Bud Davis is a country boy who moves to the Houston to stay with his uncle and find work. Bud's aunt and uncle take him out to Gilley's, the local honky tonk, to show him a good time. He loves it and makes it his usual nightly party spot. He gets a job at the refinery where his uncle works and meets Sissy, a local girl looking for her happily ever after. They fall in love and decide to get married. Marriage is a lot harder than either of them ever expected. Can these two grow up and make their love last or will others come between them and ruin their happy ending?