bop, bop, bop, bop)
| I SAY YOU WILL WHEN YOU WON'T,
| AH-HAH, HONEY, DON'T.
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| WELL, I LOVE YOU, BABY, AND YOU OUGHT TO KNOW,
| I LIKE THE WAY THAT YOU WEAR YOUR CLOTHES.
| EV'RYTHING ABOUT YOU IS SO DOGGONE SWEET,
| YOU STILL GOT SAND ALL OVER YOUR FEET.
| BUT AH-HAH, HONEY, DON'T,
| WELL, HONEY, DON'T, (bop, bop, bop, bop)
| HONEY, DON'T, (bop, bop, bop, bop)
| HONEY, DON'T, (bop, bop, bop, bop)
| HONEY, DON'T, (bop, bop, bop, bop)
| I SAY YOU WILL WHEN YOU WON'T,
| AH-HAH, HONEY, DON'T.
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| "Let me hear it!"
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| WELL, I LOVE YOU, BABY, ON A SATURDAY NIGHT,
| SUNDAY MORNING YOU DON'T LOOK RIGHT.
| YOU'VE BEEN OUT PAINTIN' THE TOWN,
| AH-HAH, BABY, BEEN SLEEPIN' AROUND,
| BUT AH-HAH, HONEY, DON'T, (bop, bop, bop, bop)
| I SAID, HONEY, DON'T, (bop, bop, bop, bop)
| HONEY, DON'T, (bop, bop, bop, bop)
| HONEY, DON'T, (bop, bop, bop, bop)
| HONEY, DON'T, (bop, bop, bop, bop)
| I SAY YOU WILL WHEN YOU WON'T,
| AH-HAH, HONEY, DON'T.
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| "Let me hear the guitar!"
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| WELL, HONEY, DON'T, (bop, bop, bop, bop)
| HONEY, DON'T, (bop, bop, bop, bop)
| HONEY, DON'T, (bop, bop, bop, bop)
| HONEY, DON'T, (bop, bop, bop, bop)
| I SAY YOU WILL WHEN YOU WON'T,
| AH-HAH, HONEY, DON'T.
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| "What do you think of it so far?"
| "Okay, just like we promised, songs you know and love."
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| Honey Don't
| Ringo Starr |
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