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- If You're Goin' Girl - Waylon Jennings
- Young Widow Brown - Waylon Jennings
- You Ask Me To - Waylon Jennings
- Year 2000 Minus 25 - Waylon Jennings
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- What's Left Of Me - Waylon Jennings
- Weakness In A Man - Waylon Jennings
- We Made It As Lovers - Waylon Jennings
- Under Your Spell Again - Waylon Jennings
- Today I Started Loving You Again - Waylon Jennings
- This Time Tomorrow (i'll Be Gone) - Waylon Jennings
- These New Changing Times - Waylon Jennings
- The Hunger - Waylon Jennings
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- Singer Of Sad Songs - Waylon Jennings
- Sight For Sore Eyes - Waylon Jennings
- She Was No Good For Me - Waylon Jennings
- She Comes Running - Waylon Jennings
- Settin' Me Up - Waylon Jennings
- Rough & Rowdy Days - Waylon Jennings
- Rose In Paradise - Waylon Jennings
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- River Boy - Waylon Jennings
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- Rainy Day Woman - Waylon Jennings
- Nothing Catches Jesus By Surprise - Waylon Jennings
- New York City R.f.d. - Waylon Jennings
- Must You Throw Dirt In My Face - Waylon Jennings
- Mr. Shuck And Jive - Waylon Jennings
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- If You Were Mine To Lose - Waylon Jennings
- If I Can Find A Clean Shirt - Waylon Jennings
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- I'm A Ramblin' Man - Waylon Jennings
- I Do Believe - Waylon Jennings
- Honky Tonk Blues - Waylon Jennings
- High Time (you Quit Your Low Down Ways) - Waylon Jennings
- Heartaches For A Dime - Waylon Jennings
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- Dukes Of Hazzard Theme - Waylon Jennings
- Down Came The World - Waylon Jennings
- Donna On My Mind - Waylon Jennings
- Don't Cuss The Fiddle - Waylon Jennings
- Come With Me - Waylon Jennings
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- But That's All Right - Waylon Jennings
- Bridge Over Troubled Water - Waylon Jennings
- Bob Wills Is Still The King - Waylon Jennings
- Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way - Waylon Jennings
- Anita Your Dreaming - Waylon Jennings
- Your Love Lingers On - Waylon Jennings
- You Love The Ground I Walk On - Waylon Jennings
- You Don't Mess Around With Me - Waylon Jennings
- Year That Clayton Delaney Died - Waylon Jennings
- Workin' Cheap - Waylon Jennings
- Where Love Has Died - Waylon Jennings
- Where Corn Don't Grow - Waylon Jennings
- What Bothers Me Most - Waylon Jennings
- What About You - Waylon Jennings
- Waymore's Blues - Waylon Jennings
- Wave Goodbye To Me - Waylon Jennings
- Two Streaks Of Steel - Waylon Jennings
- Turn The Page - Waylon Jennings
- Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down - Waylon Jennings
- Time Will Tell The Story - Waylon Jennings
- Time Between Bottles And Wine - Waylon Jennings
- This Is Getting Funny (but There Ain't Nobody Laughing) - Waylon Jennings
- The Last Cowboy Song - Waylon Jennings
- The Ghost Of General Lee - Waylon Jennings
- The Door Is Always Open - Waylon Jennings
- T For Texas (blue Yodel No.1) - Waylon Jennings
- Sweet Music Man - Waylon Jennings
- Sure Didn't Take Him Long - Waylon Jennings
- Such A Waste Of Love - Waylon Jennings
- Sorrow (breaks A Good Man Down) - Waylon Jennings
- Slow Rollin' Low - Waylon Jennings
- Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay - Waylon Jennings
- Silver Ribbons - Waylon Jennings
- Sick And Tired - Waylon Jennings
- Shutting Out The Light - Waylon Jennings
- Shine - Waylon Jennings
- She Loves Me (she Don't Love You) - Waylon Jennings
- Rocks From Rolling Stones - Waylon Jennings
- Right For The Time - Waylon Jennings
- Precious Memories - Waylon Jennings
- Pick Up The Tempo - Waylon Jennings
- Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line - Waylon Jennings
- One Of My Bad Habits - Waylon Jennings
- No Regrets - Waylon Jennings
- Never Say Die - Waylon Jennings
- Mississippi Woman - Waylon Jennings
- Mental Revenge - Waylon Jennings
- Me And Paul - Waylon Jennings
- Mary Ann Regrets - Waylon Jennings
- Makin's Of A Song - Waylon Jennings
- Luckenbach, Texas - Waylon Jennings
- Louisiana Women - Waylon Jennings
- Living Legend (part 2) - Waylon Jennings
- Listen They're Playing My Song - Waylon Jennings
- Let Me Talk To You - Waylon Jennings
- Let Me Stay Awhile - Waylon Jennings
- Kissing You Goodbye - Waylon Jennings
- Jack A Diamond - Waylon Jennings
- I'm Ragged But I'm Right - Waylon Jennings
- I'm Doing This For You - Waylon Jennings
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- I Lost Me - Waylon Jennings
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- Hittin' The Bottle Again - Waylon Jennings
- He Went To Paris - Waylon Jennings
- Hank Williams Syndrome - Waylon Jennings
- Guitars That Won't Stay In Tune - Waylon Jennings
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- Good Hearted Woman - Waylon Jennings
- Gemini Song (when I'm Bad I'm Bad) - Waylon Jennings
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- Folsom Prison Blues - Waylon Jennings
- Entertainer - Waylon Jennings
- Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out Of Hand - Waylon Jennings
- Don't Waste Your Time - Waylon Jennings
- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Waylon Jennings
- Didn't We Shine - Waylon Jennings
- Destiny's Child - Waylon Jennings
- Come On Home And Sing The Blues To Daddy - Waylon Jennings
- Clyde - Waylon Jennings
- Cedartown Georgia - Waylon Jennings
- Carnival Song - Waylon Jennings
- Busted - Waylon Jennings
- Billy - Waylon Jennings
- Armed and Dangerous - Waylon Jennings
- No Good For Me - Waylon Jennings
- Yours Love - Waylon Jennings
- You're Not My Same Sweet Baby - Waylon Jennings
- You Can Have Her - Waylon Jennings
- You Beat All I Ever Saw - Waylon Jennings
- Yes Virginia - Waylon Jennings
- Wurlitzer Prize - Waylon Jennings
- Write Your Own Songs - Waylon Jennings
- Working Without A Net - Waylon Jennings
- Woman Let Me Sing You A Song - Waylon Jennings
- Norweigan Wood (this Bird Has Flown) - Waylon Jennings
- Willie The Wandering Gypsy - Waylon Jennings
- Will the Wolf Survive? - Waylon Jennings
- Wild Ones - Waylon Jennings
- Which Way Do I Go - Waylon Jennings
- What's Happened To Blue Eyes - Waylon Jennings
- What Makes A Man Wander - Waylon Jennings
- We Had It All - Waylon Jennings
- Up In Arkansas - Waylon Jennings
- Unsatisfied - Waylon Jennings
- Trouble Man - Waylon Jennings
- Too Dumb For New York - Waylon Jennings
- Too Close To Call - Waylon Jennings
- To Beat The Devil - Waylon Jennings
- This Train - Waylon Jennings
- Theme From Dukes Of Hazzard - Waylon Jennings
- The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want To Get Over You) - Waylon Jennings
- The Only Daddy Thatll - Waylon Jennings
- Medley Of Elvis Hits: - Waylon Jennings
- The Days Of Sand And Shovels - Waylon Jennings
- Straighten My Mind - Waylon Jennings
- Stay A Little Longer - Waylon Jennings
- Smokie On The Front Door - Waylon Jennings
- Slow Movin' Outlaw - Waylon Jennings
- Silent Partners - Waylon Jennings
- She's Gone Gone Gone - Waylon Jennings
- San Francisco Mabel Joy - Waylon Jennings
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town - Waylon Jennings
- Nobody Knows - Waylon Jennings
- Ride Me Down Easy - Waylon Jennings
- Rainy Seasons - Waylon Jennings
- Pickin' White Gold - Waylon Jennings
- Pastels And Harmony - Waylon Jennings
- Omaha - Waylon Jennings
- Old Timer - Waylon Jennings
- Old Five And Dimers - Waylon Jennings
- Old Church Hymns - Waylon Jennings
- No Good Chain Gang - Waylon Jennings
- Nashville Bum - Waylon Jennings
- Money Cannot Make The Man - Waylon Jennings
- Mona - Waylon Jennings
- Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys - Waylon Jennings
- Mac Arthur Park - Waylon Jennings
- Loving Her Was Easier (than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) - Waylon Jennings
- Love Of The Common People - Waylon Jennings
- Looking For Suzanne - Waylon Jennings
- Lookin' For Love - Waylon Jennings
- Lets All Help The Cowboys - Waylon Jennings
- Lay It Down - Waylon Jennings
- Just Across The Way - Waylon Jennings
- It Should Be Easier Now - Waylon Jennings
- In This Very Same Room - Waylon Jennings
- If You Could Touch - Waylon Jennings
- I've Got My Faults - Waylon Jennings
- I'll Be Alright - Waylon Jennings
- I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself - Waylon Jennings
- I May Never Pass This Way Again - Waylon Jennings
- I Can Get Off - Waylon Jennings
- I Believe You Can - Waylon Jennings
- I Aint Living - Waylon Jennings
- I Ain't The One - Waylon Jennings
- How Much Rain Can One Man Stand - Waylon Jennings
- High Time You Quit Your Lowdown Ways - Waylon Jennings
- Heaven Or Hell - Waylon Jennings
- Heartarche Olders - Waylon Jennings
- Heartaches By The Number - Waylon Jennings
- Grey Eyes You Know - Waylon Jennings
- Come Stay With Me - Waylon Jennings
- Good Timing Man - Waylon Jennings
- Good Time Charlies - Waylon Jennings
- Gentle On My Mind - Waylon Jennings
- Endangered Species - Waylon Jennings
- Dukes Of Hazard (With Willy Nelson) - Waylon Jennings
- Drinkin And Dreamin - Waylon Jennings
- Dreaming My Dreams - Waylon Jennings
- Door Is Always Open - Waylon Jennings
- Don't You Think - Waylon Jennings
- Do It Again - Waylon Jennings
- Dixie, No You're Done - Waylon Jennings
- Crying - Waylon Jennings
- Change My Mind - Waylon Jennings
- Casey's Last Ride - Waylon Jennings
- But You Know I Love You - Waylon Jennings
- Brown Eyed Handsome Man - Waylon Jennings
- Black Rose - Waylon Jennings
- Baby Don't Be Looking In My Mind - Waylon Jennings
- Are You Ready For The Country - Waylon Jennings
- America - Waylon Jennings
- A Lot Of Good - Waylon Jennings
- A Long Time Ago - Waylon Jennings
- A Couple More Years - Waylon Jennings
- 33rd Of August - Waylon Jennings
- (don't Let The Sun Set On You In) Tulsa - Waylon Jennings
Long ago and far away in my ol' common labor shoes
I turned the world all which a way just because you asked me to
Like unto no other feel simple love is simple true
There's no end to what I'd do just because you asked me
Let the world call me a fool but if things are right with me and you
That's all that matters and I'll do anything you asked me to
[ dobro + steel ]
Knowing how much I love you and after all that I've been through
I'd turn and walk away from you just because you asked me to
(Lord I hope you'll never do)
Let the world call me a fool...
[ dobro + steel ]
Yellow haired woman good for nothing empty headed
Most lovely creature that I've seen
With lips that kiss with such a firy stain
Many times I've dreamed of leaving my life behind knowin' all the while
I'm a victim of the smile of this yellow haired woman
[ guitar + harmonica ]
Yellow woman flows across this rich satin bed
Magnificed of perfect feature leaving nothing left unsaid
As I listen to her breathing suddenly I find no escape I'm weary kind
Who sets it up my mind it's this yellow haired woman
[ guitar + harmonica ]
Many times I've dreamed of leaving my life behind knowin' all the while
Here I stand hand in hand turning my face to the wall
If she's gone I can't go on with no love at all
Everywhere people stare each and every day
I can see them laugh at me I can hear them say
You've got to hide your love away you've got to hide your love away
[ guitar ]
How can I even try I can never win hearin' them seein' them in the state I'm in
How could she say to me love will find a way
Gather round all you clowns let me hear you say
Pretty soon this old town I'll be leaving and I'm going just as far as I can go
Cause ever since you've put me down I can't stand to stay around
This old town and all the friends we used to know
And when that old north wind comes a howlin' and your cold arms long for company
When the moon peeps through the pines and there's mem'ries on your mind
You're gonna wonder about me babe you're gonna wonder about me
[ harmonica ]
Pretty soon you may find that you miss me but by then I'll be many miles away
I may be in Baltimore with old friends I knew before
I don't know if that's for sure I can't say
But when that old north wind...
Babe you're gonna wonder about me you're gonna wonder about me
Babe you're gonna wonder about me
You have her now she's your life you're saying how she'll be your wife
And I wish I could be happy for you
But you see my friend I've been there too that's one more thing that'll bother you
When she treats you like she's treated me you'll think of me
When the new wears off and the glamor's gone
But the ties that bind keep holding on and they're strong
You'll think of me being with her like I thought of her being with them
And you and God knows who
You're happy now but wake and see when she treats you like she's treated me
As you wake to see who the next will be you'll think of me
There'll come a time girl you'll look for me in each horizon in each face you see
You'll look for love like love used to be there'll come a time girl you'll look for me
Look all around you if you have the time look at me once more if you can
You once said you loved me now you've changed your mind
But you'll change your mind again
There'll come a time girl...
[ Waylon ]
I'm not here to forget you I'm here to recall the things we used to say and do
I don't wanna get over you I don't wanna get over you
I haunt the same places we used to go alone at a table for two
I don't wanna get over you I don't wanna get over you
They ought to give me the wurlitzer prize for all the silver I let slide
Down the slot playin' those songs sung blue
They help me remember you I don't want to get over you
[ steel ]
A fresh roll of quarters same old song missing you through and through
I don't wanna get over you I don't wanna get over you
They ought to give me...
Verse 1:
E A E
It was a picture perfect wedding
We had the whole world at our feet
Everyone thought we were heading
Down some lovers easy street
We'd have a house out in the country
A picket fence the whole nine yards
They said our love would last forever
It was written in the stars
Chorus:
Wrong
I should have known it all along
When the future looks to bright
Can't be anything but right
Wrong
Verse 2:
E A E
I was all but devastated
When she told me we were through
In a while the heartache faded
And i found somebody new
I swore that this time would be different
I had it all figured out
I wouldn't make the same mystakes
I knew what love was all about
Chorus.
Chorus (bis):
Wrong
Everything was going strong
The sky was always blue
Thought my dreams had all come true
Wrong
Wrong
We'll build the world of our own that no one else can share
All our sorrows will leave far behind the stairs
And I know you will find there'll be peace of mind
And we'll live in a world of our own
Close the door light the lights we'll stay at home tonight
Far away from the bustle and the bright city lights
Let the world fade away just leave us alone
And we'll live in a world of our own
We'll build the world of our own...
Oh my love oh my love I've cried for you so much
Lonely nights without sleeping while I long for your touch
Now your lips can erase the heartache we've known
Come with me to the world of our own
We'll build the world of our own...
And I know you will find there'll be peace of mind
Three fingers whiskey pleasures the drinkers
And moving does more than the same thing for me
Willy he tells me that doers and thinkers say movin' is a closest thing to being free
Willy rosins his riggins laid back his wages he's dead cert on ridin' the big rodeo
My woman's tight with an overdue baby and Willy keeps yelling hey Gypsy let's go
Willy you're wild as a Texas Blue Norther ready rolled from the same makins as me
Well I reckon we're gonna ramble till hell freeze us over
Willy the wandering Gypsy and me
Now ladies we surely will take up your favors
And we'll surely worn you there never will be
A single soul living that could put brand or handle
On Willy the wandering Gypsy and me
Well dance on the mountains shout in the canyons
Swarm it ain't loose herd like a wild buffalo
Jammin' our heads full of figures and angles and tellin' us stuff that we already know
Willy you're wild...
Yeah Willy you're wild...
Willie and Laura Mae Jones were our neighbours a long time back
They lived down the road from us in a shack just like our shack
We worked the fields together learned to count on each other
When you live off the land you ain't got time to think of another man's color
The cotton was high and the corn was growing fine
That was another place and another time
Sit out on the front porch every evening when the sun went down
Willie would play and Laura would sing and them younguns'd dance around
I'd bring out my guitar and we'd play on through the night
Every now and then ol' Willie would grin and say boy you play all right
The cotton was high...
The years rolled past our land and took back what they'd given
We all knew we'd had to move if we were gonna make a livin'
So we all moved off and went about our separate ways
It sure was hard to say goodbye to Willie and Laura Mae
The cotton was high...
The years rolled past our doors and we heard of them no more
When I saw Willie downtown the other day
Said y'all stop right by now we could all sit down and eat by
Sure love to see your children and Laura Mae
Shook his head real slow and his eyes were kind
This is another place and another time
Yes I guess I let you make a fool of me
So I'll just go my foolish way and let you be
But if you should find some human in my misery
All I ask is please don't laugh woman don't you ever laugh at me
All I expect is your respect for the pride inside of me
All I ask is please don't laugh woman don't you ever laugh at me
[ guitar ]
I guess I was just a joke to you right from the start
And the biggest live fool of all those when I gave my heart
Now it's past you don't jest it affects my sanity
All I ask is please don't laugh woman don't you ever laugh at me
All I expect is your respect...
You take the lady...I'll take the lesson
I can't say that anyone's...Doin' me wrong
Cause I allways knew....That the girl had a weakness
For whistlers and jugglers....and singers of songs
Now she was a child...Back when I first met her
And the woman inside her...Was just bein' born
And I knew she'd come with me...Cause she had a fever
For whistlers and jugglers...and singers of songs.
And the whistler will whistle her...A song she can dance to
And jugglers will cheer her...When she starts to cry
The singer will sing her.....A bed of red roses]
Where she might let you....lie by her side
She'll laugh in the face...of the wealthy and famous
And you'll never lose her..To the handsome or strong
But all of your life son...Watch over your shoulder
For whistlers and jusgglers...and singers of songas..
Well I guess I've been blessed with good luck and fortune
All that I have is more than enough
I've tried to work hard but it ain't been easy
But compared to most it ain't been too rough
I've had it all Lord knows I'm thankful the life that I lead is some kind of dream
I've got buses and trucks and stuffs that all make loud noises
Why I even own things that I ain't never seen
And it fills me with pride when I hear them say
There goes a good ol' boy who made it through
I count my blessings with each of your kisses
When you add it all up where would I be without you
You helped me along like an angel of mercy my nature is such that I could've strayed
But your tender love has always controled me
Where others would leave you always have stayed
And it fills me with pride...
I've been thinking it over wondering what to do
Up to now I've been leaving it up to you
But you'll always be the way you've always been
I ain't got the time to go through that again
I've been wasting time and I'm to blame
Living with things I couldn't change
And the one conclusion I've come to
I've been wasting time and a lot of good love on you
I've made up my mind to make my move
It's just a waste of time to wait on you
I'm set to leave and you're set in your ways
You can't change and if you can't I can't stay
I've been wasting time that I can't spare
Wastin' love when you don't care
And the one conclusion I've come to
I've been wasting time and a lot of good love on you
It's been a long time
Since I've had a good time
And I think it's high time I did
Could I have this dance
It feels like romance
And it's good to be feeling like this
The lights are down low
The band’s playin’ slow
To The beautiful Tennessee Waltz
How many love songs
And how many dance floors
have lovers like us waltzed across
Chorus 1:
So waltz me to heaven tonight
To the waltz of the angels we'll blissfully blind
On past the milkyway to paradise
Won't you waltz me to heaven tonight
Chorus 2:
Waltz me to heaven tonight
Honky tonk angels in heavenly flight
With the moon as our halo and the stars in our eyes
Won't you waltz me to heaven to - night.
Chorus 3:
Waltz me to heaven tonight
Hold your heavenly body against mine so tight
As the band softly plays on this magical night
We'll dance past the milkyway to paradise
With the moon as our halo and the stars in our eyes
Won't you waltz me to heaven tonight
I hear the echo of your footsteps they're right in step with marching time
Since you've walked out of my life and out of my world please walk on out of my mind
[ harmonica ]
I know you're hidin' there in the darkness and it's got me running scared and blind
Since you've walked out of my life out of my world please walk on out of my mind
[ harmonica ]
You've got footprints all over my mem'ries I must erase them if I can
You keep stumbling through my hopes and dreams kickin' around my future plans
You've got me walking round in circles looking for something I'll never find
When we dance together my world's in disguise
It's a fairyland tale that's come true
When you look at me girl with those stars in your eyes
I could waltz across Texas with you
Waltz across Texas with you in my arms
Waltz across Texas with you
Like a storybook ending I'm lost in your charms
And I could waltz across Texas with you
[ steel - piano - banjo ]
My heartaches and troubles are just up and gone
The moment you come into view
With your hand in mine dear I could dance on and on
And waltz across Texas with you
About fourteen miles out of Abilene
At a curve in the road and a little stream
I found out what love's about
So long ago wonder what I found out
We all got together at the Buffalo Gap
Granpa Gus ain't got no lap
He went to heaven in a rocking chair
What a surprise if he ain't the only one there
You've got a man over eight feet tall
He can sleep in the kitchen with his feet in the hall
You ain't much more than five feet two
I bet you can do anything you've a mind to
This little song means nothing to you
Wouldn't matter at all if you wanted it to
Just part of my life and part of the show
You load the horses I'll pack the rigger
Let's tell 'em goodbye and walk out the door
One drink and one kiss can lead to too many
We ought to know cause we been there before
Eight hours of ridin' will put us in Houston
Two hours of sleep to make it or bust
Eight seconds of glory you stay in the money
And five year old whiskey to wash down the dust
That ain't no hill for a couple of climbers
That's all we ever intended to be
That ain't no hill for a couple of climbers
Two old sidewinders like you and me
Let's find us a place and a couple of ladies
Someone to lie to someone to trust
Someone who's impressed by a couple of outlaws
Who's gold plated trophies have turned into rust
Now we're damned near broke and we keep buyin' whiskey
Do you think they might settle for a bottle of wine
Well those two over there right there by the jukebox
Yours don't look back hoss but just look at mine
He's a sad song singer he plays a gut-stringer
With vagabond fingers that follow his mind
To far away places he reaches for traces
And touches the faces he's long left behind
He'll keep you from knowing where he's been or going
You'll see the distance right there in his eyes
Just short of stealing he'll take your feelings
Pull at your heart strings till they come untied
Once was a woman who made him turn lonesome
Her memory turns over and over again
Like an old stallion who's longing for freedom
Trying to outrun the wind
[ steel ]
Well I've laughed with the sunshine cried with the rains
I've had some bad nights with the best of the blues
And I go on pretending with long haired women
I still get crazy when I think of you
Once was a woman who made him turn lonesome...
He's like an old stallion who's longing for freedom
I can tell that somewhere there's someone you loved more than me
Someone you loved more than me
And it hurts to say it but you have the right to be free
I know that's the way it should be
But I'm too far gone too far gone
I've loved you so much for so long I'm too far gone
If ever your new love should hurt you or make you feel blue
Hurt you or make you feel blue
Remember your old love will still be around loving you I'll be around loving you
Woman you get meaner every day and your naggin' is hard to stand
So I'll pack my things and I'll be on my way cause it's time to bum again
This house gets smaller with every day and the walls are closin' in
I guess I've said all there is to say and it's time to bum again
The time has come to bum again I'm gonna see all the places I ain't been
Woman you've stirred up the wild wild wind and it's time to bum again
[ ac.guitar ]
I'll visit my buddy out in Bakersfield we soldiered together years back
We'll talk night and day till there's no more to say then I'll head on down the track
I may come back in a year or two and you may not desire me then
There are some things that a man must do and it's time to bum again
The time has come to bum again...
Just like the sun over the mountain top you know I'll always come again
You know I love to spend my morning time like sunlight dancing on your skin
Never gone so long as far telling lies to you oh what you've seen is what I've been
And there is nothing I can hide from you you see me better than I can
Out on the road that lies before me now there are some turns where I will spin
I only hope that you can hold me now till I can gain control again
[ steel ]
Just like a light house you must stand alone and mark the sailors journey's end
No matter what sea I've been sailing on I'll always roll this way again
This time if you want me to come back it's up to you
But remember I won't allow the things you used to do
You're gonna have to toe the mark and walk the line
This time will be the last time
This time if I should feel unwanted I won't stay
Each tomorrow will depend on the love you give today
It's all up to you but keep in mind
This time will be the last time
If this time should be anything like the other times
This time will be the last time
If this time should be anything like the other times
[ instrumental ]
Down the dusty Dixie road my old Levi's draggin' tracks
Nobody cares about where I'm going, for all they know I'm coming back
Wish I had me a true fine woman let her rock me all night long
Baby we could get it together like people do in them old love songs
I can hear somebody laughin' funny how it makes me sad
Lord I wish it was Sunday morning Saturday night sure looking bad
Wish I had me a true fine woman...
[ guitar - dobro ]
I wish I had me a true fine woman...
Sunday morning in the valley we would gather for the service
Emmily Jane would run to meet me she'd smile at papa kinda nervous
All the people came from miles around I can still hear the sound
As they sang thanks to the Lord for the sun up in the sky
For the corn that's growing high and for the child that didn't die
Thanks to the Lord for the crops and for the farm
For the satrenght in my right arm and for keepin' us from harm
Thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks to the Lord for a girl like Emmily Jane
[ac.guitar ]
Came the day that we were married all our folks from the congregation
Emmily Jane was like an angel the sweetest thing in all creation
Papa hugged me and my mama cried everybody smiled with pride
Tennesee oh what I'd give to be back there once again with all the old friends
Who were so kind to me oh Tennessee I was happy as could be
Never got too much done but livin' sure was fun in Tennessee
This big city just depresses me though everybody's as kind as can be
A homesick feeling possesses me I won't be the same till I'm back there again
Tennessee guess the country boy in me
Won't ever be at ease till I feel that southern breeze in Tennessee
To Taos Pueblo out in New Mexico
One night my weary feet did go so I stopped that night in Taos
There's a story in Taos town that if a stranger comes around
When a fresh snow is on the ground a new love will be born in Taos
That night there came a snow in the mountains and the valleys below
And I found a love that's true I know in Taos New Mexico
[ ac.guitar ]
That night in Taos town it seemed love was all around
And the pretty little girl I found a new love was born in Taos
From the first time we met I knew her love would always be true
And I know I'll always love her too the love that I found in Taos
Some night if it should snow there's a place you really ought to go
Got me a habit that I surely got to quit ain't got a habit just hooked a little bit
Sure I'd come to see you but you're nearly never home
Wouldn't call at all but you give good phone
Talk good boogie but you won't get down
Tell me that you love me but you won't come around
Talk good boogie but you won't get down
[ guitar ]
Just when I'm ready think I might got a chance
They change all the music when I'm learning how to dance
Slippin' and slidin' just as much as you can you been a good friend but you hide again
Talk good boogie...
[ guitar ]
He's a giver he'll give her the kind of attention that she's never known
He's a helper he'll help her to open the doors that she can't on her own
He's a lover and he'll love her in ways that she's never been loved before
He's a getter he'll get her by gettin' her into the world she's been hungering for
He's a charmer he'll charm her with money and manners that I never learned
He's a leader he'll lead her across pretty bridges he's plannin' to burn
He's a talker he'll talk her right off of her feet but he won't talk for long
Cause he's a doer and he'll do her
The way that I'd never damned if he won't do her wrong
He's a taker he'll take her to places and make her fly higher than she's ever dared to
He'll take his time before takin' advantage takin' her easy and slow
And after he's taken the body and soul she gives him he'll take her for granted
Take off and leave her taken all of her pride when he goes
I left the old farm down in Texas and bummed all around for a time
Then one day I found myself staring at a sign that read Sunset and Wine
The big cars and the beautiful women put beautiful thoughts in my mind
I decided to be a great actor on the corner of Sunset and Wine
Then a man with a cigar approached me and he put his face right to mine
And declared a great star hit this cover on the corner of Sunset and Wine
[ ac.guitar - harmonica ]
Well I thought he was right for a while for the band seemed to thrill with each line
And they put my name in the sidewalk near the corner of Sunset and Wine
Now six wives and six divorces later I'm down to one very thin dime
And I wish I was back home in Texas and I'd never seen Sunset and Wine
[ harmonica ]
Chorus:
G C/G
Storms never last do they baby
D G
Bad times will pass with the winds
Your hand in mine steals the thunder
D G
You make the sun want to shine
Verse :
G C/G
Oh,i followed you down so many roads...baby
D G
I picked wild flowers and sung you soft sweet songs
And ever road we took God knows our search was for the truth
D G
And the storm brewin' now won't be the last
Chorus.
Chorus bis:
G C/G
Storms never last do they Jessie
D G
Bad times will pass with the winds
G C/G
Your hand in mine steals the thunder
D G
You make the sun want to shine
Stop the world and let me off I'm tired of going round and round
I've played the game of love and lost so stop the world and let me off
My dreams're shattered don't you see now you no longer care for me
I miss the wonder of your kiss how could you leave me here like this
Stop the world and let me off...
[ guitar ]
There's a ramshackle shack in old Caroline it's callin' me back to the woman of mine
Guess if I had the wings of a beautiful dove
Don't you know I'd fly away to the woman I love
When the whippoorwills called on the hills far away
We're gonna sing a little song we're gonna hear them say
My love for you will never ever die we bid everything sail away to the by sweet and by
[ steel - harmonica ]
Those two brown eyes that sparkle with love came down to me from heaven above
Guess if I had the wings of a beautiful dove
Don't you know I'd fly away to the woman I love
No all around all of my life
You could have done better 'cause you've been a good wife
B E B
You're so good woman,Lord you're just too good for me
Verse 2:
B E B
You're so good looking,Lord you could have done better than me
You're so good looking, you know could have done better than me
Look at the men, looking at you
While you're looking at me and i'm happy you do
B E B
You're so good looking,Lord you could have done better than me
Look at the men, looking at you
But you're looking at me Lord i'm happy you do
B E B
You're so good looking,Lord you could have done better than me
E B
And you're so good woman you're just too good for me
[ instrumental ]
She called me baby baby all night long used to hold and kiss me till the dawn
Then one day I woke and she was gone there's no more baby baby all night long
She called me baby baby all night long kissed my tears away when things went wrong
What I'd give if she'd just come back home and call me baby baby all night long
[ guitars ]
She called me baby baby all night long held me up so high and made me strong
Now each time in dreams just like a song I still hear baby baby all night long
He offers you so many things that I can't give
I know your young heart just can't turn him down
And like you say you're free and it's your life to live
See you around on your way down
You're much too young to know the value of a love that's true
I don't think he'll ever learn to love you or think half as much of you as I do
You can't see me your head is too high in the clouds
But I'll be waiting on my side of town
In case you need me and you will I have no doubt see you around on your way down
[ guitar ]
Like you say you're free and it's your life to live see you around on your way down
Wish I was a millionaire I'd play rock music and grow long hair
I tell you boys I'd drive a new Rolls Royce
Pretty women hangin' on me I'd give 'em all the third degree
Satin sheets to keep 'em off of the streets
Hallelujah hear me talkin' to ya praise the Lord and pass the tambourine
Great Jehova you'll come over
As soon as ya see me boogie woogie cross the silver screen
Hang 'em high and hang 'em low put 'em in the eyes wherever I go
Keep 'em all night feelin' just right
I'm not some long lost someone just dropped in to say hello
I'm the same old lover man baby lost so long ago
Cause I was born to believe I never could deceive believe me
I hear no childrens' voices. have they gone back to school?
It's the same old lover man baby still actin' like some kinda fool
Yes I was born to believe I never could deceive believe me
[ piano - steel ]
It's cold outside your window. please let me in the night is wild
I'm the same old lover man baby not some lonesome winsome child
Yes I was born to bring you grief though I never was a thief
I'm the same old lover man baby just dropped in to say what's new
Back home the family's eatin' dinner there's a fire in the fireside warm and bright
But I won't be there today cause I've got a debt to pay
And they don't let black sheep stray from the road
No they don't let black sheep stray from the road
My throat is out crying for water Lord that wind is blowing cold
That guard is watching me like a hawk up in the tree
And I'm longing to be free from the road yes I'm longing to be free from the road
Every bone inside my body's aching and that guard don't care if I live or die
He told me yesterday son don't try to get away
I remember when you said with this ring I Thee wed
Now you've gone betrayed my trust rings of gold have turned to rust
Tears can't wash away the sin love that's dead can't live again
Knowing there's no hope for us turns these rings of gold to rust
Love before was clean and pure never more can I be sure
You will not betray mu trust rings of gold have turned to rust
Plans we made just yesterday sands of time have chipped away
Now they've crumbled into dust rings of gold have turned to rust
You do the things that hurt me so right before my eyes
Just because I love you so I overlook your lies
Let you make a fool of me yes that's what I'll always be
Cause I pretend not to see what's right before my eyes
Everyone keeps telling me what's right before my eyes
Love is blind and I can't see what's right before my eyes
[ dobro - guitar ]
I can't make myself believe what's right before my eyes
I thought your love belong to me but now I realize
You couldn't care and act this way there's nothing I can do or say
Just watch my dream will fade away right before my eyes
Verse 1:
A D
Reno and Me hit the freeway,south out of town on the run
A E
Reno was driving he asked me to roll him one
A D
I turned on the radio,i found us some sweet Emmylou
I sang the harmony,low down and out of key
E A
Reno just howled at the moon
Verse 2:
A D
Somewhere outside Kansas City,on a highway that leads to Cheyenne
A E
The radio put a song by a mexican band
A D
Well i guess we were lost in thoughts of brown skin girls,took a couple
Wrong turns in a row
Reno and Me just laughed and agreed
E A
It don't matter which way you go
Chorus:
A D A E
It don't matter which way you go,when you're calling the highway your home
A D E A
Every old town is your past burning down,it don't matter which way you go
Verse 3:
A D
All of our old friends got married,doing all of their business in town
A E
Climbing a ladder that leads to a hole in the ground
A D
Reno and Me talked it all out, one thing that we'll never know
What's the point of a race where you stay in one place
E A
Believing there's somewhere to go
Chorus (x2).
Chorus:
G D
Pretend i never happened
Erase me from your mind
You will not want to remember
Any love as cold as mine
Verse 1:
G D
I'll be leaving in the morning
For a place i hope i find
All the places must be better
Than all the ones i leave behind
Verse 2:
I don't suppose you'll be unhappy
You'll find ways to spend your time
But if you ever think about me
And if i ever cross your mind
Chorus.
Verse 2.
Chorus.
To the people up in Texas it's the nearest thing to heaven here on earth
The lifestyle up in Texas is just go on out and live for all it's worth
Where the men are all men and the ladies there are born with ways to please
And the people up in Texas think that the rest of all the world is over seas
You don't need no one to tell you when you cross that Texas line
The air starts smellin' sweeter and the water tastes like wine
The sun is always shining so it's seldom ever cold people just grow up there never old
[ guitar ]
You don't need no one...
The people up in Texas...
Yeah the people up in Texas think that the rest of all the world is over seas
Old age and treachery always overcomes youth and skill
Ain't too much that we won't do what Waylon won't Willie will
Even though we've spent our lives charging up the wrong side of the hill
Old age and treachery always overcomes youth and skill
Some people say that our get up and go's got up and gone
I don't know bout you Willie
But I can still jump as high I just can't stay that high that long
Even though we've spent our lives charging up the wrong side of the hill
Old age and treachery always overcomes youth and skill
Young bull says old bull let's run that heiffer down and have a ball
Let's make her squawl
Old bull says young bull let's just ease on adown and love 'em all
Old age and treachery always overcomes...
Rosie loves the raquet ball she won't do it but her sister will
Damn what'd you say that for
Ain't got a thing to do with this I know what you're tryin' to do
Your tryin' to get half a song
Blow on you restless wind up to your old tricks again
Bear down you Texas sun you make the desserts dry and the brush fires run
Splintered wood rusty chains this old front porch swing remains
A pendelum of memories goes back and forth on a summer breeze
Singing old church hymns and nursery rhymes
From the days way back before my time
With a little child upon my knee singing every sweet word back to me
Look how far I had to come to get back where I started from
With a child's wisdom passing time
Singing old church hymns and nursery rhymes
I've run the race I've walked the wire I paid the price of my desire
And the only time I've known it all is just before I took a fall
So howl you lone coyote song fade to sapphire sky of dawn
Count me in the lucky men to send the world around again
Singing old church hymns and nursery rhymes...
I've spent the lifetime making up my mind to be
More than the measure of what I thought others could see
Good luck and fast bucks are too far and too few between
Catalog buyers and old five and dimers like me
She stood beside me letting me know she would be
Something to lean on when everything ran out on me
Fenced yards ain't hole cards and like is not never will be
Reason for rhymers and old five and dimers like me
[ steel ]
It's taking me so long and now that I know I believe
All that I do or say is all I ever will be
Too far and too high and too deep ain't too much to be
Too much ain't enough for old five and dimers like me
You have made no secret of your new love affair
He buys you pretty presents and he takes you everywhere
You seen him all the places where you and I once went
Sit and hold each other tight in front of all our friends
Everybody knows everybody knows why my heart cries
[ ac.guitar ]
There's no need to tell you you're too in love to see
Anything that I told you you'd call jealousy
But if he ever breaks your heart the way that you broke mine
Just come running back to me you're welcome anytime
Everybody knows everybody knows why my heart cries
If it wasn't for the powder and the fine tooth comb
If it wasn't for the powder "and the paint" and the fine tooth comb
You know the Nashville women might as well stay home yeah
[ guitar ]
If the blues was booze I'd stay drunk all the time
If the blues was booze you know I'd stay drunk all the time
Hangin' round bars and takin' you off of my mind
[ guitar ]
Going down the alley to see what I can find
Goin' down the Printer's Alley gonna look around and see what I can find
Let some Nashville woman take me home and blow my mind
You long tall woman you sure don't have to talk
A long legged good lookin' thing you don't have to talk
I can tell that you're from Nashville
You do boogie woogie wiggle when you walk
[ guitar ]
They call me the Nashville Rebel they say leave that boy alone
Don't you give him advice or he'll turn to ice and you might as well talk to stone
But I've got things to do and things to say in my own way
I don't have time for your parties my love's little guessin' games
I've got songs to write in the still of night I was born to write and sing
And I've got things to do and things to say in my own way
[ guitar ]
They call me the Nashville Rebel little girl don't you waste your time
For I've given my heart to this old guitar you deserve a better love than mine
And I've got things to do and things to say in my own way
I'm the Nashville Rebel I'm alone and I like it fine
I'd like to have a wife and live a normal life but I just don't have the time
Cause I've got things to do and things to say in my own way
I've always loved the ladies ladies love the games
Seems the things they want the most is they always want to change
The only thing that changes is my mind
I never could toe the mark and I never could walk the line
Some things don't come easy others should be free
I'd gladly give my heart to you but the rest belongs to me
I don't mean to be a waste of time
I never could toe the mark and I never could walk the line
[ harmonica - ac.guitar ]
I like Southern Comfort it does a thing on me
Takes me home to a gentle touch and wants what's left to me
She's got her own space and I got mine
She don't toe the mark and I don't walk the line
[ harmonica ]
Well I've never been to Spain but I kinda like the music
Say the ladies are insane there and they sure know how to use it
They don't abuse it can't refuse it never gonna lose it
Well I've never been to England but I kinda like the Beatles
I was headed for Las Vegas I only made it out to Needles
But can't you feel it you must believe it cause it feels so good
Well I've never been to heaven but I've been to Oklahoma
People tell me I was born there Lord I really don't remember
In Oklahoma or Arizona what does it matter
[ steel ]
Everybody's talking bad about Ramona
They say she's changed a lot since I've been gone
They say she may not be too glad to see me
Cause Ramona doesn't know I'm coming home
But everybody's wrong about Ramona
They're just going by the way she's actin' now
I just can't believe the things they say about her
Cause Ramona knows the things I wanna allow
Ramana's gonna be the way she used to be
And I'll be proud of her just like I was before
She never was the kind to like those crowded bars
And Ramona won't be seen there anymore
They say I may not recognize Ramona and going by the picture they describe
The life they say she's living sure don't fit her
But I know she's still the same sweet girl inside
I've taken chances on everything in my life
Even against all the odds I've rolled the dice
Count me in on any deal that comes around
Right or wrong never slowed me down
I've always loved you silent but strong
Deep down in your heart you've always known
It's just that I've made more mistakes than any man under the sun
You're the only sensible thing I've ever done
[ steel ]
Never complaining back when the times were bad
Even when your faith in me was all we had
Loving me wasn't worth the price you paid
Darling I've been wrong this is all I can say
I've always loved you silent but strong...
Verse 1:
D Em G A D
I thought to leave your bed for the street
C/G G D
Was as simple as saying goodbye
Em G A D
I couldn't see how blind a man can be
C/G G D
Or how quickly life can fly
Chorus:
D Em G D
As the lines in my face grow deeper
Em G D
And the well of my soul runs dry
Em G A D
I find that i drink more and more
C/G G D
From the memories of you and i
Verse 2:
D Em G A D
The taste of fame is fire to me no more
C/G G D
The attention and hunger have gone
Em G A D
All i have left,the money and the game
C/G G D
I'm a prisoner to the road i'm on
Chorus.
You don’t know me from Adam, madam
May I introduce myself to you?
I live one floor down below
I hear and know almost everything you do
Chorus 1:
I used to hear four feet dancing
Now I’m counting only two
May I borrow some sugar from you?
You can call me nosy neighbor
I’ll admit that it’s mostly truth
But it’s hard to satisfy a cravin’
Can you relate to my old sweet tooth?
Chorus 2:
‘Cause coffee all alone in the mornin’
Makes a bitter tastin’ brew
May I borrow some sugar from you?
Bridge:
Don’t know how I got his feeling
Maybe it’s because your floor is my ceiling
At times I wish it would come crashing through
Cause coffee all alone every mornin’
Makes a bitter tastin’ brew
I'm a man of constant sorrow I've known trouble all my days
I'll say goodbye and leave tomorrow and I won't be back this way
Misery is nothing new to me memories will pay in time
Another day some new tomorrow just might ease my troubled mind
I'm a man of constant sorrow...
I can't be the man you've made of me only you know how I tried
I'll say goodbye and leave tomorrow maybe then you'll be satisfied
[ with Willie Nelson ]
The only two things in life that make it worth livin'
Is guitars that tune good and farm feelin' women
I don't need my name in the marquis lights
I got my song and I got you with me tonight
Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love
Let's go to Luckenbach Texas with Waylon and Willie and the Boys
This succesful life we're livin' got us feudin' like the Hatfields and McCoys
Between Hank Williams pain songs and Newbury's train songs
And Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
Out in Luckenbach Texas ain't nobody feelin' no pain
[ steel ]
So baby let's sell your diamond ring buy some boots and faded jeans and go away
This coat and tie is chokin' me in your high society you cry all day
We've been so busy keepin' up with the Jones'
Four car garage and we're still buildin' on
Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love
Let's go to Luckenbach Texas...
Let's go to Luckenbach Texas...
Verse 1:
D A
Long haired young girl,here beside me
D A
Fit my body,warm my mind
G D
Sleeping quiet,never knowing
A G F D
By tomorrow she'll be one more thing i'm gonna leave behind
Verse 2:
D A
Like them big wheels,i'll be rolling
D A
Like them rivers,gonna flow to sea
G D
Cause i'd rather leave here knowing
A G F D
That i made a fool of love before it made a fool of me
Chorus:
D G D
Low down freedom,you've done cost me
G D
Everything i'll ever lose
G D
Your as empty as my pockets
A G F D
From the top of where you start down to the bottom of my shoes
Verse 3:
D A
Open highway lonesome wind blow
D A
Tell me something i don't know
G D
Wrap them warm arms around me
A G F D
Tell me why i'm gonna leave when i don't really want to go
Chorus(x2).
I'm lookin' for a feeling that I once had with you
Lookin' for a feeling I have grown accustomed to
I've had love and I've had lovers but they never seem to do
I keep lookin' for a feeling that I lost when I lost you
I said when it was over I'd be over you in time
Because nothing lasts forever it's all a state of mind
I found one love I'll find another heaven knows how hard I've tried
But there's something always missing something never satisfied
I'm just a stranger in this town I'm just a drifter looking round
I might stay a lifetime or a week it all depends if I'll find what I seek
You're looking at a heart that needs a home and a little girl to love me and me alone
One who wants a gentleman and accepts me like I am
You're looking at a heart that needs a home
[ guitar ]
I thought I had found her many times but love preserves the right to change its mind
I guess perhaps my ways are strange but without this cast I can't change
You're looking at a heart...
Look into my teardrops and darling you will see
The reflection of an angel that made a fool of me
Look into my teardrops and you will see the eyes
That promised me so many things but all of them were lies
Look into my teardrops the mirror of my soul
And you will see the girl who stilled my only world but I couldn't hold
Look into my teardrops and you will see the one
That broke my heart forever aren't you proud of what you've done
[ ac.guitar ]
That's what you get for lovin' me that's what you get for lovin' me
Everything we had is gone if you can see that's what you get for lovin' me
Don't you shed a tear for me I ain't the love you thought I'd be
I've had a hundred just like you but don't be blue
I'll have a thousand before I'm through
That's what you get for lovin' me...
[ guitar ]
There you go you're cryin' again you should have known how things would end
But someday when your poor heart is on the mend I just might pass this way again
That's what you get for lovin' me...
I don't look the way the average cowboy singer looks
I'll admit I've taken things I never should of took
You can read a different story in a lot of different books
But even then you won't really know how it was a long time ago
Women have been my trouble since I found out they weren't men
In spite of that i stopped and took a wife now and then
They built their fences high but they couldn't hold me in
I was born with a fire down below and I learned to fly a long time ago
[ guitar ]
Don't ask me about the years I spent out in the rain
About the ones I spent in love or the ones I spent insane
Don't ask me who I gave my seat to on that plane
I think you already know I told you that a long time ago
Me and ol' Willie lordy we've been sold and bought
I guess you all heard about some kind of system that we fought
We ain't the only outlaws just the only ones they caught
They tried to run us off but Willie's slow I quit running a long time ago
I want to be free from the noise of the grind
So I live on the outskirts of the back of my mind
With a strong hand a songman and God on my side
I'm writing that freedom a line at a time
On the highway to nowhere that runs through my mind
A yellow line stretches out into the night
Broken in places it's my guiding light
So I'm writing that freedom a line at a time
I'm walking a fine line between wrong and right
I can live with the problems of this day and time
Consider me lucky cause I'll be all right
In my mind I'm having a beautiful life
I'm lost in the feelings of this heart of mine
In search of the border of infinite time
And I find peace of mind in the songs and their rhymes
Darling let's turn back my years and go back to yesterday
Let's pretend that time has stopped and I didn't go away
We had our love to make us happy it wasn't meant to bring us tears
Love like ours should never die so darling let's turn back the years
[ steel ]
We had our love...
Darling let's turn back my years...
I know that you've been foolin' round on me right from the start
So I'll take back my ring and I'll take back my heart
When you're tired of foolin' round with 2-0-3 come on home and fool around with me
I wasn't foolin' round the day I said I'd do
Many a night I wished that I've been foolin' too
I know it's foolish taking all this misery when it's you a fool I'll always be
I know that you've been foolin' round...
[ guitar ]
Honey fool around you'll know right where I'm at
Don't worry if I'm lonesome cause I'm used to that
When you're tired of foolin' round with 2-0-3 come on home and fool around with me
This is the last cowboy song the end of a hundred year waltz
The music is sad as they're singing along another piece of America's lost
He rides a feed lot and clerks in a market
On weekends selling tobacco and beer
His days're spent surrounded by fences
But he'll dream tonight of when fences weren't here
The Old Chisholm Trail is covered by concrete
They truck 'em to market in fifty foot rigs
They blow by his market never slowing to reason
Like living and dying was all he did
This is the last cowboy song...
This is the last cowboy song...
This is the last cowboy song
[ instrumental ]
There she goes again see her smiling so happy with the new love that she's found
See her whisper in my ear all those things I used to hear
Oh how that hurts me so I'm leavin' town she's the reason why I'm leavin' town
I'm going far away where no one knows me when morning comes well I won't be around
To see her whisper in his ear kiss and call him dear
Oh I can't stand that so I'm leavin' town bet she's even glad I'm leavin' town
[ guitar ]
I'm going far away where no one knows me when morning comes well I won't be around
To see her whisper in his ear kiss and call him dear
Oh I can't stand that so I'm leavin' town packin' up my hurt and leavin' town
Why do you treat me as if I were only a friend
What have I done that has made you so distant and cold
Sometimes I wonder if you'll be contented again
Will you be happy when you are withered and old
I can't offer you diamonds or mansions so fine
And I can't offer you clothes your young body crave
But if you'd love me and say that you'll always be mine
Think of the heartaches the tears and the sorrow you'll save honey
[ steel ]
When you are weary and tired of another man's gold
If you ever get lonesome remember this letter my own
But don't try to answer though I've suffered sorrow untold
Kentucky woman she shines with her own kind of light
She'd look at you once and a day that's all wrong looks all right
And I love her God knows I love her Kentucky woman
If she gets to know you she gets to own you Kentucky woman
She's not the kind gets turn at the drop of her name
Cause somethin' iside that she's got turns you on just the same
And she loves me God knows she loves me Kentucky woman
If she gets to know you she gets to own you Kentucky woman
Don't want much good Lord's earth beneath my feet
A gentle touch from that one girl and life is
Sweet and good there ain't no doubt talkin' about Kentucky woman
If she gets to know you she gets to own you Kentucky woman
Don't want much...
Someone's gonna get hurt before you're through
Someone's gonna pay for the things you do
How many hearts must break, how many is it gonna take
To satisfy you, just to satisfy you
Another love, another fool
To play your game
Another love, another fool
They're all the same
Someone's gonna get hurt before you're through
Someone's gonna pay for the things you do
You're gonna find when it's too late, a heart that just won't break
Just to satisfy you, just to satisfy you
How many hearts must break, how many will it take
To satisfy you, just to satisfy you
Just to satisfy you, satisfy you, to satisfy you
Someone's gonna get hurt before you're through
Someone's gonna pay for the things you do
Gonna find when it's too late, a heart that just won't break
To satisfy you, just to satisfy you
Just to satisfy you, satisfy you
Do you ever think about the one who thinks about you
Do you ever wonder dear why he's always waiting here for you
Inspite of all the things you've said and done I'm a fool and you're the only one
I'll keep waiting while you'll have your fun just for you
Can't you see you're a part of me and everything I do
And every dream I dream is just for you
Do you ever think about the one who thinks about you
Do you ever wonder dear why he's always waiting here for you
It makes no difference what you do or say I'll be waiting here the same old way
Living every moment of each day just for you
[ guitar ]
It makes no difference what you do or say I'll be waiting here the same old way
Silver coins that jingle jangle fancy shoes that dance in time
Oh the secrets of her dark eyes they did sing a gypsy rhyme
Yellow clover in tangled blossoms in a meadow silky green
Where she held me to her bosom, lord, just a boy of seventeen
I recall a gypsy woman silver spangles in her eyes
Ivory skin against the moonlight and the taste of life's sweet wine
[ harmonica ]
Soft breezes blow from fragrant meadows stir the darkness in my mind
Oh gentle woman you sleep beside me and little know who haunts my mind
Gypsy lady I hear your laughter and it dances in my head
While my tender wife and babies slumber softly in their bed
J. J. Cale's my hero, best I ever heard
But you gotta sing a little louder, hoss, 'cause I can't hear the words
Some folks call it rock and rol, others call it blues
But I detect a country soul, when I seen his cowboy shoes
And it's alright
It's alright
It may not be right, but it's alright
George might show up flyin' high, if George shows up at all
But he may be, unconsciously, the greatest of them all
From the Beatles and me in Nashville, to the billies and the Rolling Stones
If we all sounded like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones
And it's alright
It's alright
It may not be right, but it's alright
Jesse she's my woman boys, poor little ugly thing
She tells me just how smart I am, so I'll teach her how to sing
When I'm wrong and then she nails me, I get her with the same old line
And it's alright
It's alright
It may not be right, but it's alright
When I was loving you I gave all I had to give
You took the love I gave and took my will to live
Didn't want me then baby what you wantin' now
Hear you talkin' but just keep walkin' it's all over now
Wish you could see girl this is just how it could be
If you kept walking way you did all over me
You might been kinder I can see it all somehow
I hear you talkin' but just keep walkin' it's all over now
[ guitar ]
How does it feel girl to be on the other side
Drop down to your knees sneak out of your pride
You should remember how you kept me there so long
Hear you talkin' but just keep walkin' it's all over now
Maybe the next one will be what you're looking for
Maybe you can give him all he needs and more
Give him all what I needed I don't need it now
It's not supposed to be that way you're supposed to know I love you
But it don't matter anyway if I can't be there to control you
And like the other little children you're gonna dream a dream or two
But be careful what you're dreamin' or soon your dreams'll be dreamin' you
It's not supposed to be that way you're supposed to know I love you
But it don't matter anyway if I can't be there to console you
You go out to play this evenin' play with fire flies till they're gone
Then you rush to meet your lover play with real fire till the dawn
Well my baby used to stay out all night long she made me cry she done me wrong
Come home each morning tellin' me them same old lies
But now table has turned and it's her turn to cry
Because I used to love her but it's all over now
Oh yes I used to love her but it's all over now
Well she started runnin' round with every man in town
Spending all my money playin' a high class game
She would never change no matter how I tried
But the table has turned and it's her turn to cry
Because I used to love her...
I used to wake up in the morning get my breakfast in bed
When I was worried she would ease my achin' head
Now she's here and there with every guy in town
Still tryin' to take me for that same old clown
Because I used to love her...
Verse 1:
If anyone ever finds a better way to love
It'll be her,loving me
If anyone ever goes out of their way to show they care
It'll be her,loving me
Chorus:
She's every women i've ever known rolled up in one
If i'm ever loved anymore,she'll be the one
To get it done,the way it should be
It'll be her,loving me
Verse 2:
If ever i'm down and out and need someone to love
It'll be her,loving me
When everyone else is cold and i need someone warm to hold
I've been a fool I've been a fool
Forgivin' you each time that you've done me wrong
I've been a long time leavin' but I'll be a long time gone
Loved you so much I loved you so much
I stayed around when I should've moved along
I've been a long time leaving but I'll be a long time gone
Hello highline hello highway here come a big ole semi my way
I stick up my thumb hear the truck come trees goin' by lookin' like a fly
On my big legs are my Levi's hup hup hup hup
I've been a fool...
[ harmonica ]
Willie we've been constant companions in all the light and shade
We have spent a million dollars to find out what we made
We have made the maidens marvel at the things we do and say
Down down and out brother up up and away
If you see me gettin' smaller I'm leavin' don't be grieving
Just got to get away from here
If you see me gettin' smaller don't worry I'm in no hurry I've got the right to disappear
God bless old Philadelphia they were standing in the rain
Out in front of the Main Point, a wet and lonely train
Who knows who they came to see a mad man full of beer
A four piece band and a charter bus my border-line career
If you really want me to I'll go it's not that I want to but I'll go
If you've found somebody who could love you more than me
If you really want me to I'll go
I don't know just what you're tryin' to do you told me that your love for me was true
I don't understand my love please tell me what to do if you really want me to I'll go
I need you more than you know ask me to do anything but go
I can hardly talk afraid I'll cry just can't bring myself to say goodbye
Don't tell me that it's over I don't wanna know if you really want me to I'll go
[ ac.guitar ]
I need you more than you know...
Funny a woman can come on so wild and free
Yet insist I don't watch her undresses or watch her watch me
And stand by the bed and shiver as if she were cold
Just to lie down beside me and touch me as if I were gold
One night of love don't make up for six nights alone
I'd rather have one than none Lord I'm flesh and bone
Though sometimes it seems she ain't worth the trouble at all
She can be worth the world if somehow you can touch her at all
Right or wrong a woman can own any man
She can take him inside her and hold his soul in her hand
Then leave him as weary and weak as a newborn child
Fighting to get his first breath and open his eyes
One night of love...
She left the cradle when she learned to crawl
With mama on the front porch she walked off
Headed for the city in a pair of high heeled shoes
And if she'll leave her mama son she'll sure leave you
Don't take it so hard and blame yourself
Cause you ain't the first one that she ever left
She loves her mama but she loves a good time too
And if she'll leave her mama son she'll sure leave you
[ horns ]
Oh you can give her love and you give her hell
No matter what you give her she wants somethin' else
You know she's gonna do exactly what she wants to
And if she'll leave her mama son she'll sure leave you
Sweet dream babby sweet dream baby sweet dream baby how long must I dream
Dream baby got me dreamin' sweet dreams the whole day through
Dream baby got me dreamin' sweet dreams in nighttime too
I love you and I'm dreamin' of you that won't do
Dream baby help me stop my dreamin' you and make my dreams come true
I'm a long way from home and so all alone homesick like I never thought I'd be
I'm a long way from home everything is wrong someone please watch over me
I'm not a custom to this feeling loneliness is burning in my soul
Sometimes the mind is so mistreating I wish I'd stayed at home like I was told
[ guitar ]
I wish I knew the force within me that keeps my mind out of control
What makes me reach for things that I can't see
I wish I'd stayed at home like I was told
I'll go back to her where I'm wanted and maybe I can make up for the wrong
Inspite of all I've done she still wants me so I'll go back to her where I belong
Walking out on her wasn't easy but without a second thought I left her there
I gave my all and did it all to please you but the more I seem to do the less you care
So I'll go back to her...
[ steel ]
If heartaches brought fame in love's crazy game
I'd be a legend a living legend in my time
If they gave gold statues for tears and regrets
I'd be a legend a living legend in my time
But they don't give awards and there's no praise or fame
For a heart that's been broken over love that's in vain
If loneliness meant world acclaim everyone would know my name
I'd be a legend a living in my time
[ guitar ]
Your love I'm no longer sure of seems there's times you'd rather be alone
And if I'm losing you tell me what did I do oh I wonder just where I went wrong
Even though I still feel the same I can't help but feel I'm to blame
Have I done all that I can do to show my love for you
Oh I wonder just where I went wrong
[ organ ]
Even though I still feel the same...
This world that I live in is empty and cold the loneliness cuts me and tortures my soul
I'm no child of destiny and no fortune's son
I've just chased you so long now I'm too weak to run
A new day is here but nothing is new alone in my room I tremble for you
[ piano ]
I know I'll return to the backstreets again to find what I need to prove I'm a man
And there I'll treat shame like an old friend from home
That I can lean on till my mis'ry is gone
[ with Anita Carter ]
Don't get no attention from the people on street
They don't even see us they just step right on our feet
Just two unnoticed people in this great big world are we
And when I think about it yes that's all we'll ever be
But I got you and you got me and if they look they can see that we don't care
I got you and you got me and baby that's all we will ever need
[ guitar ]
Looking through the window of a fancy diamond store
Going window shopping for the things we can't afford
People all around us with their noses in the air
They walk right on by us just like we're not even there
But I got you and you got me...
[ trumpet ]
I got you and you got me...
[ trumpet ]
I don't mind I don't mind I did for a time but I don't mind
It used to break my heart each time you cheated
I tried to leave the Lord knows how I tried
But I stay here no matter how I'm treated and all it really cost me was my pride
But I don't mind I don't mind I did for a time but I don't mind
You and I have a perfect understanding you come and you go as you please
And I never get too angry or demanding it's hard to get mad on your knees
But I don't mind I don't mind I did for a time but I don't mind
Once I was strong as a mountain I stood tall like a giant oak tree
Now my blood runs thin like water in a fountain you took all the man out of me
You know I can't stand to be around you cause you know I'm still in love with you
And my arms keep reaching to do what my thoughts do all the time
I just can't keep my hands off of you
Cause it's like looking at heaven while I'm standing in hell
We shared something precious for a while
You look just like a baby in a cradle to me I just can't keep my hands off of you
Woman you've got the man inside my body trembling the way only you know how to
And I guess that's just one of a million reasons I just can't keep my hands off of you
[ Waylon & Willie ]
Take back the weed take back the cocaine baby
Take back the pills take back the whiskey too
I don't need them now your love was all I was after
I'll make it now I can get off on you
I can get by on little or nothing at all I know
I can get high just thinkin' about you and so
Well take back the weed...
[ steel ]
Who would have thought this was somethin' that I'd ever do
I'm working it out mellowing out on you
Take back the weed...
They said in her younger days her beauty was enough to drive men wild
But the hunger in her body then was not the hunger of some lonely child
Like a butterfly in springtime searching every field for loving's sweetest rose
The embrace of many strangers still could not release her from the hold
In the backstreets and the bedrooms all she's found is disappointments bitterly
While the love that she's too often found was enough to satisfy her needs
She's older than the years she holds and ageing fast with each day passing by
On a downhill run to nowhere cause the hunger never can be satisfied
The reflection in her mirror's not the image she remembers in her mind
Her beauty has been eaten by the hunger and the acid winds of time
She has danced the tune her demons played and payed the piper dearly for his song
Empty now of all her pride but still inside her hunger's just as strong
[ ac.guitar ]
They said in her younger days...
[ instrumental ]
Son you make me feel so proud I pop the buttons of my shirt
I know I said I'd take you to the lake today
But I'm going to have to break those plans and it really hurts
Every time I go fishin' it'd always start me wishin'
That I could be a child again
Take my 50 cents and go down to the local picture show
To watch my heroes rope and ride
Most times they'd win but when they'd lose it always made me cry
Ain't nothing quite as sad as watching your heroes die
One by one as they fall soon there'll be no heroes at all
[ piano ]
Well I guess the fish just ain't bitin' just as well it don't feel like fightin'
All in all it just ain't that great a fishin' day that old newspaper headline
Kind of wrapped around this old heart of mine another big one got away
And I can't count the times he's made me laugh
But this time he's made me cry
There ain't nothing quite as sad as watching your heroes die
I met her just a barroom queen in Memphis
She tried to make me upstairs for a ride
She had to carry me right across her shoulder
Cause I just can't seem to drink her off of my mind
She's a honky tonk woman
Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme the honky tonk girl
I met her either say in New York City I had to put het a one heck of a fight
The lady said she'd covered me with roses
She broke my nose and then she broke my mind
She's a honky tonk woman...
[ fiddle ]
She's a honky tonk woman...
She's a honky tonk woman...
She's a honky tonk woman...
Low down leaving sun,i've done
Did everything that needs done
Woe is me,why can't i see
I'D best be leaving well enough alone
Them neon LIGHT nights,couldn't stay out of fights
(scratch "Them")keep a-huanting me IN memories
There's one in every crowd,for crying out loud
Why was it always turning out TO be me
Chorus:
Where does it go,the good Lord only knows
(scratch "it") seems like it was just the other day
I was down at Green Gables,hawking them tables
And generally blowing all my hard earned pay
Piano rolled blues,danced holes in my shoes
There weren't another other way to be
For loveable losers,no ACCOUNT boozers
And honky tonk heroes like me
Chorus.
I'm gonna change my ways of doing things around here
I'm turning over a new leaf gonna get myself in gear
Cause I've got a woman who's better than most
And I've made a mess of her plans
So startin' today all I'm gonna be is her man
I've been a wild catter and a go go getter
Been an SOB right down to the letter
I've had misadventures I even got pictures
Of even more than I can stand
So startin' today all I want a be is her man
I'm gonna give it all back cause all I've done is take
I've put her on the back burner while I was out on the make
But I've got a woman who's good enough to give me
A second chance again
So starting today all I'm gonna be is her man
I've been a wild catter and a go go getter...
I'm a little bit late but I'm wise enough
I'm taking her by the hand
It's true you have me twisted round your finger and it seems that's where I belong
You know how to hold me to thrill me and control me
Just enough to keep me hangin' on
For now tomorrow and forever I guess I'm tied to you right or wrong
My love keeps a growing cause your love keeps a showing
Just enough to keep me hangin' on
A love that's strong as mine will make me do most anything
Like hiding tears and heartaches and dreaming silly dreams
You've got me where you want me you keep stringing me along
Green River I've come back to you do you remember me
Do you remember Molly with the soft blue eyes
I left here with a lot of dreams none of them came true
What I wanted was here waiting all the time
Green River did she come here every day
Like the neighbors say she did so faithfully
Green River has she's gone away forever
She just disappeared one day as she gave upon me
Green River if you see her won't you tell her I've returned
All I've brought her is myself and this little dream
Please tell her that I love her and my lesson I have learned
I’m gonna write a letter, gonna mail it today
Just as soon as I think of the words to say
I’ve been needing to send it for nearly a year
There’s a woman back home who’s waiting to hear
I meant to tell you, dear Susannah
I’m a long way from Louisiana and you
And I know I promised to be returning
Just as soon as I’ve saved the money I’m earning for you
But I’m married to twins and I’m living in Peru
Well, I’m gonna write a letter
Get it off my mind
But you know the words
Are so hard to find
Sitting, thinking with my pen in my hand
How can I make her understand?
I meant to tell you, dear Julia
I’m a long way from the States, mosquitoes and you
I’ll send some money to help with the kids
I’d like to thank you for all that you did
It’s true Louisiana, and I’m with Susannah, too
Got me a letter, it arrived today
The words I read just blew me away
I don’t believe I’ve ever felt so low
How could Susannah treat me so?
She said, “I meant to tell you, my sweet honey
I’m a long way from your love, your money and you
Please don’t think me under
And I do believe you’ll understand me too
I've thought I'd take a trip to Denver and spend a little time
I thought maybe out in Denver I might get you off my mind
No want no want go with me just want to be alone
I might find someone in Denver that can help me carry on
Gone to Denver gone to Denver gone to mend a broken heart
Now I was goin' and if I'm goin' I'd better be gone gone to Denver
[ guitar ]
Well I've known a quiet wild now I've been losing you
And I'd rather might stay here and find out who I lost into
Maybe I won't even miss you like I always thought I would
I've heard Denver's quite a city and it changed my do me good
Gone to Denver gone to Denver...
Girl I can tell you're trying to work it out
Tryin' to get a handle on what life is all about
Between womenhood and nursery rhymes tryin' to find the truth in lovers lies
Girl I can tell you're trying to work it out
Girl I can see you're wantin' to give it a try
Taking all the good and the bad the truth and the lies
Feelings inside you you can't talk about feelings have a way of not comin' out
Girl I can see you're trying to work it out
[ guitar ]
Between womenhood and nursery rhymes looking for the truth in lovers lies
And the ties that bind the things that last through time
I bring it up
You’re quick to cover it all up again
Thought we were friends
What are friends for?
The old bones in your closet
Must really embarrass you
And so to save face
It’s a locked place
Chorus:
I don’t see why you don’t get naked with me
Get all the little secrets out in the open air
‘Cause we won’t ever be
All that we could be
As long as you won’t get naked with me
The future’s gettin’ shaky
From all this holdin’ back
There’s something in your past
That seems to haunt you
For better or for worse, I said
I meant it through and through
No one has ever loved you
More than I do
[ instrumental ]
Frisco's a mile long away you can afford to fly
But it might as well be the moon Lord when you're as broke as I
Here I sit with my head in my hands watching the trains roll by
Lord the Helping Hand Mission man warned me that the nights here got cold
When you're cold there's nothing as welcome as sunshine
When you're dry there's nothing as welcome as rain
When you're alone there's nothing as slow as passin' time
When you're afoot Lord there's nothing as fast as a train
[ steel ]
Old Frisco's a mighty rich city now that ain't no lie
Well they have some buildings that reach nearly a mile in the sky
Everyone's so busy they can't tell me the reason why
Here's a world full of people so damn many people alone
When you're alone life just don't seem worth living
While you're alive gotta learn to live with the pain
You've been grown for so long there's no one left who'll forgive
You find yourself searching your mind for the links to the chain
I tied my bandana,took my pack from the floor
You were still sleeping,as i stood at the door
Once more i was heading to,God only knows where
That's when it hit me,i was already there
Chorus:
I could ramble,a thousand miles or more
Never find the light i've seen in your eyes before
You gave me the freedom to go on my own way
But you gave me much more,you gave me the freedom to stay
Why keep on running,just to wish on a star
Searching for Heaven,when i know where you are
Life is just empty,when you're walking alone
So wherever we're going girl,Lord it's good to be at home
I hope that I won't be that wrong anymore maybe I've learned this time
I hope that I find what I'm reaching for the way it is in my mind
Some day I'll get over you I'll live to see it all through
But I'll always miss dreaming my dreams with you
But I won't let it change not if I can I'd rather believe in love
And give it away as much as I can to those that I'm fondest of
Some day I'll get over you...
Some day I'll get over you...
You bring me happiness then leave me loneliness
My world is in distress yet I keep falling for you
You look into my eyes and tell the sweetest lies
You're a heartbreak in disguise yet I keep falling for you
Oh darling when you're near my world is happy dear
But when you disappear I don't know what to do
I love in misery you're so unfair to me it's such a mystery why I keep falling for you
[ guitar ]
Oh darling when you're near...
Verse 1:
Lord knows i am peaceful when i'm left alone
D A E
I've always been an eagle,been awhile since i have flown
My claws are sharp as ever,so is my eagle eye
D A E
Somethings gonna go tonight,when the eagle flies
Verse 2:
Lately i've heard rumors that the eagle may be lame
D A E
Just because i've been idle don't mean that i'm tame
You've jeopardized my freedom,my natural place to roost
D A E
I can fly if i have to,if they turn the eagle loose
Chorus:
A E
So lay all your doubts aside,when you go to bed tonight
A B
My feathers have been ruffled and i'm ready for a fight
Just because i took awhile to fly don't mean that i don't care
D A E
When you feel the shadow crossing,the eagle's in the air
Chorus.
D A E
When you feel the shadow crossing,the eagle's in the air
Here I sit drivin' nails in the wall thinking I hear someone in my hall
She said that she'd be back in no time at all here I sit drivin' nails in the wall
In the dark that stacks around me dreams of you keep pounding me
Leading me to where I've never been
And the voice keeps telling me this could be insanity but I know my name as well as you
Here I sit drivin' nails in the wall...
In the wilted patterns of my mind find that I've left you behind
Sowing up my torn memories
Surviving living three bed room electric kitchen and living room
Just burning and it's on a new free way
Here I sit drivin' nails in the wall thinking I hear someone in my hall
She said that she'd be back in no time at all
I've got a couple more years on you baby that's all
I've had more chances to fly and more places to fall
That's not that I'm wiser it's just that I've spent
More time with my back to the wall
And I've picked up a couple more years on you baby that's all
I've walked a couple more roads than you baby that's all
And I'm tired of running while you're only learning to crawl
And you're going somewhere but I've been to somewhere
And found it was nowhere at all
And I've picked up a couple more years on you baby that's all
[ steel ]
Saying goodbye girl don't ever come easy at all
But you've got to fly cause you're hearin' them young eagles call
Someday when you're older you'll smile at a man strong and tall
And say I've got a couple more years on you baby that's all
You'll say I've got a couple more years...
The hardest thing you ever do is love yourself that gal don't love you
She'll cause you sleepless nights and endless pain
But if you don't like the rules don't play the game
Everytime that girl walks by your heart will ache your very soul will die
But love one sided it's just yourself to blame
And if you don't like the rules don't play the game
You think by now I see the fool I've been given my heart a chance to win
Well I do but I don't I will but I won't deep inside I know I'll do again
The hardest thing you ever do is love yourself that gal don't love you
With love one sided it's just yourself to blame
And if you don't like the rules don't play the game
I've been away for so long fought a war that's come and gone
Doesn't anybody know my name
My sister upped and wed mom was sick and took to bed
And my old dog Red's gone lame
Please tell me if you can what time the trains roll in
(Two ten six eighteen) ten forty four
This old house is falling down there ain't no need in me for hanging round
Doesn't anybody know my name
The girl I left behind she's gone with this friend of mine
I don't have to see a sign to know things ain't the same
Please tell me if you can...
You can't get far away on just a soldier's pay doesn't anybody know my name
Used to be when I could see everybody wanted me
Guess nobody cares to see a blind man catch a train
Deep in the west where the tall mountains grow I've gone home
Where the heavens above turn red from the fire down below
Are you listening to me when I'm talking to you
Said together we're one divided we're through
Divided we're through
Silver friend at night yellow friend you come with the dawn
Back in my heart I've been drying my eyes see me run
So you hang on to me and I'll hang on to you
Said together we're one divided we're through
Divided we're through
[ steel ]
Refusing to talk I suppose that it's all for love's sake
And learning to give that's important before you can take from me
Are you listening to me when I'm talking to you
Said together we're one divided we're through
So you hang on to me and I'll hang on to you
Said together we're one divided we're through
In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn
Prettiest woman you ever had laid eyes on
But a man of low degree stood by her side
Promised her he'd take her for his bride but he lied
Delta Dawn what's that flower you have on could it be a faded rose of days gone by
Did I hear you say he was meetin' you here today
To take you to his mansion in the sky
[ guitar ]
She's forty-one and her daddy still calls her baby
All the folks around Brownsville say she's crazy
Cause she walks downtown with a suitcase in her hand
Looking for a mysterious dark haired man
Delta Dawn what's that flower...
Delta Dawn what's that flower...
Delta Dawn what's that flower...
Just a kid with a song when he wandered from home in search of the phantom of fame
She promised she'd wait but he got back too late
Just a scene from the dark side of fame
In the wrong frame of mind he took to the wine
Holding pieces of love's broken chain
It was colder than jade in this world that he'd made
All alone on the dark side of fame
His songs were soon curled on the lips of the world
They earned him the highest of claim
And yet his greatest desire was the simple warmth of love's fire
Cause it's cold on the dark side of fame
The wine took its toll and soon he grew old much younger than most people do
But there's no trace of shame in the sound of his name
I go out with the crowd I play the game
Pretending out loud but it don't seem the same
For the heart of the crowd is gone from sight
And my part of the crowd is not with me tonight
I remember the times each dance with you all those crazy things that we used to do
Sometimes we'd wait for the dance and then steal away
From the crowd and the dance till I hide away
Oh but you're gone and it's not the same old game
I fall apart everytime I hear your name
I'll go on with the crowd of make believe
Now blue ain't the word for the way that I feel
And the storm's brewing in this heart of mine
This ain't no crazy dream I know that it's real
You're someone else's love now you're not mine
Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
While my yearning heart keeps saying you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed
But for now I'm just lonesome all the time
[ steel ]
So take all the treasured dreams I had for you and me
And take all the love I thought was mine
Someday these crazy arms may hold somebody new
But for I'm just lonesome all the time
Crazy arms that reach...
Dark cloud hangin' over me when will it go away
Rain is in my eyes and I can't see life's become just cloudy days
Why she's done me like she's done I guess I'll never know
She knows I need her more than anyone I've made a point to let it show
Cloudy days don't the sun ever shine anymore stormy weather will you always be around
When I'm down I can't stand cloudy days
[ guitar + steel ]
I recall the time when times were good Lord they seem so long ago
But you know they say if rain don't come then love has no chance to grow
Cloudy days don't the sun...
I joined the navy to see the world but nowhere could I find
A girl as sweet as Cindy the girl I left behind
I've sailed the wide world over, can't get her off my mind
Cindy, ohh, Cindy, Cindy don't let me down
Write me a letter soon and I'll be homeward bound
I see her face in every wave, her lips kiss every breeze
Her loving arms reach out for me through calm and stormy seas
At night I pace the lonely deck caressed by memories
Cindy, ohh, Cindy, Cindy don't let me down
I know my Cindy's waitin' as I walk the dock alone
Her loving arms reach out for me, soon I'll be headin' home
Then my sailing days will be over and no more will I roam
Cindy, ohh, Cindy, Cindy don't let me down
Down by the river where the big boats go by
Each day you could see them as evening was nigh
They planned to be married at the first sign of spring
And Jim would take Cindy to see New Orleans
The town folks would smile as they sat there alone
Jim talked of the day he'd make Cindy his own
He saved his money to buy her a ring and take his sweet Cindy to see New Orleans
[ ac.guitar ]
One day a riverboat gambler chanced by
And captured her heart with his sweet words and lies
He told her come with me and you'll be a queen
So they left together to see New Orleans
Each day you can see Jim though years have gone by
Down by the river where the big boats go by
She wrote she'd return at the first sign of spring
Their eyes were upon me as they sat they're drinking
Their hands reach up for you with lust in their hearts
As you dance away I know just what they're thinking
As I watch them watch you it just tears me apart
Dance while my heart breaks Christina
Dance to the strings of your shame and my sorrow
I'll take you home when it's over to dream all the dreams of a brighter tomorrow
[ trumpet ]
Your eyes fall out at them and the crowd all goes wild
To them you're just a woman to go with their wine
I look at you and all I can see is a child
Hating the world makes you old before your time
Dance while my heart breaks Christina...
I only meant to love you don't you know it babe
Why couldn't you be contented with the love I gave
I've given you my heart and now you want my mind
Your love scares me to death girl it's the chokin' kind
You can kill a man with bullets poison or a knife
But it hurts him more to take his pride and run his life
Whatever it is you want girl I hope you find
But that hat don't fit my head it's the chokin' kind
When you fall in love again girl take a tip from me
If you don't like the peaches walk on by the tree
Find what you want and keep it treat it sweet and kind
Gonna catch a freight train as far as I can Lord I don't care which way it goes
Gonna climb a mountain the highest mountain Lord jump off ain't nobody gonna know
Can't you see oh can't you see what that woman's been doin' to me
Can't you see can't you see what that woman's been doin' to me
[ guitar ]
I'm gonna find me a hole in the wall Lord gonna crawl inside and die
Cause my lady a mean old woman Lord never told me good bye
Can't you see oh can't you see what that woman's been doin' to me
Can't you see Lord can't you see what that woman's been doin' to me
( guitar )
Gonna buy a ticket go as far as I can Lord I ain't never coming back
Take me a southbound all the way down Lord till the train run out of track
Can't you see...
[ guitar ]
Go West Young Man the signs all seem to say there's San Diego Frisco or LA
Leave that cold cold woman far behind warm yourself in that California sunshine
Go west young man become a movie star or anything except the fool you are
Expose the lonely corners of your mind to a little dad of that California sunshine
I need a change I've headed up to here she's just playing game that's very clear
But her play mate will soon be hard to find cause I'll be in that California sunshine
[ guitar ]
They say those California girls are fine they know how to really walk your mind
Well one of you get ready cause you're mine I'm headin' for that California sunshine
I need a change I've headed...
Do you remember Cactus Texas nothing but a wide place in the road
Eighteen wheelers never go there main Street's just too narrow for the load
A little town of honest people some we haven't seen for quite awhile
I was young and restless and we both were full of dreams and running wild
We left our old hometown and family barely had a nickel to our name
We were out to win the world not once looking back or losing aim
We hit the big town and the big time not a lot of effort in the deal
But in the bargain we lost touch with one another and old feelings that were real
[ dobro ]
In a big house up on easy street where too much never seems to be enough
We're not the same two people far away from all the days when the times were rough
Including you and I is separated by a wall
It's not something we can talk about in fact we seldom even talk at all
[ dobro ]
I don't think we realize how or why we ever came this far
I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles such are promises
All lies and jests still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest
When I left my home and my family
I was no more than a boy in the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station running scared
Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know
[ steel ]
Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job but I get no offers
Just a come on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
I do declare there were some times when I was so lonesome
And I took some comfort there
[ guitar - steel ]
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down
And cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame
I am leaving I am leaving but the fighter still remains
Each night I leave the barroom when it's over not feeling any pain at closin' time
But tonight your mem'ry found me much too sober
I couldn't drink enough to get you off my mind
Tonight the bottle let me down let your mem'ry come around
The one true friend that I thought I'd found tonight the bottle let me down
[ steel - guitar ]
I've always had a bottle I could turn to lately I've been turning every day
But the booze don't take effect the way it used to
I keep a hurtin' in an old familiar way
Tonight the bottle let me down...
[ guitar ]
Tonight the bottle let me down...
Born to love only you destined to die alone without you
Knowing my dreams can never come true yet knowing that I was born to love you
Night after night wanting for you living a life built around you
Knowing my dreams can never come true yet knowing that I was born to love you
[ ac.guitar ]
I'm back in the saddle again
Out where a friend is a friend
Where the longhorn cattle feed
On the lowly gypsum weed
Back in the saddle again
Ridin' the range once more
Totin' my old .44
Where you sleep out every night
And the only law is right
Back in the saddle again
Whoopi-ty-aye-oh
Rockin' to and fro
Back in the saddle again
Whoopi-ty-aye-yay
I go my way
Back in the saddle again
I'm back in the saddle again
Out where a friend is a friend
Where the longhorn cattle feed
On the lowly gypsum weed
Back in the saddle again
Ridin' the range once more
Totin' my old .44
Where you sleep out every night
And the only law is right
Back in the saddle again
Whoopi-ty-aye-oh
Rockin' to and fro
Back in the saddle again
Whoopi-ty-aye-yay
I go my way
Stranded here in Dallas cold and hungry I ain't got a dime
Sleepin' in the filty trainyard at the warmest driest place that I can find
What have I done that would justify the way you treatin' me Big D
Stranded here in Dallas cold and hungry I don't know a soul
I could feel a little warmer but I find that there's no coat in my woredraw
My clothes're paper thin still you let your chill of winter fall on me Big D
[ guitar ]
Why I wanna go where the winds don't blow till summer
Somewhere the sun will warm this chill in me
Stranded here in Dallas cold and hungry I don't even know my name
Oh my temperature keeps risin' and I feel that it's done damage to my brain
A vagabond dreamer, a rhymer and singer of songs
Singing to no one and nowhere to really belong
I met a beautiful lady, a pure Southern belle of the ball
Like Scarlet O'Hara loved no one but wanted them all
I'll never forget you and love you inspite of your faults
The good and the bad, I want to remember it all
And I did a new dance and you did your Tennessee Waltz
But the party's all over I came uninvited
I'm leaving and taking the belle of the ball
There will always be someone, I guess that's the way it should be
I guess I should know that someone used to be me
They'll gather around her, soon they'll all look the same
At the feet of the lady are lovers without any names
I'll never forget you and love you inspite of your faults
The good and the bad, I want to remember it all
And I did a new dance and you did your Tennessee Waltz
But the party's all over I came uninvited
I was a child and she was a child yet our love was something to see
My parents were poor I was turned from the door of my beautiful Anabel Lee
Now the moon never beams without bringing me dreams of my beautiful Anabel Lee
And the stars never rise but I feel the soft eyes of my beautiful Anabel Lee
[ guitar ]
But not even the angels in heaven above nor the demons down under the sea
Can't keep me away from my meeting someday with my beautiful Anabel Lee
And the moon never beams...
You get a pen and I'll get a paper we're gonna write ourselves a song
We'll drive the poetics crazy I don't think the damn thing's gonna rhyme
[ steel ]
I got a friend and I think he's goofy I guess he thinks the same about me
Guess it really takes one to know one and you look like an old friend of mine
[ piano ]
Out all night and acting crazy I've been up for two whole days
Turn me over and roll me over wind me up for one more rhyme
[ harmonica ]
Well he called me friend and he called me brother
I called him back but he was gone
He took my songs and he took my money
But the jokes on him he's the friend of a fool of a fool of a fool
[ dobro ]
Isn't that anyone who'll take me like I am
Someone who's willing to take a blue in man
Someone that please enough with himself to let me be
Someone who'd love me and try to understand my needs
No I guess there isn't and there's no place I can go I guess I'm destined to be alone
Good thing that somewhere in this world there'll be
Someone who wouldn't always try to change me
Someone not trying to prove their way is right
Take a flame that's burnin' and just put out the light
I've had to burn most every bridge I've crossed
It seems like everything I've loved I'd lost
When I met you I've thought my luck had turned
But our love's just another bridge to burn
So I'll soon light the fire and move on oh I've already been here much too long
I'm so hurt and you're so unconcerned but our love's just another bridge to burn
Sometimes one must love enough for two and that's the way it's been with me and you
I'll see your face no matter where I'll turn but that will be another bridge to burn
So I'll soon light the fire...
I've held it all inward, God knows, I've tried,
But it's an awful awakening in a country boy's life,
To look in the mirror in total surprise.
At the hair on my shoulders and the age in my eyes.
Amanda, light of my life.
Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife.
Amanda, light of my life.
Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife.
It's a measure of people who don't understand,
The pleasures of life in a hillbilly band.
I got my first guitar when I was fourteen,
And I finally made forty: still wearing jeans.
Amanda, light of my life.
Fate should have made you a gentleman's wife.
Amanda, light of my life.
Just a broken down cowboy all down on his luck been through the best of his friends
On a long lonesome highway in an old pickup truck
Crossed Texas like a hot dusty wind
He was all around cowboy back in1949 from the top it's been long way down
Since the whiskey and the women started winnin' his time
They rode him high and hard to the ground
He remembers the thrill of bein' a winner in the days of his first rodeo
But there's somethin' about winning that didn't last forever
Maybe tomorrow things'll get better if devil lets loose of his soul
He'll be be the all around cowboy again
[ ac.guitar ]
So he rolls up a smoke and he sips his Old Crow
Whipes the whiskers that cover his chin
And he grins as he dreams of old rodeo he's the all around cowboy again
Down the road a ways I've heard said a new day's coming on
Where the womenfolk are friendly and the law leaves you alone
Well, I'll believe it when I see it, and I haven't seen it yet
Don't mind me, just keep on talkin'--I'm just looking for my hat
There ain't no God in Mexico, ain't no way to understand
How that border-crossing feeling makes a fool out of a man
If I'd never felt the sunshine, hell I would not curse the rain
If my feet could fit a railroad track, I guess I'd-a been a train
Me and Louise Higginbotham used to chase across the yard
Back in 1947, that's when more than times were hard
Well pity me, I didn't find the line in time like a fool
In front of God and everybody I politely blew my cool
Ain't no God in Mexico ain't no comfort in the can
When you're down in Matamoros gettin' busted by the man
If I'd never felt the sunshine, hell I would not curse the rain
A LONG TIME FORGOTTEN THE DREAMS THAT JUST FELL BY THE WAY
THE GOOD LIFE HE PROMISED AIN'T WHAT SHE'S BEEN LIVING TODAY
BUT SHE NEVER COMPLAINS OF BAD TIMES AND THE BAD THINGS HE'S DONE
SHE JUST TALKS ABOUT THE GOOD THEY'VE HAD
AND ALL THE GOOD TIMES TO COME
CHORUS:
SHE'S A GOOD HEARTED WOMAN IN LOVE WITH HER GOOD TIMIN' MAN
SHE LOVES HIM IN SPITE OF HIS WICKED WAYS SHE DON'T UNDERSTAND
THROUGH TEARDROPS AND LAUGHTER
THEY'LL PASS THROUGH THIS WORLD HAND IN HAND
THIS GOOD HEARTED WOMAN LOVIN' HER GOOD TIMIN' MAN
HE LIKES THE BRIGHT LIGHTS THE NIGHT LIFE
AND THE GOOD TIMIN' FRIENDS
AND WHEN THE PARTY'S ALL OVER SHE'LL WELCOME HIM BACK HOME AGAIN
LORD SHE DON'T UNDERSTAND BUT SHE DOES THE VERY BEST THAT SHE CAN
SHE'S A GOOD HEARTED WOMAN LOVIN' HER GOOD TIMIN' MAN
If you’re goin’ girl in the summertime
Then you’d better take the shinin’ sun
And you’d better take all the golden fields
And the perfume of the clover and the corn
If you’re goin’ girl in the winter time
Then you’d better take all the sparkling snow
And you’d better take the fresh cut firewood
And the smooth red wine that kept us warm
‘Cause if I ever walk in the sun again
It’d be too much for me to understand
And if I ever drink warm red wine again
I’d find myself reaching for your hand
And much more than this
All those things we had
I want you to keep all of your days
May your memories never make me sad
That Jimmy Brown died just 25 and they lowered him under the ground
Right at his head was a mark that had read I leave the world young widow Brown
He left her for me now it's plain to see just why old Jim ain't around
I know that I've tried but the man ain't alive
That can keep up with young widow Brown
That woman she's crazy if she thinks that I'll just keep on a hanging around
I'd leave in a minute cept for one thing that one thing is young widow Brown
[ guitar ]
In her high steppin' style she's a goin' hog wild this night life is a whoopin' me down
But if I lose a place then I'm out of the race for kisses from young widow Brown
I must be gettin' old my walk's gettin' slow just barely can make it around
I work night and day spend all of my pay on pretties for young widow Brown
Long ago and far away
In my ol' common labor shoes
I turned the world all which a way
Just because you asked me to
Like unto no other
Feel simple love is simple true
There's no end to what I'd do
Just because you asked me
Let the world call me a fool
But if things are right with me and you
That's all that matters
And I'll do anything you asked me to
Knowing how much I love you
And after all that I've been through
I'd turn and walk away from you
Just because you asked me to
Lord, I hope you'll never do
Let the world call me a fool
But if things are right with me and you
That's all that matters
Welcome to the years 2002 minus 25 oh say can you smell her for the smoke
God's till up there laughin' so she's gotta be alive
Who says he can't take a dirty joke
Power is as power does and power slips away it's so easy to abuse
Who'd've thought them Arabs would've bought the USA just to give it to the Jews
Singin' crime still don't pay just like it used to
And you know that time slips away till you die
Well I don't give a damn when I choose to no it don't hurt so bad when you're high
Oh say does the future of the homesick and the brave even matter anymore
There ain't no more reason for them boys to run away than there was to fight before
Would you tell me why the hell we'd try to win back in a war
What we wasted in the last
Might just ain't as righteous as it used to be before when your army's out of gas
Singin' crime still don't pay...
Women do know how to carry on
Well there won't be too much cryin' time alone
They'll be right back puttin' me and make up on
Women do know how to carry on
When she can't keep love afloat she will survive
In her soft and sexy way she's gonna shuck and jive
Wipe the tears and find the things that she needs to get along
Women do know how to carry on women do know how to carry on yeah
[ guitar ]
Never knew a man who could take a fall
They'll land right on their pride and then they waste it all
But even when the best she's ever had is gone
Women do know how to carry on
Women do know how to carry on...
Women do know how to carry on
[ guitar ]
They'll be right back puttin' me and make up on
[ guitar ]
There won't be too much cryin' time alone
They'll be right back puttin' me and make up on
I've been cheated, mistreated, broken man, defeated
No one wanted or needed any part of me
I've been bothered and shattered till my heart's torn and tattered
Baby, are you sure you want what's left of me?
I've been busted, disgusted, hurt by those I trusted
There's a big old hurt inside where my heart should be
I've been lied on and cried on, cheated on and spited on
Even dogs think that I'm a tree
Baby, are you sure you want what's left of me?
I've been rocked on and socked on, this heart of mine's been tread on
I been cryin' so long my eyes can hardly see
I've been bad lucked, half crocked till my mind is shell shocked
Baby, are you sure you want what's left of me?
I've been busted, disgusted, hurt by those I trusted
There's a big old hurt inside where my heart should be
I've been lied on and cried on, cheated on and spited on
Even dogs think that I'm a tree
Honey how you've changed it makes me wonder have I ever really known you
How could you abuse and use the kindeness and tenderness that I have shown you
If I have known then I have shown the strenght on which my love could make a stand
But you've mistaken tenderness and kindness for the weakness in your man
I can give you almost anything if I know what you're looking for
I can give you everything any other man can give and more
He may promise you the world but I can give you everything he can
So don't mistake my tenderness for any sign of weakness in your man
[ guitar + harmonica ]
I may live my life alone with walls of stone inside some lonely cell
But no man's gonna take the love I own and never live to tell the tale
So don't forsake the vows you made and don't remove my little golden band
And don't mistake my tenderness for any sign of weakness in your man
boy this week has sure had a lot of Monday's
I ain't never seen it quiet so hard to get over a Sunday before
I guess there's just no simple solution
good times sometimes just end
we made it as lover's and that's the closes that we've been
we made it as lover's we just couldn't make as friends
the hardest part of gettin' over broken romances
is having to learn all the brand new dances
we made it as lover's and that's the closes that we've been
I swore the last time that you let me down that I wouldn't see you if you came around
I can't tell my heart what's right or wrong
And I've been so lonely since you've been gone
You've got me under your spell again saying those things again
Making me believe that you're just mine
Dreaming those dreams again scheming those schemes again
I've gotta take you back just one more time
[ steel ]
Everybody tells me that I'm a fool that I never should have put my faith in you
Way down deep inside I guess I know it's true
No one else can make me feel the way you do
You've got me under your spell again...
I've gotta take you back just one more time
I've gotta take you back just one more time
Today I started loving you again I'm right back where I've really always been
I got over you just long enough to let my heartaches mend
And today I started loving you again
What a fool I was to think I could get by with only these few million tears I cried
I should have known the worst was yet to come
And that crying time for me had just begun
Oh today I started loving you again...
Girls have been a weakness all of my life
But I made a big mistake and I took one for a wife
I've thought that she was different I could settle down
But she won't and I didn't by now I'm leavin' town
This time tomorrow I'll be gone this time tomorrow I'll be gone
[ guitar ]
I'll be a datin' those southern belles there'll be no days of blue
All the queens in New Orleans I'll get around with you
When sun went down I'll come back up I'll be countin' every hour
Till I'm back headin' south for sweet sweet magnolia flowers
This time tomorrow I'll be gone this time tomorrow I'll be gone
I'll play the tambourine follow the sun
I'll never let you down in these new changing times
You're going places in these new changing times
Making your mark in this world is a long straight line
You need someone to go to go along with you
To love you and help you and to do what you'll wanna do
I'll play the tambourine...
[ horns + strings ]
You have all your dreams in these new changing times
If they seem out of reach just keep this thought in mind
They said in her younger days, her beauty was enough to drive men wild
But the hunger in her body then was not the hunger of some lonely child
Like a butterfly in springtime, searching every field for loving's sweetest rose
The embrace of many strangers still could not release her from the hold
In the backstreets and the bedrooms, all she's found is disappointment's bitter weed
While the love that she's too often found was enough to satisfy her needs
She's older than the years she holds, and aging fast with each day passing by
On a downhill run to nowhere, 'cause the hunger never can be satisfied
The reflection in her mirror's not the image she remembers in her mind
Her beauty has been eaten by the hunger and the acid winds of time
She has danced the tune her demons played and paid the piper dearly for his song
Empty now of all her pride, but still inside the hunger's just as strong
Lord knows I am peaceful when I'm left alone
I've always been an eagle it's been a while since I have flown
My claws are as sharp as ever so's my eagle eye
Something's gonna go to ground when the eagle flies
Lately I've heard rumors that the eagle may be lame
Just because I've been idle don't mean that I'm tame
You've jeopardized my freedom my natural place to roost
I can fly when I have to they've turned the eagle loose
So lay all your doubts aside when you go to bed tonight
My feathers are all ruffled now I'm ready for a fight
Just because I took a while to fly don't mean I don't care
When you feel the shadow crossing the eagle's in the air
So lay all your doubts aside...
I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles such are promises
All lies and jests still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest
When I left my home and my family
I was no more than a boy in the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station running scared
Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know
[ steel ]
Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job but I get no offers
Just a come on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
I do declare there were some times when I was so lonesome
And I took some comfort there
[ guitar - steel ]
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down
And cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame
Where it began I can't begin knowin' but I know it's growin' strong
First was the spring and spring became the summer who'd believe you'd come along
Hands touching hands reaching out touching me touching you
Sweet Caroline good times never seemed so good
I'm inclined to believe they never would
Look at the night doesn't seem so lonely fill it up with only two
And when I hurt it runs off my shoulder how can I hurt when I'm holdin' you
Warm touching warm reaching out touching me touching you
Oh sweet Caroline...
Sweet Caroline...
New York woman tryin' to make me love her a sad eyed girl with rollers in her hair
Down the hall somebody's cooking cabbage kids're running up and down the stairs
I'd like to leave this God forsaken city but I can't go no matter how I try
But once again I'll be in Oklahoma tonight when I lay down and close my eyes
I'll be standing in that Oklahoma sunshine just got off a bus from another world
Kissing mom and shaking hands with papa dryin' the teras of an Oklahoma girl
Standing in that oklahoma sunshine a dream that I have dreamed so many times
The blue eyed girl with the golden hair still loves me
When I go back to Oklahoma in my mind
When the cold wind blows in this big city a part of me flies home to where it's warm
New York woman thinks that I'm still with her just because I'm sleeping in her arms
But I'll be standing...
(Bobby Bond)
Come here and look through the window Marie
Open up the shutters tell me what you see
Was that his knock that I heard at the door
Or is it six white horses coming down the road.
Come here and touch me and say that it's all right
You know that to my eyes the days are as the the nights
Read again the letter that tells me that he's gone
To hell with the fighting I want my son home.
I taught him to fish and I taught him to be strong
Taught him that killing any man is wrong
But tomorrow in battle I'd run to where he stood
If the help of a blind man do any good.
Last night I went to this room for a while
I touched all the things that he used as a child
I rock the cradle where he used to lay
I'd found these tin soldiers and threw them away.
Come here and look through the window Marie
Open up the shatters tell me what you see
Was that his knock that I heard at the door
In days gone by but not forgotten I plowed in the fields and I pulled in the cotton
Things you'd never think I've done when you see me now
I pick and sing and they think I'm a star but every time I look down at my old guitar
I know I'm just six strings away from that same ol' plow
I drive a new Royce Rolls buy them tailor made clothes how long will good times stay
A poor boy ways and hard time days just six strings away
[ guitar ]
I met a girl bout a year ago in a little country town where I played a show
And though I love her I still wonder just what she'd do
If I laid that old guitar down how long would she hang around
Or is she just six strings away from someone new
Well them six little strings buy rings and good things but how long would she stay
Widow Jones couldn't make it on her own
Frank was 'lectrafied leaving six kids half grown
In her misery she sent for me the singer of sad songs
And I sympathized and eulogized Frank Jones
And she cried singer of sad songs I need your services today
Doctor of broken hearts I'll wash your clothes and mend your socks for your pay
Farmer Brown had always dreamed of city lights
Mini skirts on pretty girls were in his sights
So one early morn he left his corn to harvest a field of sin
Mrs Brown called me shortly after three a.m.
And she cried singer of sad songs I need your services today
Doctor of broken hearts got some early hybrid corn for your pay
Lovely Lucy sat there sippin' a glass of wine
She was at the church waitin' till after nine
But the groom to be was somewhere free with a case of yellow spine
Lovely Lucy she's still a virgin and that's a crime
And she cried singer of sad songs I need your services today
I knew the day i met you
Where i stood
There was no way that you
Would stay for good
But when you left
I just kept hanging in
Praying that i see you
Once again
And you sure are a sight
For sore eyes
Just seeing you again is worth
Every tear i cried
Oh don't keep me waiting
Come inside
You sure are a sight
For sore eyes
(Break)
Just take me in your arms
and don't explain
And kiss away the teardrops
And the pain
Don't feel that theirs a thing
You need to say
Your here and that's
What matters anyway
You sure are a sight
For sore eyes
Just seeing you again is worth
Every tear i cried
Oh don't keep me waiting
Come inside
You sure are a sight
For sore eyes
You sure are a sight
Verse 1:
She was a good looking woman no doubt
A high steppin' mover that men talk about
But everything bad in me
She brought it out
And she was just no good for me
Verse 2:
She was wonderfully wicked and wild
With the looks of a woman
And the ways of a child
She could twist me or turn me
With a look or a smile
And she was just no good for me
Chorus:
Don't be taken by the look in her eyes
If she looks like an angel
It's a perfect disguise
And for somebody else she may be
But she was just no good for me
Verse 3:
I'm just a fool for a looker I guess
When it comes to beauty
Lord knows she was blessed
I thought I could change her
And I did my best
But she was just no good for me
When loneliness is knocking at my mind happiness is something I can't find
Pleasure seem forty miles behind she comes running
[ guitar ]
If I stand in someone else's rain feelin' forty million miles of pain
She know just what and who's to blame she comes running
[ guitar ]
If my dreams all turn to seas if my flowers turn to breeze
She knows exactly what I need she comes running
[ guitar ]
On the day the world puts me down in some empty space in the ground
Well you say I'm the greatest bound for glory but the word is out and I learned
I got the latest side of the story you're pullin' out before you get burned
Your hands are squeezin' me down to the bone I've never seen you breakin' before
Stands to reason I'm a leaving you alone what are you taking me for
Settin' me up to put me down making me out to be your clown
Settin' me up to put me down you better give it up baby quit your messin' around
[ guitar ]
You think I care about your reaction you think I don't understand
All you wanted was a piece of the action now you talk about another man
Settin' me up to put me down...
you keep barrelin' on and you don't look back
your mind is gone
and you're losing track of who you want to be
and you think you're free (x2 fading out at end)
when you still want more and you've done it all
you're kickin' doors and climbin' walls
you've gone far enough
you need to straighten up (x3 fading out at end)
Chorus:
Girl you came along and just in time
to show me the way
while I was wadin' through
my rough and rowdy days (x1 rough and rowdy days)
How can you know what life's about
when upside down is inside out
you know you need some help
you can't help yourself (x2 fading out at end)
She was a flower for the takin'
Her beauty cut just like a knife
He was a banker from Macon
He swore he'd love her all a his life
He bought her a mansion on the mountain
With a formal garden and a lot a land
But paradise became her prison
That Georgia banker was a jealous man
Every time he'd talk about her
You could see the fire in his eyes
He'd say, "I would walk through hell on Sunday
To keep my rose in paradise"
He hired a man to tend the garden
And keep an eye on her while he was gone
Some say they ran away together
Some say that gardener left alone
Now the banker is an old man
That mansion's crumbling down
He sits all day and he stares at the garden
Not a trace of her was ever found
Every time he'd talks about her
You could see the fire in his eyes
He'd say, "I would walk through hell on Sunday
To keep my rose in paradise"
Now there's a rose out in the garden
It's beauty cuts just like a knife
They say that it even grows in the winter time
By the banks of the river where the willows grow cold
Wild birds warble the strange soundin' song
By the banks of the river where the waters run cold
Well that's where I first listened the lies that she told
[ guitar ]
He lays there each night all alone and he weeps
Nothing ain't worse than a night wothout sleep
The letters she wrote him they were written in vain
But I know that her conscience still echoes my name
[ guitar ]
If the ladies were blackbirds and the ladies were fishes
I'd lay there for hours in the cold rainy matches
If the ladies were squirrels yeah with a big bushy tail
I'd fill up my shotgun with a rock salt and nails
I was born and raised on the river
It's the only life that I know
People 'round here have put a name on me
And I hear it wherever I go
They call me river boy, river boy
Good for nothin' river boy
This old world don't hold a whole lot of joy
When you're nothin' but a river boy
I do a lot of fishin' on the river
To make my livin' you see
When I take my catch to the market place
The people call out to me
And they say, river boy, hey river boy
You got any fish today there, river boy
I sell my ware, but nobody cares
About the feelin's of the river boy
There's a pretty girl works at the market place
I see her there everyday
But when I try to talk to her
I can hear her papa say
Come away from that River boy, he's a river boy
Nothin' but riff-raff, them river boys
No girl of mine is gonna waste her time
On a good for nothin' river boy
So I head my boat back up the river
Back to my old fishin' place
I'm afraid this ol' river's gonna overflow
From the tears a-fallin' down my face
I'm nothin' but a river boy, river boy
A good for nothin' river boy
This old world don't hold a whole lot of joy
When you're nothin' but a river boy
River boy, river boy
A good for nothin' river boy
Somewhere in VietNam a 19-year-old soldier walked out of a barroom
And he said I must be seeing things that bourbon hit me like a baseball bat
In Bellfast Ireland a little lady dropped her shovel in her garden
She raced across the yard and ask her neighbor Mrs Clancy what was that
In Memphis Tennessee a teacher raised the window closest the river
And the children in her classroom swore they'd heard a choir singing down the street
In Washington DC a private secretary's lips began to quiver
And the President just put aside his papers and rose quickly to his feet
I lay in a cheap motel in the arms of someone else's woman
When a loud explosion rocked the room and turned the morning into night
I jumped out of bed and ran into the street with hardly any clothes on
As the sky lit up my heart stood still and I could feel my face was turnin' white
All at once the clouds rolled back and there stood Jesus Christ in all his glory
And I realized the saddest eyes I'd ever seen were lookin' straight at me
I guess I was awakened by the penetrating sounds of my own screamin'
And it didn't take me long to stumble out of bed and fall down on my knees
As tears rolled down my face I cried dear God I'm thankful I was only dreamin'
(chorus)
Oh rainy day woman
I've never seem to see you for
the good times or the sunshine
You have been a friend of mine
rainy day woman
That woman of mine she ain't happy
Unless she finds something wrong
and has someone to blame
If it ain't one thing
it's another one on the way
I woke up this morning to the sunshine
It sure as hell looks just like rain
but I know where to go on a cloudy day
(chorus)
(instrumental)
Catching Babe Ruth catching Roger Marist
The way you caught my eye in Paris, Tennissee
Selling seduction well I'm seduced
You sell a war then we sell a truth
It's the truth
So baby just close your eyes
Nothing catches Jesus by surprise
Confusin' love for heated passion
Got what I want but no satisfaction
Ain't it funny how things can change
We're amazed how they stay the same
Oh, it's the same
So baby just close your eyes
Nothing catches Jesus by surprise
You look so pretty when you smile
I haven't seen that for a while
Talk about trouble, we've had our share
It's a wonder we're still here
I don't know why I make you cry
It's a part of me I don't like at all
Ohhh
So baby just close your eyes
Nothing catches Jesus by surprise
Baby just close your eyes
From Herte Mississippi to Tupelo then I caught an eastbound freight
With sky high hopes opened out scopes and hurt all over my face
New York City is a bad place to be when you're out of your head
Country style running wild country style
The new wears off and time wears off and my roots are showin' through
But nobody cares about from where you came but what they can get out of you
And New York City is a bad place to be...
What would mom and daddy say if they saw me this a way
Would they pray for me yes they would
But nobody's heard about rainy day women in that Herte Mississippi neighborhood
And New York City is a bad place to be...
What is it that brings you to this part of town curiosity conscience or fate
I know it's not love for I once gave you love and all you gave me was the gate
I got a feeling you've come back to just rub it in and it really put me in my place
You've already put big old tears in my eyes why must you throw dirt in my face
Must you keep telling me you've got a new love I don't need you to remind me
Must you keep telling me I look so lonesome and that my better days are behind me
Must you keep showing me pictures of him and boasting of his warm embrace
You've already put big old tears in my eyes must you throw dirt in my face
You've already left me and broken my heart told me how much you don't want me
Believe I'm happier when we're apart why must you come back now and haunt me
Must you keep showing me pictures...
Tell us once again this morning old friend how did you win the war
Everybody loves a hero it don't matter if they've heard the tale before
And tell us of the time when almost everybody knew you were a star
And how intelligent you are
Prove that you're alive Mr Shuck and Jive
You can tell us of the man who stole your fortune and nearly ruined your life
Or better still the one about the TV and the couch and your best friend's wife
Tell us of grand projects never finished with somebody else to blame
And all the reasons that your fame
Just never did arrive Mr Shuck and Jive
[ piano ]
If you can get yourself together kindly write a criticism of this song
How it's exquisitely constructed and yet mechanical and somehow slightly wrong
And you can put it in your book about the enemy you never even met
You know you just might make it yet
I gotta run to keep from hidin' I'm bound to keep on a ridin'
I got one more silver dollar
I ain't gonna let 'em catch me no I ain't gonna let 'em catch a midnight rider
[ steel + guitar ]
Well these ain't my clothes I'm wearin' this old road goes on forever
I got one more silver dollar...
[ steel + guitar ]
I've gone by the point of carin' some old bed I'll soon be sharin'
I got one more silver dollar...
[ steel + guitar ]
I ain't gonna let 'em catch me no I ain't gonna let 'em catch a midnight rider
Busted flat in Baton Rouge headed for the trains feelin' nearly faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained took us all the way to New Orleans
I took my har'poon out of my dirty red bandana
I was playin' sad while Bobby sang the blues
With them windshield whipers slappin' time
And Bobby clappin' hands we finally sang up ever song that driver knew
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
Nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free
Feeling good was easy Lord when Bobby sang the blues
Feeling it was good enough for me good enough for me and Bobby McGee
[ guitar ]
From the coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Standin' right beside me Lord through everything I done
Every night she'd keep me from the cold
Somewhere near Salinas Lord Bobby slipped away
Lookin' for the home I hope she'll find
I'd trade all of my tomorrows for just one yesterday holding her body close to mine
Freedom's just another word...
Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold.
They'd rather give you a song than diamonds or gold.
Lonestar belt buckles and old faded levis,
And each night begins a new day.
If you don't understand him, an' he don't die young,
He'll prob'ly just ride away.
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.
Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks.
Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such.
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.
'Cos they'll never stay home and they're always alone.
Even with someone they love.
Cowboys like smokey old pool rooms and clear mountain mornings,
Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night.
Them that don't know him won't like him and them that do,
Sometimes won't know how to take him.
He ain't wrong, he's just different but his pride won't let him,
Do things to make you think he's right.
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.
Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks.
Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such.
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.
'Cos they'll never stay home and they're always alone.
One two three four
In a barroom in Toledo across from the depot on a barstool she took off her ring
I thought I'd get closer so I walked on over I sat down and asked her her name
When the drinks fin'lly hit her she said I'm no quitter
But I finally quit livin' on dreams
Hungry for laughter and here ever after I'm after whatever the other life brings
In the mirror I saw him I closely watched him I saw the look in his eyes
He came to the woman who sat there beside me and slowly started to cry
His big hands were calloused he looked like a mountain
For a minute I thought I was dead
But he started shaking his big heart was breaking as he turned to the woman and said
You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille
With a four hungry children and a crop in the field
I've had some sad times lived through some bad times
But this time your hurtin' won't heal
You picked a fine time to leave me Lucille
After he left us I ordered more whiskey she said let's go have a ball
From the lights of the barroom to a rented hotel room we walked without talkin' at all
Lord she was a beauty but when she came to me
She must've thought that I'd lost my mind
I couldn't hold her cause the words that he told her came back to me time after time
You picked a fine time...
On a Greyhound bus Lord I'm travelin' this morning
I'm goin' to Shreveport and down to New Orleans
Been travlin' these highways and doin' things my way
It's been making me lonesome on'ry and mean
God her hair was jet black and her name was Bodine
Thought she was the queen of the Basin Street Queens
She got tired of that smoky-wine dream she began to feel lonesome on'ry and mean
[ steel - guitar ]
We got together and we cashed in our sweeps
Gave onto beggar who was mumblin' through the streets
There's no escaping from his snowy white dream
On'ry and lonesome on'ry and mean
I'm down in this valley where the wheels turn so low
At dawn I pray to the Lord of my soul
Well I make it alright
From Monday morning till Friday night oh those lonely weekends
Since you left me I'm as lonely as I can be oh those lonely weekends
Said you'd be true to me you said our love's never gonna die
Said you'd be true to me but baby you didn't even try
I'll make it alright from Monday morning till Friday night oh those lonely weekends
[ guitar ]
You said you'd be...
Mail-man makes his route
Angry wife will shout
Be glad when 8'o clock comes
when shes alone.
husband walks away
to face a tiring day
sad hearts weep, babys sleep
but life goes on
life goes on for the living
givers go on giving
takers are takin'
makers are makin'
soon a new day is born
but life goes on
wisemen go on learnin'
dreamers go on yearnin'
waitin' for an easy life to call their own
somewhere a baby is born
makin a cold heart warm
'nd old friends die
'nd sad friends cry
but life goes on
life goes on for the living
givers go on giving
makers are makin'
takers are takin'
soon a new day is born
and life goes on..
Cowboys they are ladies men all right they'll love 'em up and talk 'em up all night
But they're lonely when there's nothing else to do
And that's what makes the cowboys sing the blues
He does a little Shakespeare and he sings he plays the mandolin and other things
He looks for love beauty and IQ and that's what makes the cowboy sing the blues
Cowboys have to fall in love get hurt and all that bit
Let their hearts hang out so they can write you all a hit
So ladies if they ask you don't refuse let's all help the cowboys sing the blues
[ guitar ]
Cowboys they don't ever understand this thing between a woman and a man
Until they find the one they always lose
That's what makes the cowboys sing the blues
A cowboy takes his lonely pen in hand and tries to make somebody understand
But she has ears to hear a different tune
And that's what makes the cowboy sing the blues
Cowboys have to fall in love...
Some quiet morning let me let me tell you my mind
Before the sun find you here beside me one more time let me tell you my mind
How I want you to stay and never think about goin' away
Oh oh baby let me tell you my mind oh oh baby let me tell you my mind
Crazy things keep a running through my head let me tell you my mind
When my shoes are under your bed one more time let me tell you my mind
Tell you of the thrills I find they will keep running through my mind
Oh oh baby let me tell you my mind mhm oh oh baby let me tell you my mind
If my mind could write the words to say let me tell you my mind
I'd read them to you some better day one more time let me tell you my mind
If my story never ends and I never have you again
The snow got much to deep for me in Denver
THe rain fell way to hard out in LA
I couldn't stand the sandstorms in West Texas
That's all it took for me to be on my way
Then a friend told me about the beaches down in Georgia
He said the weather's fine boy, the livins your (?) fits your style
That's why I'm on this workgame in the hot sun.
Where the red necked judge gettin' ready for an unfair trial
Chorus:
But there's a lady on my mind in New York city
All alone she's burned her torch for me
She stands tall and proud in New York Harbor
And in time I know you'll see that I go free
The man told me I'd better change my way of livin'
He said now we got laws just made for the likes of you
Ain't got time for your kind here in this town
He just wouldn't believe that I was only passing through
Let me be the first to say there's gotta be some changes
And he may be right some changes ought to be in me
But the same damn law that put me on this workgame
Give you and me the right to disagree
Verse 1:
Bessie was a lovely child from West Tennessee
Leroy was an outlaw hard and mean
One day she saw him starring & it chilled her to the bone
She knew she had to see that look on a child of her own
Chorus:
'Cause ladies love outlaws
Like babies love stray dogs
Ladies touch babies like a banker touches gold
Outlaws touch ladies somewhere deep down in their soul
Verse 2:
Linda was a lady,blonde and built to last
Benny was a no good guitar picker,running from his past
She heard all his songs telling nothing but bad news
But she made her mind up to try to get him win or lose
Chorus.
Verse 3:
Jessie like cadillacs & diamonds on her hands
Waymore had a reputation as a lady's man
Late one night her light of love finally gave a sign
Verse 1:
We got a lot of politicians
Up there on Capitol Hill
Ain't it funny how they prosper
While the country stands still
Maybe i should run for office
But i just like to talk
I ain't about to run for nothing
I don't even like to walk
Chorus:
Aw that's just a lot of talkin'
Some is big some is small
Just runnin' my head
I'm just talkin' that's all
Verse 2:
Modern day matrimony
Is a pre-some kind of deal
You need a preacher and a lawyer
Just to tell you how you feel
Now i believe in love and marriage
I guess you need a license,too
But all that really gives you
Is the legal right to Sue
Chorus.
Verse 3:(a tone higher)
And then there's you and me,babe
Ain't we some kinda sight
We won't go down in history
And then again we might
But that don't really matter
Just as long as we both know
We'll still be together
At the close of the show
Chorus bis:(a tone higher)
Aw that's just a lot of talkin'
It don't make a lot of sense
I ain't out to hurt nobody
It's at my own expense
Yea,it's just a lot of talkin'
Some is big,some is small
Just runnin' my head
I'm just talkin' that's all
When I married Julie she was just seventeen
Pretty as the answer to any man's dream
[ ac.guitar ]
From the start I gave Julie all the love that I've had
Though everyone told me that Julie was bad
Julie liked parties and clothes that fit tight
Drinking and dancin' around late at night
She was everything evil with the face of a child
But I sat home and waited while my Julie went wild
I had built me an empire with my own two hands
With the money and power to break any man
But with all my possessions power and gold Julie was one thing I couldn't control
I gave Julie all my money could buy begged her to love me but she wouldn't try
She'd only laugh then walk out the door
Each time she'd hurt me made me love her more
[ guitar ]
Now I'm locked in this room they say I'm insane
And I guess that I'll never see my Julie again
I'm a man with a heart and a tormented soul
It's the world's gone crazy contillion
The ladies are dancin' alone
Side men all want to be front men
And the front me all want to go home
The johnny-come-lately's are comin' in early
The early bird's showin' up late
The straight men all want to be funny
And the funny men all want to get straight
Villians have turned into heroes
Heroes have turned into heels
The dealers all want to be lovers
And the lovers all want to make deals
It's the world's gone crazy contillion
The ladies are dancin' alone
Side men all want to be front men
And the front me all want to go home
The meek they ain't inheirited nothin'
The leaders are fallin' behind
So I'm singin' my song to the deaf man
And dancin' my dance to the blind
It's the world's gone crazy contillion
The ladies are dancin' alone
Side men all want to be front men
And the front me all want to go home
It's the world's gone crazy contillion
The ladies are dancin' alone
Side men all want to be front men
If you were mine to lose I'd gladly let you go
Cause that would mean you once belonged to me
I'd gladly take the heartache of losing you some day
Cause then at least I'd have the memory
Through all the years I've known you you've never noticed me
Just a friend that's all I've been to you
I'd gladly let you break my heart for just one memory
Just to know that you were mine to lose
If I could only hold you just one time for one short moment heaven would be mine
If you were mine to lose I'd gladly let you go just to know that you were mine to lose
Come on now Willie don't look at me that way
I know you like a paperback book cause I've read every page
I know what you're thinkin' and I don't think you're thinkin' at all
This is old hoss that's you're talkin' to the one with the perfect recall
No I ain't going down on the border with you tonight
Drinking tequila taking chances on our lives
All the women are crazy they like to party till daylight
On second thought if I can find a clean shirt I might
[ guitar ]
Wait a minute Waylon I ain't said a thing about that
Sometimes I just like to wear my spurs and my old Mexican hat
But we sure had fun the last time that we were down there
And we woke up you had that weird tattoo and somebody had curled my hair
No I ain't going down on the border...
[ horns ]
All the women are crazy they like to party till daylight
I've always been crazy and the trouble that it's put me through
I've been busted for things that I did, and I didn't do
I can't say I’m proud of all of the things that I’ve done
But I can say I’ve never intentionally hurt anyone
I've always been different with one foot over the line
Winding up somewhere one step ahead or behind
It ain't been so easy but I guess I shouldn't complain
I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane
Beautiful lady are you sure that you understand
The chances your taking loving a free living man
Are you really sure you really want what you see
Be careful of something that's just what you want it to be
I've always been crazy but it's kept me from going insane
Nobody knows if it's something to bless or to blame
So far I ain't found a rhyme or a reason to change
I've been down the Mississippi
Down through New Orleans, yes I have
I've played in California
There ain't too much I haven't seen, no there ain't
Lord, I'm a ramblin' man
Don't fall in love with a ramblin' man
Left a girl in West Virginia
Up there where that green grass grows, yes I did
Got a girl in Cincinnati
Waitin' where the Ohio River flows, poor girl
I'm a ramblin' man
Don't fall in love with a ramblin' man
You'd better move away
You're standin' too close to the flame
Once I mess with your mind
Your little heart won't beat the same
Lord, I'm a ramblin' man
Don't fool around with any ol' ramblin' man
Well, up in Chicago
I was known as "Quiet Boy", yes I was
Down in Alabama
They call me "The man of joy", they still do
Lord, I'm a ramblin' man
Don't fall in love with a ramblin' man
You'd better move away
You're standin' too close to the flame
Once I mess with your mind
Your little heart won't beat the same
Lord, I'm a ramblin' man
I'n my own way I'm a believer
in my own way right or wrong
I don't talk too much about it
it's something I keep working on
I don't have too much to build on
my faith has never been that strong
there's a man in that old building
he's a holy man, they say
he keeps talking about tomorrow
while I keep struggling with today
he preaches hell, fire and brimstone
and heaven seems so far away
I do believe in a higher power
one that loves us one and all
not someone to solve our problems
or to catch me when I fall
he gave us all a mind to think with
and to know what's right or wrong
he is that inner spirit
that keeps us strong
in my own way I'm a believer
but not in voices I can't hear
I belive in a loving father
one I never have to fear
that I should live life at it's fullest
Well I left my home down on a rural route
And I told my folks I'm goin' steppin' out
To get the honky tonk blues the jumpin' honky tonk blues
Well Lord I got 'em I got the honky tonk blues
In and out of every joint in this town
The city life has really got me down
I got the honky tonk blues the honky tonk blues
Well Lord I got 'em I got the honky tonk blues
[ guitar ]
I'm gonna slap my boogie underneath my arm
Scud right back in my pappy's farm
And lose these honky tonk blues the jumpin' honky tonk blues
Well Lord I got 'em I got the honky tonk blues
[ steel ]
Well I'm sick and tired of wakin' up sick and tired
As of today there's gonna be some changes made
Well you might as well keep your feet on the ground
Cause I won't stand still for your movin' around
It's high time you quit your lowdown ways
Anything to the talk I hear over town
Is it really true girl that you go on the deck up and down
Now the word as well as I can recall
Everywhere you've been you've been the belle of the ball
It's high time you quit your lowdown ways
[ ac.guitar ]
I remember one time now way back down on the farm
My daddy had a dominiker hen but she wouldn't stay home
Well now she could fly higher than a jet airplane
But not after daddy clipped her little ol' wings
It's high time you quit your lowdown ways
I called you on the phone to say I love you that I'd stop by for you at nine,
But my heart broke when you said, "it's all over"
And that someone else would take up all your time.
And that's an awful lot of heartaches for a dime
I'll never know what made you change your mind
I only know I held you close and kissed you one last time
And that's an awful lot of heartaches for a dime
[ guitar - steel ]
I went downtown to join the merrymakers, I told myself that here's where I belong.
I thought that I could get along without you, untilI heard somebody play our song.
And that's an awful lot of heartaches for a dime..Etc. (repeat chorus as above)
Lamps in the windows burnin' bright, over in Santa Fe tonight
Full moon shining down along the border
But the ground is hard and the night is black
Over here by the railroad track
And I wish to the Lord that I was back in Georgia
Blue water in the Indian sun,
Calling me when the day is done
Mama, mama pray for your son
All of my life I've been told
That the LA streets was paved with gold
Fame and fortune waiting to reward ya
But it didn't take long to understand
California ain't the promised land
But at least a man's a man in Georgia
Blue skies in the mornin' there
And there's green trees and breathin' air
Rockabye in my easy chair
Well it seems every river in the Georgia moonlight
Flowing up where folks are free
The sun comes up through the lonely pine trees
Over 'round the Kingsland ridge
I maybe here but my mind is still
About 90 miles north of Jacksonville
Well I may not make it, it's a long, long road
But mama I've paid all the debts I owe
And if I don't you know they gonna find me tryin'
They took my songs and they took my soul
They made me hard and they made me old
You work like a slave for the kids and I'd go to my grave for the kids
But we watched our love fade as we suffered that state
With this bargain we made for the kids
Divorce is a curse for the kids but this intention's much worse for the kids
Yes they're now old enough and they made the strongest stuff
Still it's gonna be rough for the kids
These teardrops that fall for the kids you know they're really not all for the kids
But I know you don't care and the only love there
Is the love that'd be shared for the kids
Find a new love you should for the kids and I hope that he's good for the kids
And though I'm now out of singht if he don't treat them right
I'll be right back and I'll fight for the kids
But I see you don't care the home that we shared
When the last breath of life is gone from my body and my lips are as cold as the sea
When my friends gather round to my farewell party
Please won't you pretend you love me
There'll be flowers from those who'll cry when I'll go
And leave you in this old world alone
Will you shed a tear at my farewell party or will you be glad when I'm gone
Don't be angry with me a wanting to keep you
Till my life in this old world is done and through
You'll be free at the end of my farewell party but I'll go away loving you
He was born and raised around Jacksonville a nice young man bout the kind to kill
But the jealous fight and the flashing blades sent him on the run through the evrglades
Running like the dog through the everglades
Where a man can hide and never be found and never have fear of the baying hounds
Better keep movin' don't stand still if the skeeters don't get him in Gatersville
If the skeeters don't get him in the Gatersville
[ harmonica ]
Well the Possy went in and he came back out
And said he'll die and there ain't no doubt
It's an eye for a nice so the death is fate in monthless long in the everglades
A man can't live in the everglades
But a man can hide...
[ harmonica ]
Now the years went by and his girl was wed
His family gave up they thought he was dead
Now and then the people would say they had seen him runnin' through the everglades
Runnin' like the dog through the everglades
Just two good ol' boys
never meanin' no harm
Beats all you never saw
Been in trouble with the law
since the day they was born
Staightnin' the curves
flatnin' the hills
Someday the mountain might get 'em
but the law never will
Makin' their way
the only way they know how
That's just a little bit more
than the law will allow
(instrumental)
Makin' their way
the only way they know how
That's just a little bit more
than the law will allow
Just two good ol' boys
wouldn't change if they could
Fightin' the system like
Down down down came the world I went round round round in a whirl
I built every dream around one girl then down down down came the world
She must have loved a little just to keep me hanging on
How could lips that kiss so sweet lie and be so wrong
Our love was just a pattern of the perfect boy and girl
The only dream I own in this world
Down down down came the world...
[ ac.guitar ]
I built every dream around one girl then down down down came the world
Donna on my mind when I get up in the morning,Donna on my mind the whole day through,love can't come so quick and real without any warning wonder if she's thinking of me too.
Once I thought that no one girl could ever hold me even thought this thing called love was just fantasy,now I won't be satisfied until she's mine,'till then I'll just have Donna on my mind.
(W. Nelson):
I scandalized my brother while admitting that he sang some pretty songs
I heard that he'd been scandilizing me and Lord i knew that that was wrong
Now i'm looking at over something cool and feeling fool enough to see
What i had called my brother,now he had every right to call on me
Chorus (W. Jennings,W. Nelson):
Don't ever cuss that fiddle,boy unless you want that fiddle out of tune
That picker there in trouble,boy ain't nothing but another side of you
If we ever get to Heaven,boy it ain't because we ain't done nothing wrong
We're in this thing together so let settle down and steal each other's songs
(W. Jennings):
I found a wounded brother drinking bitterly away the afternoon
And soon enough he turned on me like he'd done every face in that saloon
Well we cussed him to the ground and said he couldn't even steal a decent song
But as soon as it was spoken we were sad enough to wish that we were wrong
I know that it sounds silly but i think that i just somebody's song
(W. Jennings,W. Nelson):
She's a good hearted woman in love with a good timin' man
She loves him in spite of my ways that she don't understand
Through teardrops and laughter we'll pass through this world hand in hand
If you're in a valley,with a troubled mind
I'm a mountain,come on and climb
Because you look so good,to be so down
It won't take much girl,to turn it all around
Chorus:
Come with me,come with me
The feeling's free,just come with me
Will get on a cloud girl,and ride it high
Say hello sun,as we sail bye
I'll take you where,you've never been before
Once we're there,you'll cry for more
If it's dark in your world,come walk in mine
Today was supposed to be
Just another day
Before the meeting of our minds and
What you had to say
It's been a long time comin' and
I guess i never saw
I'll have a short time adjusting to it all
You have come to your conclusion
You no longer care for me
And that we don't belong together
I suppose we sould agree
There is nothing i can do
Now that you've made up your mind
But could you come back and see me sometime
Chorus:
Is there any way that you could leave a little at a time
I need the time to make adjustments of the heart and of the mind
It might be that you'll remember some old feeling left behind
And if you do would you come back and see me sometime
I am left with no defenses
For i have no control
And for the first time in my manwood
I'll do what i am told
It's all over but the leaving you're
Determined now to do
I'll have the burden of gettin' over you
There's no need to be suspicious i have
Nothing left to hide
It's all out in the open i have
Nothing left inside
Just seeing you would be enough
It's all i have in mind
So could you come back see me sometime
I gave my heart I gave my all you built me up then you let me fall
You wore my ring upon your hand but then you changed your mind
But that's all right I looked around and found true love
[ ac.guitar ]
You made me laugh you made me cry I wished that day that I could die
You never dreamed that by and by I'd be glad you changed your mind
[ with Jessi Colter ]
When you're weary feeling small when tears are in your eyes I'll dry them all
I'm on your side oh when times get rough and friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled waters I will lay me down
[ guitar ]
When you're down and out when you're on the street
When evening falls so hard I will comfort you
I'll take your part when darkness comes and pain is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled waters I will lay me down
[ ac.guitar ]
Sail on silver girl sail on by your time has come to shine
All the dreams are on their way
See how they shine if you need a friend I'm sailing out behind
Like a bridge over troubled water I will lead your mind
Well the honky-tonks in Texas were my natural second home
Where you tip your hats to the ladies and the rose of San Antone
I grew up on music that we called western swing
It don't matter who's in Austin,Bob Wills is still the king
Lord i can still remember,the way things were back then
In spite of all the hard times,i'd live it all again
To hear the Texas playboys and Tommy Duncan sing
Makes me proud to be from Texas where Bob Wills is still the king
You can hear the Grand Ol' Opry in Nashville Tennessee
It's the home of country music,on that we all agree
But when you cross that ol' Red River hoss that just don't mean a thing
Cause' once you're down in Texas,Bob Wills is still the king
Well if you ain't never been there then i guess you ain't been told
That you just can't live in Texas unless you got a lot of soul
It's the home of Willie Nelson,the home of western swing
Lord it's the same old tune, fiddle and guitar
Where do we take it from here?
Rhinestone suits and new shiny cars
It's been the same way for years
We need to change
Somebody told me when I came to Nashville
Son you finally got it made
Old Hank made it here, we're all sure that you will
But I don't think Hank done it this way, no
I don't think Hank done it this way, okay
Ten years on the road, making one night stand
Speeding my young life away
Tell me one more time just so I'll understand
Are you sure Hank done it this way?
Did old Hank really do it this way?
Lord I've seen the world with a five piece band
Looking at the back side of me
Singing my songs, one of his now and then
But I don't think Hank done 'em this way, no
Anita come closer, stop crying and listen to me
I guess its too late now but somehow I must make you see
What we thought wes our world was only a dream world
and we just can't go on like this
Anita your dreaming of a world that can never exist
Anita it's over there's nothing that's left now to say
Anita your dreaming and I know it's better this way
Anita come closer and close your pretty blue eyes
Your young dreams just can't be and somehow you must realize
That each time your with me my conscious reminds me
of someone who's waiting alone
Anita your dreaming and when you awake I'll be gone
Anita it's over there's nothing that's left now to say
Long after your touch has faded from my body
And the scent of your sweet perfume is gone
Long after your kiss has faded from my lips
Your love lingers on
It's still in the air, it's everywhere
It never disappears
It's surrounding me, like a melody
Reminding me you were here
Long after the glow has faded from the moonlight
And the stars have given way to greet the dawn
Long after the night has faded to sunlight
Your love lingers on
It's still in the air, it's everywhere
It never disappears
It's surrounding me, like a melody
Reminding me you were here
Long after your whisper has faded from my ears
And the curtains are no longer drawn
Long after the passion fades into memories
Your love lingers on
It's still in the air, it's everywhere
It never disappears
It's surrounding me, like a melody
Reminding me you were here
Your love lingers on
I work so hard to win myself a place in life and leave behind the slums and poverty
Now I have wealth a fancy home a pretty wife
She loves the ground I walk on but she don't love me
You like the places that I take you don't you girl
At last you were you've always longed to be
You're very much at home here in this kind of world
You love the ground I walk on but you don't love me
And I know just what would happen if there came a dawn
That I was broken down and out I'd reach and you'd be gone
Don't worry girl that kind of dawn will never come
You'll always have the things you want from me
But it's so sad to know that when we're all alone
You love the ground I walk on but she don't love me
I blew in from Texas
And you don't know who i am
Most of you could care less
And the rest don't give a damn
But you might take special notice
When you take a look at me
I'm everything you've ever been
And ever want to be
My game is the winner take all
I live on the edges
So i'm subject to a fall
I ain't never been a loser
I ain't never gonna be
I'm like runnin' in a ringer
You don't mess around with me
I've got money in my pocket
I've got money in the bank
If i look like a poor boy
I've got much more than you think
I got a woman on my right arm
Woman on my left
When it comes to women,Lord
I just can't help myself
I know it's not the right thing to do
But i could never change
Even if i wanted to
So if you are a lady
Anf if you always want to be
I'm a living lovin' legend
You don't mess around with me
She's got honey drippin' off her lips
So good you can taste
A walkin' aphrodisiac
Too damn good to waste
Prancin' like a thoroughbred
Out to win the race
It don't matter how good lookin'
Or how good she may be
There's just one foregone conclusion
I remember the day that Clayton Delaney died
They said for the last two weeks that he suffered and cried
It made a big impression on me although I was a barefoot kid
They said he got religion at the end and I'm glad that he did
Clayton was the best guitar picker in our town
I thought he was a hero and I used to follow Clayton around
I often wondered why Clayton who seemed so good to me
Never took his old guitar and made it down in Tennessee
Well daddy said he drank a lot but I could never understand
I knew he used to picked up in Ohio with a five piece band
Clayton used to tell me son you better put that old guitar away
There ain't no money in it it'll lead you to an early gray
I guess if I'd admit it Clayton taught me how to drink booze
I can see him half stoned pickin' up the Lovesick Blues
When Clayton died I made him a promise I was gonna carry on somehow
I'd give a hundred dollars if he could only see me now
I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died
Nobody ever knew it but I went out in the woods and I cried
I know there's a lotta big preachers that know a lot more than I do
But it could be the good Lord likes a little picking too
Every since the day I was big enough to put my pants on by myself
You could find me somewhere with the radio turned on
Then one night I gave my heart to an old beat-up guitar
It never left my arms till I was almost grown
I had to try my hand as a workin' man tried to be my daddy's son
But my mind was packed and gone and headed south
Momma said I'll pray for you then she said goodbye
To the only one out of seven that didn't work out
Now I'm way down hear in Dixie playing honky tonk music
Keepin' some joint a jumpin' every night of the week
Lord knows it's hard to keep a dance hall woman happy
When you're drinkin' a little too much and you're workin' cheap
[ guitar ]
Well I ain't done a thing I can brag about to anyone back home
Just another night club singer with a real good band
If a jealous woman don't kill me and momma keeps on prayin'
Someday I might be more than what I am
Now I'm way down hear in Dixie...
If my years were less if my shoes were new I'd pack my things and I'd leave you
Hitch myself to some westbound train you'd never see me here again
If I could dream as I once could I'd be gone gone for good
I don't want to live haven't another try in some old house where love has died
We once had love it's gone now don't know when don't know how
We're two strangers under one roof no need to like it we both know the truth
Love has gone there's nothing left I wanna leave I can't help myself
I don't want to live haven't another try in some old house where love has died
Too many ghosts walk the floor ghosts of the love that ain't no more
I'd like to have what we once had and there ain't no use that's too bad
You're too much a part of me for me to be ever free
As we sat on the front porch
Of that ole gray house where I was born and raised
And stared out at the dusty fields
Where daddy's always worked hard every day
I think it kinda hurt him when I said daddy there's a lot that I don't know
But don't you ever dream about a life where corn don't grow
He just sat there silent staring in his favorite coffee cup
I saw a storm of mixed emotion in his eyes when he looked up
He said son I know at your age it feels like this old world is turning slow
And you think you'll find the answer to it all where corn don't grow
But hard times are real there's dusty fields no matter where you go
You may change your mind cause the weeds are high where corn don't grow
[ ac.guitar ]
I remember feeling guilty when daddy turned and walked back in the house
I was only seventeen back then but it seems like I knew more than I do now
I can't say he didn't tell me this city life's a hard row to hoe
It's funny how a dream can turn around where corn don't grow
But hard times are real...
I could lay aside my better judgement
I could turn my back on all the pain
Make believe you mean it when you touch me
And be fool enough to think you'd change
I'm no fool and you're not changing
You know I'm telling the heartbreaking truth
You've gone wild and I'm going crazy
And what bothers me most is I don't bother you
Late at night you're such a great temptation
I'm too weak to fight you everytime
Lying in my bed of desperation
I want you lying in these arms of mine
I'm no fool and you're not changing...
The days've been long and I have been lonesome
Recalling the dreams that never came true
Nights've been lonely but now that's all over
'Cause I've payed my debt for trusting in you.
Every day your mem'ry grows dimmer
Clouds drift away, sunshine peeps through
Every night no longer you'll haunt me
My conscience is clear, what about you?
It's hard to believe that you are the same one
That once meant so much that I loved so true
It's hard to know I've worshipped the wrong one
But I've paid for it what about you.
Every day your mem'ry grows dimmer
Clouds drift away, sunshine peeps through
Every night no longer you'll haunt me
My conscience is clear, what about you?
Every day your mem'ry grows dimmer
Clouds drift away, sunshine peeps through
Every night no longer you'll haunt me
Well I woke up this mornin' it was drizzlin' rain
Around the curve come a passanger train
Heard somebody yodel and a hobo moan Jimmy he's dead he's been a long time gone
Been a long time gone a long time gone
If you wanna get to heaven gotta D-I-E you gotta put on your coat and T-I-E
Wanna get the rabbit out of the L-O-G
You gotta make a commotion like D-O-G like D-O-G like D-O-G yeah
[ steel ]
Well I got a good woman what's the matter with me
What makes me wanna love every woman I see
I was triflin' when I met her now I'm triflin, again
And every woman I see looks like the place I came in
Looks like the place I came in place I came in
I got my name painted on my shirt I ain't no ordinary dude
I'm just here to get my things and I'll be leaving
And I've got somebody waitin' just outside
So don't start to cry to me about your hurt and misery
Cause the only thing that's hurtin' is your pride
Wave goodbye to me and I'll be leaving walk me to the door and say so long
No need talking anymore saying things I've heard before
Just wave goodbye to me and I'll be gone gone gone gone
Wave goodbye to me and I'll be gone
[ guitar ]
Go tell all our friends that I'm a cheater tell 'em how I caused you all this pain
But if they start asking you just why I proved untrue
That might not be so easy to explain
Just wave goodbye to me...
Wave goodbye to me...
Two streaks of steel stretchin' cross the land too far to reach for my baby's hand
I stood and watched her disappear and in the distance I could hear whooe
Tomorrow I'll see coming down the track
That same old train that she ain't coming back
For her sweet love that once was mine faded just like a whistle's whine whooe
Two streaks of steel I've been standing beside
Where all that mattered in my life just died
I want to lay across those tracks when that train
Crossed those two streaks steel once again
Two streaks of steel took my love away no reason now for me to wanna stay
On a long and lonesome highway east of Omaha
you can listen to the engine moanin' out its one note song
or you can think of the woman, the girl you knew the night before
your thoughts will soon be wondering the way they always do
when your ridin' sixteen hours and there's notning much to do
and you don't feel much like ridin' you just wish the trip was through
Here I am on the road again
there I am up on the stage
here I go playin' star again
there I go turn the page
Well you walk in to a restaraunt strung out from the road
you can feel the eyes upon you as your shaking off the cold
you pretend it doesn't bother you but you just want to explode
most times you can't hear 'em talk other times you can
all the same old cliches is that a woman or a man
and you always seem outnumbered you don't dare make a stand
Here I am on the road again
there I am up on the stage
here I go playin' star again
there I go turn the page
Later in the evening as you lie awake in bed
the echoes of the amplifiers ringin' in your head
you smoke the days last cigarette tryin' to remember what she said
say here I am on the road again
there I am up on the stage
here I go playin' star again
Each night I leave the barroom when it's over not feeling any pain at closin' time
But tonight your mem'ry found me much too sober
I couldn't drink enough to get you off my mind
Tonight the bottle let me down let your mem'ry come around
The one true friend that I thought I'd found tonight the bottle let me down
[ steel - guitar ]
I've always had a bottle I could turn to lately I've been turning every day
But the booze don't take effect the way it used to
I keep a hurtin' in an old familiar way
Tonight the bottle let me down...
[ guitar ]
It seems I see you everywhere you and your new lover there
Time will tell the story of your new love
Do you think he'll ever be the man you've tried to make of me
Time will tell the story of your new love
The day when he's a used-to-be he'll be just as blue as me
Losing all that he dreams of
Time is all it takes to tell the story that I know so well
Time will tell the story of your new love
[ ac.guitar ]
The day when he's a used-to-be...
With iron in my brain I'd laid down to rest not caryin' if I live or die
Woke up a freezin' with rain pourin' down so hard I can open my eyes
I been chased from the yard with dogs at my heels searchin' for shelter at times
But there's nothing so hard for a man on the bum as the time between bottles of wine
The time between bottles of wine
Beggin' for pennies just one sweet taste of the nectar that kills the man's soul
Sweet piece of mind excuses my pride just somethin' that keep out the cold
It's too late for me to start living again the good life is too far behind
I never remembere the things that I've had till the time between bottles of wine
The time between bottles of wine
[ guitar ]
If mama could see me she wouldn't believe I even resemble her son
She would throw her life to make me a man and she's proud the child that she's done
What one love created another destroy the story is older than time
The tale of a man who just can't stand the time between bottles of wine
The time between bottles of wine the time between bottles of wine
I came down with broken heart, just to start to my summer.
Boy when you lose the one you love, it's a stone cold bummer.
I just called you up to tell you I don't know what to say.
I wish you knew the way I felt.
This is gettin' funny, but their ain't nobody laughin' honey,
come on back home.
Tell me how you feel, though I can't stand this at all.
Can't you see its a mystery, I thought I was your lover.
Yes I could fly, I could lay down and die,
Six one way, half a dozen of the other.
I could say I'm sorry baby, enough's enough.
I'm gonna break right down and ball.
This is gettin' funny, but their ain't nobody laughin' honey,
come on back home.
Tell me how you feel, though I can't stand this at all.
I was out to show you what I good man I could be,
you were out to hurt somebody.
Now I'm going crazy. Really did, and I ain't lying.
Get's so lonesome here in L.A., my summer's turned to autumn.
I don't if you heard it way out there were you you stay,
my heart just hit rock bottom.
I'm runnin' round in circles, I don't know where I am.
Won't you atleast give me a call.
This is gettin' funny, but their ain't nobody laughin' honey,
come on back home.
Tell me how you feel, though I can't stand this at all.
This is the last cowboy song the end of a hundred year waltz
The voices sound sad as they're singing along another piece of America's lost
He rides a feed lot, clerks in a market
On weekends selling tobacco and beer
And his dreams of tomorrow surrounded by fences
But he'll dream tonight of when fences weren't here
He blazed the trail for Lewis and Clark
And eyeball to eyeball ol' Wyatt backed down
He stood shoulder to shoulder with Travis in Texas
and rode with the Seventh when Custer went down
Chorus
Remington showed us how he looked on canvas
and Louis L'Amour has told us his tale
Me Johnny and Waylon and Kris sing about him
and wish to god we could have ridden his trail
The Old Chisholm Trail is covered by concrete
They truck 'em to market in fifty foot rigs
They roll by his market never slowing to reason
Like living and dying was all he did
This is the last cowboy song...
This is the last cowboy song...
Guitar intro
Through the smoke and the mud and the blood we walked behind Robert E. LEE
Sixty miles from Richmond to face the Union Army
We dug our holes and we built a wall ‘cause we knew they’d be a fight
If the blue coats wearin’ soldiers crossed the river that night
Sure as hell that sundown came a hundred thousand men
And it’s sure did shock me Lord, Kin killing Kin
The cannonballs were heavy filled with iron and steel and lead
And the James river water ran a bloody red
Lord is it right did you mean for me to kill my brother here tonight
Guitar break
It’s been one hundred forty years and as I look around
I see a mighty city where there once was a battle ground
I thought when LEE surrounded we would fight no more
But the ghost of LEE can still see us fight the civil war
Lord is it right did you mean for me to kill my brother here tonight
Saw your picture in the paper and I see you've married good
And I know that he can give you all the things I never could
But I know that he can't give you what you need most of all
So the door is always open and the light's on in the hall
Yes the door is always open and the light's on in the hall
And you know that I'll be waiting if you'd ever come to call
[ guitar ]
When night falls on that mansion and you're lying in his bed
When he begs for your attention will you think of me instead
When he reaches out to touch you is your face turned to the wall
Well the door is always open and the light's on in the hall
Yeah T for Texas T for Tennessee I said T for Texas T for Tennessee
T for that no good woman no good gal that made a wreck out of me Lord
[ steel ]
I'd rather drink myself muddy water sleep all night in a hollow log
I'd rather drink a muddy water sleep all night in a hollow log
Than to hang around now and be put down and treated like a dirty dog
[ harmonica ]
If you don't want me woman just say so that's all
If you don't want me woman all you gotta do is come around and say so that's all
Cause I can get myself more women than a passanger train can haul
[ guitar ]
T for Texas T for Tennessee I said T for Texas T for Tennessee
T for Telma no good gal that made a wreck of me
She said sing a song sweet music man
Cause I won't be there to hold your hand like I used to
I'm through with you
You're a hell of a singer and powerful man
But you surround yourself with people who demand so little of you
You touched my soul with your beautiful song
Even had me singin' along right with you you said I need you
Then you changed the words and added harmony
Sang the song you had written for me to someone new
Nobody sings love songs quite like you do nobody else can make me sing along
Nobody else can make me feel the things are right when I know they're wrong
Nobody sings love songs quite like you
Sing your song sweet music man
Travel the world with a six piece band that does for you
What you ask me to
And you try to stay young but the songs are sung
To so many people who've all begun came back on you
Sing your song sad music man makin' your living doing one night stands
They're through with you they don't need you
You're still a hell of a singer but a broken man
But you'll keep on lookin' for one last fan to sing to
Nobody sings a love song quite like you do nobody else can make me sing along
Nobody else can make me feel the things are right
When they're wrong with a song
Nobody sings a love song quite like you
My long and lean and hungry looks really used to turn her on
Till she found two hundred pounds or true love muscle and bone
I made up my mind to keep what was mine he made up mind I was wrong
To take my Ann took a hell of a man but it sure didn't take him too long
It sure didn't take him long changing her mind
Sure didn't take her long to leave me behind
She had breakfast with me met him at three by suppertime she was gone
To take my Ann took a hell of a man but it sure didn't take him too long
[ steel ]
Now Ann never was a righteous girl but you really couldn't call her bad
I'd have to say as long as she stayed Lord she gave it all that she had
One look at them two looks at him I knew I'd be a living alone
To take my Ann took a hell of a man but it sure didn't take him too long
Oh such a waste of love true love and devotion
Oh such a waste of love on a heart so cold with no emotion
I might as well just wrap it up and wash it down the drain
Cause the little happiness I knew just wasn't worth the pain
You build me up and for a little while you let me live
But love is the only thing I find you never learned to give
Oh such a waste of love...
Disappointments weigh so heavy leave its wreckage all around
Once a good man once respected sorrow breaks a good man down
Had a good love had a good life now the sadness all around
Dread the darkness hate the daylight sorrow breaks a good man down
I remember all the good times when the world was ours to flame
Then she left me took the sunshine every night wind speaks her name
Can't stop loving can't stop living there's no answer to be found
No ambition just existing sorrow breaks a good man down
[ guitar ]
I remember all the good times...
I got a slow rollin' low
ain't a mother would want me
Done got me so down
bent out of round
don't know my head from my toes
Ain't a hand here to hold
ain't a shoulder to cry on
Ain't a lesson to learn or a corner turn
twixt the dyin' and me
Lord I wanted to be
something you could depend on
Lawdy Lawd woe is me
ain't a body would care
I got a slow rollin' low
forgot the words to my song
Ain't that just like a fool
want a ride on them trains
I'm sittin' in the morning sun sittin' when the evening comes
Watchin' the ships roll in then I watch 'em roll away again
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay watchin' the tides roll away
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay wasting time
Left my home in Georgia I was headed for the Frisco Bay
I have nothing to live for looks like nothing's gonna come my way
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay watchin' the tides roll away
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay wasting time
Looks like nothing's ever gonna change
Everything still remains the same
I can't do what them people tell me to do
So I guess that I'll just remain the same
[ piano ]
Sittin' here restin' my bones and this loneliness won't leave me alone
Two thousand miles I roamed just to make this dock my home
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay watchin' the tides roll away
Travelin' down this lonesome railroad Silver Ribbons with no ends
A million miles a crossties mark a million miles I've been
I've picked peaches down in Georgia apples up in Maine
Pulled cotton out in Texas ridin' on the train
I was just a lad of seventeen my daddy turned me loose
Silver Ribbons callin' me engine and caboose
I can't recall my mother she left when I was two
Brunets blondes and red heads were the only love I knew
Don't ask me where I'm going don't ask me where I've been
Those Silver Ribbons will take me there there and back again
One more time back again
Travelin' to the tune of freight wheels is such a lonely sound
Hear that lonesome whistle blow as leavin' another town
I wish someone was waitin' somewhere to welcome me
Then those Silver Ribbons would see no more of me
Oh baby tell me what you gonna do oh baby tell me what you gonna do
I'm sick and tired from fooin' round with you
Get up every morning pick up somethin' to eat
I'm gonna go to work and you brush your teeth
Come home in the evenin' and you're still in bed got a ragtime round your head
Oh baby tell me what you're gonna do I'm sick and tired a fooin' round with you
[ guitar ]
It's the last time I'm tellin' you better change your ways
Last time I'm tellin' you I mean what to say
Last time I'm tellin' you you better stop to try you're gonna find yourself outside
Oh baby tell me what you're gonna do I'm sick and tired from fooin' round with you
I left the light in my window burning bright for you
And the door to this heart of mine I left that open too
We once had a love together I believe that it was true
But now you search for somethin' better so I'm shutting out the light on you
Yes I'm shutting out the light in my window locking up the heart that beats for you
This heart of mine can't take it any longer so I'm shutting out the light on you
[ guitar ]
I still recall when you told me but I've made your every dream come true
But we now are dreaming of another but baby are you only foolin' you
If I had a chance I'd wait forever there's no use pursuing what's not true
This heart of mine can't take it any longer so I'm shutting out the light on you
My friends never understood my rough and rowdy ways
They think I'm the only fool my daddy ever raised
But I'm gonna shine shine shine shine see me shine
With a little luck and greenback dollar you're gonna see me shine
Here's to the ones who do believe and disbelieve somehow
I'd give a hundred dollars Lord if they could see me now
See me shine shine shine shine see me shine
With a little luck and greenback dollar that's gonna make me shine
I don't need fancy ladies wasting up my time
Give me tender loving care and the one that's mine
Make me shine shine shine shine shine make me shine
With a little luck and greenback dollar you're gonna see me shine
I like living easy I like being free
Living free and easy brings out the best in me
Makes me shine shine shine shine shine make me shine
Well now I can see you're dancin' every dance with her
And it seems to me you're dancin' much too close to her
When you sat at our table you sat next to her
But I know that it's true she loves me she don't love you
Well let me tell you friend I'm wise to your lies
Even tellin' me that I'm the guy for her
And if a little thing you do and say has given you away you're in love with her
Well just one more dance with her and friend you're gonna see
Oh what it's like to hit the floor and do a little dance with me
Here's your coat there's the door I think you better leave
Cause I just know that it's true she loves me she don't love you
[ guitar ]
There's a road runs clear to the sky
Calls to my spirit calls to my heart
She's been a harbor a port in a storm
She's got one more sundown and one more dawn
Fiddles don't make violins
Motel rooms don't make homes
You can't turn water into wine
You can't make a rock from a rolling stone
[ guitar ]
You'd be a liar if you said you'd changed
There's a river of freedom running through your veins
But she'll be there in your heart and your mind
Till the last song fades and the music dies
Fiddles don't make violins...
Almost out of adolescence and into a world we didn't know
Not necessaryly love but in trouble with a fire down below
Looking back for a feeling it's just something far away and long ago
I can still recall the name but she's really someone I don't even know
But she was right for the time
She was right for the time but time has a way of moving on
I do recall a gypsy lady and a younger man in over his head
I was her believer taken in by every loving word she said
It was there for the first time the sweet and the bitter taste of love
When you're young and alive too much never seems to be enough
It seems the young and the innocent are drawn like a moth to a flame
To the wild and the reckless believing they are one in the same
She never found a way to separate the good from the bad
And she never understood that love was all we ever really had
She was right for the time but time has a way of moving on
With her eyes on tomorrow one day she turned around and I was gone
I'd have to say in a way she just might be better off alone
As I wander on life's pathway know not what the future holds
As I ponder hope grows fonder precious sacred seems unfold
Precious mem'ries how they linger how they ever flood my soul
In the stillness of the midnight precious sacred scenes unfold
[ guitar ]
Precious mem'ries how they linger...
Some people are saying that time will take care of people like me
That I'm living too fast and they say I can't last much longer
But little they see that their thoughts of me is my saviour
And little they know I might live forever
So pick up the tempo just a little and take it on home
The singer ain't singin' and the drummer's been draggin' too long
Time'll take care of itself so just leave time alone
And pick up the tempo just a little and take it on home
I'm wild and I'm mean I'm creatin' a scene I'm goin' crazy
I'm good and I'm bad and I'm happy and sad and I'm lazy
I'm quiet and I'm loud and I'm gatherin' a crowd and I like gravy
About half off the wall but I learned it all in the Navy
So pick up the tempo...
Everybody knows you been steppin' on my toes and I'm gettin' pretty tired of it
You keep a steppin' out of line and a messin' with my mind
If you had any sense you'd quit
Cause ever since you were a little bitty teeny girl
You said I was the only man in this whole world
Now you bettter do some thinking then you'll find
You got the only daddy that'll walk the line
I keep a working every day all you wanna do is play I'm tired of stayin' out all night
I'm a comin' unglued from your funny little moods now honey baby that ain't right
Cause ever since you were...
[ guitar ]
You keep a packin' up my clothes nearly everybody knows
That you're still just a puttin' me on
When I start a walking gonna hear you start a squawking
And a beggin' me to come back home
Cause ever since you were...a little bitty teeny girl you said I was the only man in this whole world now you better do some thinkin then you'll find you got the only daddy that'll walk the line
I gotta quit this smokin' it's because of my chokin'
I gotta quit this drinkin' it's been messin' up my thinkin'
Baby you're included in my plan
You're one of my bad habits I'm gonna quit you if I can
I gotta quit this cryin' cause you won't quit your lyin'
You dig another guy and I'm sick and tired of tryin'
I'm gonna have to face it like man
You're one of my bad habits I'm gonna quit you if I can
I've gotta quit this hopin' you'll change and stop this mockin'
All that you been sayin' was just the game you're playin'
Woman don't be reachin' out your hand
You're one of my bad habits I'm gonna quit you if I can
[ steel ]
I've gotta quit this hopin'...
I know your leaving's too long overdue
For too long I've had nothing new to show you
Goodbye dry eyes I watched your plane fade off west of the moon
It felt so strange to walk away alone
No regrets no tears goodbye don't want you back we'd only cry again
Say goodbye again
[ acguitar ]
The hours that were yours echo like empty rooms
The toughts we used to share I now keep alone
I awoke last night and spoke to you not thinking you were gone
And it felt so strange to lie awake alone
No regrets no tears goodbye...
[ ac.guitar ]
Our friends have tried to turn my nights to day
Strange faces in your place can't keep the ghosts away
Just beyond the darkest hour just behind the dawn
It feels so strange to leave my life alone
Well, there's snow on the mountain, a fire down below
No place to hide, but there's no place to go
Seems like I'm surrounded by the trouble in the air
If there's any way out I can't find it anywhere
Chorus:
But I'll never say die
Never say die
I ain't givin' in or givin' up without a try
No I'll never say die
I'd gladly give up all my baubles, my watch and golden chain
Blue shiny roadster, and my sexy walkin' cane
All of my prized possessions, that I love, you know I do
Any time, any where, just to find my place with you
Repeat Chorus
I don't want your greenback dollar
It could never be enough
Just your sweet love and your body
So you might as well just as well give it up
The reflections of the trees are cut by the bow of my pirogue
And spattered by the paddle of my eager hand
That Mississippi woman is a wavin' over yonder
Wavin' her lantern for her Louisiana man
How I love that Mississippi woman how I love that Mississippi girl
How I love that Mississippi woman but her heart does not belong to me
The lantern light and moonbeams are dancing patterns on the water
She doesn't seem to realize I've learned her secret plans
My jealous mind is thinking as I paddle through the sleeping alligators
She don't know I know about her Louisiana man
How I love that Mississippi woman...
The reflections of the trees are cut by the bow of my pirogue
And splattered by the paddle of my shaky hand
The silence from behind me is alive with the splashing alligators
And the lantern light is blinking on the bottom in the sand
How I love that Mississippi woman...
I hope that the friend
You've thrown yourself with
He gets drunk and loses his job
And every road that you travel on
Is dusty, rocky and hard
I couldn't make you love me
You only made me blue
So all in all, if the curtain should fall
Lord, I hope that it falls on you.
I will have sweet, sweet, sweet mental revenge.
I will have sweet, sweet, sweet mental revenge.
--- Instrumental ---
Well, I hope that the train
From Caribou Maine
Runs over your new love affair
You walk the floor
From door to door
And pull out your peroxide hair.
You never was my woman
'Cause you were never true
So all in all if the curtain should fall
Lord, I hope that it falls on you.
I will have sweet, sweet, sweet mental revenge.
I will have sweet, sweet, sweet mental revenge.
Lord it's been rough and rocky travelin' but I'm finally standing upright on the ground
After taking several readings I'm surprised to find my mind's still fairly sound
I thought Nashville was the roughest but I guess I've said the same about them all
Upon hell of an education in the cities of this nation me and Tompaul
I got busted in Laredo for reasons that I'd rather not disclose
If you're stayin' in a motel there and leave there don't leave nothin' in your clothes
At the airport in Milwaukee they refused to let us board the plane at all
They said we looked suspicious but I think they like to pick on me and Paul
[ guitar ]
On a package show in Buffalo with us and Kitty Wells and Charlie Pride
The show was long and I just hung around
And I'd come there to pick not for the ride
We drunk a lot of whiskey so I ain't sure we went on that night at all
I don't think they even missed us I guess Buffalo ain't geared for me and Tompaul
I saved up my money to buy my sweetheart some flowers
For Saturday's date and I restlessly counted the hours
Then today in the mail I recieved a short little note
And I'd broke down inside at the message that her mother wrote
Mary Ann regrets she's unable to see you again
We'll leaving for Europe next week she'll be busy till then
They know that she loves me but poor boys don't fit in their plans
Goodbye true love goodbye my sweet Mary Ann
The weeks have gone by not a word have I heard since then
I read in the papers of far away places she's been
I can't eat I can't sleep for over and over again
My mind reads that letter and I cry for my Mary Ann
Mary Ann regrets...
[ ac.guitar ]
My Mary had died too sad she just wasted away
If I could have seen her I know she'd be living today
For we loved each other and if they'd have left us alone
Today she'd be wearing my ring not a blanket of stone
Mary Ann regrets...
Before you pack your suitcase call your mama
Up to now she's taught you all you need to know
Just look at me as kinda like your daddy
Teaching you the old rules of the road
You won't be no superstar tomorrow
You've got to take the time to pay your dues
When you start to feel at home out on the highway
You're damn sure qualified to sing the blues
Always send a big guy for the money
Don't give 'em no excuse to do you wrong
Even when you lose you're still the winner
At least you've got the making's of a song
Don't compromise your feelings when they matter
They'll come back to haunt you don't you know
The songs you sing today you'll sing tomorrow
If you don't give up the music for the show
Always send a big guy for the money...
The only two things in life
that make it worth livin'
Is guitars that tune
good and firm feelin' women
I don't need my name
in the marquee lights
I got my song and I got
you with me tonight
Maybe it's time we got back
to the basics of love
(chorus)
Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas
with Waylon and Willie and the boys
This successful life we're livin'
got us feuding like the Hatfields and McCoys
Between Hank Williams pain songs
and Newberry's train songs
and Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain
Out in Luckenbach, Texas
ain't nobody feelin' no pain
So baby let's sell your diamond ring
buy some boots and faded jeans and go away
This coat and tie is choking me
in your high society you cry all day
We've been so busy keepin' up with the Jones
four car garage and we're still building on
Maybe it's time we got back
to the basics of love
(chorus)
Let's go to Luckenbach, Texas
with Willie and Waylon and the boys
This successful life we're livin's
got us feudin' like the Hatfields and McCoys
Between Hank Williams' pain songs
and Jerry Jeff's train songs
and Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain
Out in Luckenbach, Texas
I got a gal in Baton Rouge she calls me Louisiana
She gives me a little something to eat she knows just what I want she treats me right
Lord Lord Lord treats me right (yes she does) treats me right (yeah take it Willie)
[ guitar ]
I went down to New Orleans to have myself a ball
The ladies there they don't care they just don't care at all
But they treat you right Lord Lord Lord treat you right Louisiana gal treats you right
[ harmonica ]
From the gulf of the Mississippi up to Baton Rouge
With the Louisiana ladies boy you just can't lose
They'll treat you right Lord Lord Lord treat you right yeah treat you right boy
[ steel - keyboard ]
Well the latest news from Nashville
Ain’t all good, but it ain’t bad
The worst I ever found there
Was the best I ever had
The new hats and the no hats
Are still coming on pretty strong
While me and Kris and John and Willie
Are stilling plodding right along
Clint Black’s moved out to Hollywierd
He’s in love and that’s a fact
Done found himself a movie star
Gonna show him how to act
Garth Brooks keeps selling millions
No that sure ain’t no joke
But I just can’t help looking for
A pig down in the poke
Have you seen Tanya Tucker
Hangin’ in there, hangin’ tough
Her and Dolly Pardon
Still got much more than enough
But a few new country ladies
That I’ve seen go dancin’ past
Should forget about Madonna
She ain’t got no country class
Travis Tritt’s got all the talent
Least it seems that way to me
He’s a little brash and cocky
But he’s got a right to be
Now Billy Ray keeps right on dancin’
Outta tune and outta time
He drives Bubbas up the wall
And girls out of their minds
Livin’ legends are a dying breed
There ain’t too many left
To tell the truth, I ain’t been feelin’
Real hot lately my damn self
But I ain’t old and I ain’t bitter
I ain’t mad at anyone
So don’t go takin’ seriously
What’s poked at you in fun
But if you’ve ever been to Nashville
I think you might agree
We’ve seen a lot of changes
Things we never thought we’d see
A rock-n-roller with a banjo
Now that I might recall
But a country singer with a brief case
Down the street a baby just cried when he woke up all alone
A train's leavin' town and that lonesome old sound is chilling me right to the bone
A song is playing I can barely hear about a love that's gone wrong
The freezing rain on my window pane listen they're playing my song
Taps being played by a soldier's grave so sad it torments your soul
Just listen to that north wind moan tonight it's so dark and cold
Somewhere a siren cuts through the night sounds like a whole world's gone wrong
Just one more dance just one more chance so I can talk to you
We've both have paid don't be afraid just let me try to prove
I would do anything you want me to
Just one more dance just one more chance let me talk to you
Don't go too far with that crowd at the bar
That's not the way to win let's fall in love again
Give me your heart and let me start to build our life anew
Just one more dance just one more chance let me talk to you
Can I stay with you awhile right awhile behind your smile
You don't have to say the things you used to say
Just let me sleep here for a time in the want of your loving mind
And tomorrow I'll be on my way
Just hold me in the want of your gentle smile
Just tonight hon with you then I'll be going on my way
Just hide me till I have I have the strenght to go
For now all I want to know is morning by your side
Let me stay with you awhile right awhile behind your smile
You don't have to say the things you used to say
Just let me sleep here for a time in the want of your loving mind
I've learned to turn the other cheek is not what love's about
I've turned mine so many times that I damned near wore 'em out
I've grown used to your abuse and I thought I'd never quit
But I woke up this morning couldn't find my shiv a git
You've always liked to play your games well I got one for you
Pretend we're playing checkers girl and it's your time to move
You'll find your suitcase on the porch and the taxi in the drive
So get your tongue out of my mouth I'm kissing you goodbye
I see you've finally made it home you been out all night
Your artificial hair's a mess and your clothes don't fit you right
I've given and forgiven till there ain't nothing left
But all you gave was just enough to satisfy yourself
I can smell that whisky in your hair and sen-sen on your breath
If you ever tried to tell the truth you'd choke yourself to death
I don't want your nasty kisses and don't tell me no more lies
Get your tongue out of my mouth I'm kissing you goodbye
Jack a diamond jack a diamond take my money you can have my life of luxury
You can have my precious silver studded saddle oh Lord
But you cannot take my soul cannot take my soul today
Sweet mamma oh sweet mamma won't you say you love me
Let me hold you hold you in my arms
Please tell me I'm not really falling to pieces
Keep me tender mama tender now keep me warm
Jack a diamond jack a diamond I still got my ace yeah
If you want me to do it I can throw it right in your face
Go and take my precious silver studded saddle yeah
But you cannot take my soul Lord you cannot take my soul today
Jack a diamond jack a diamond gonna be alright
Well I've come here to tell you boys I'm ragged but I'm right
I'm a tramp and a rounder I stay out late at night
I pour a high steak three times a day for my board
That's more than any loafer in this old town can afford
A big electric fan keep me cool while I sleep
A little baby boy play around daddy's feet
I'm a rounder I'm a gambler Lord I lead every fight
I tell you boys I'm ragged but I'm right
[ guitar ]
When I got married I knew I'd settled down
I build a little lovenest right near in my hometown
Now I've got a family one that I'm proud of
I know that they'll be happy cause I'm the one they love
I'm coming back to you one more time
To give you one more chance to clear your mind
I know how much you don't want to be free so I'm doing this for you not for me
All you have to do is apologize I'll be there soon as I dry my eyes
I know how much you don't want to be free so I'm doing this for you not for me
[ guitar ]
All you have to do is apologize...
Ah! It’s just another wasted mornin’
While I’m holdin’ up the wall
Too much tequila makes me wonder
Why I’m headin’ home at all
Get that honky tonk feelin’
Every time your arms grow cold
I suppose that’s the reason
I need a home away from home
So I’ll say one more time
And I hope you’ll understand
If I can’t find it in your arms, babe
I’m gonna find it where I can
I can’t refuse them lonely women
Lord, I know just how they feel
I suppose that’s the reason
What you been givin’ me makes me feel
Honey, I’m gettin’ that honky tonk feelin’
Every time your arms grow cold
And I suppose that’s the reason
I need a home away from home
So I’ll say it one more time, one more time
And I hope you’ll understand
If I can’t find it in your arms, babe
I’m gonna find it where I can
If I can’t find it in your arms, babe
You tear me down a hundred times a day I've cried enough to wash the world away
I've tried so hard to be what you've wanted me to be
Till somewhere along the way I lost me
To give and keep on giving I have learned
There's no way but yours where you're concerned
I tried till finally I lost my own identity and somewhere along the way I lost me
Somewhere along the way I lost the man I used to be
A man who smiled enjoyed life loved you with all of me
You'd never once considered how I felt so go ahead and live my life yourself
I've tried so hard to be what you wanted me to be
You don't know what's good for you you won't leave me alone
I know you've got a family sleepin' at home
Don't make me go out off my way don't tempt me please
Don't you be so nice to me I fall in love so easily
[ ac.guitar ]
I'm all alone and need someone I guess that it shows
But the things you make me want to do I'll regret I know
So don't say things that you don't mean cause I just might believe
Don't you be so nice to me I fall in love so easily
[ ac.guitar ]
I'm gonna leave tonight with you go on and have your fun
I don't want to be a part of what I might have done
I'm tempted when I think about the things that might have been
And I'll admit I'd like to try but I know I couldn't win
And so instead I'll say goodbye I know it's time to leave
Cause you been so nice to me and I fall in love so easily
[ ac.guitar ]
Cause you been so nice to me I fall in love so easily
[ ac.guitar ]
I've been walking in the shadows for so long that I forgot the sun could shine
I've turned away from everything and everyone that wanted to be mine
Somehow I always shot my eyes and heart to anything that I might share
Now I'm standing still and I wonder how long have you been there
Every path I've taken I've turned around and quickly closed the door
It seems that all I knew if I ever stop to feel I want more
I kept a steady run so my eyes could never focus anywhere
Now I'm standing still and I wonder how long have you been there
How long have you been standing there protecting me from love that shouldn't be
Knowing all alone that I would realize that you were meant for me
Now I've got to mend every broken fence and bridge that I have burned
And clear away the cobwebs in my heart so I can start to learn
For now I realize that you've been waiting just to teach me how to care
Now I'm standing still and I wonder how long have you been there
Well I don't know who or where I am
I don't know who do give a damn
It's a hell of a mess that I've got me in
Hittin' the bottle again
I can't walk so I can't go home
No need to talk cause I'm alone
If I stay here they're gonna lock me in
Hittin' the bottle again
Hittin' the bottle again ever than I've drunker been
Or is it drunker than I've ever been hittin' the bottle again
[ guitar ]
Well I tried to quit for a wife of mine
I tried to quit but I changed my mind
Every once in awhile and a now and a then
Hittin' the bottle again
He went to Paris lookin' for answers to questions
That bothered him so
He was impressive,young and agressive
Savin' the world on his own
Warm summer breezes,French wine and cheeses
Put his ambition at bay
The summers and winters scattered like splinters
And four or five years slipped away
He went to England,played the piano,and married
An actress named Kim
They had a good life,she was a good wife
And bore him a young son named Jim
All of the answers and all of the questions
He locked in his attic one day
'Cause he liked the quiet clean country livin'
And twenty more years slipped away
War took his baby,Bombs killed his lady and left him
With only one eye
His body was battered,his whole world was shattered
All he could do was just cry
While the tears were fallin' he was recallin'
Answers that he never found
So he hopped in a freighter,skidded the ocean
And left England without a sound
Now he lives in the islands,fishes the pilin' and drinks
His Green label each day
Writing his memoirs,losin' his hearin'
But he don't care what most people say
After eighty-six years of perpetual motion
If he likes you he'll smile and say
"Jimmy,some of it's magic,probably tragic,
But i had a good life all the way"
He went to Paris lookin' for answers to questions
Ramblin' about
Down through the South
I find things are a changing a lot
Especially me
It's easy to see
Montgomery's still hot,and i'm not
I stopped by today
At Hank Williams's grave
My hero from the days of my youth
Was that him or me
That i used to be
In the times when i searched for the truth
Chorus:
Hank you were my inspiration
And I was obsessed with your ways
But to tell you the truth
It's no thanks to you
That i'm still living today
Hank i still love your music
And in spite of the things i've just said
You'll always be
A hero to me
But the Hank Williams syndrome is dead
The new hats are here
And it's increasingly clear
Our day is slipping on by
They're not like me and you
But that's alright,too
They could keep the music alive
Well I grew up lean and hungry I worked hard for my money
Said I'm gonna live my life the way I please
Spent some time on the road of life saw an angel once and the devil twice
I came across some things that I don't need
Like a cold hearted women whiskey in my water
And only one way out of a motel room
Payments on the Cadillac and too many questions
And old guitars that just won't stay in tune
You know there's good and bad breaks you learn from your mistakes
It's all in how you handle them do's and don'ts
A hillbilly boy is hard to convice wild and stubborn and not much sense
But I've got enough to know what I don't want
Like a cold hearted women whiskey in my water...
Everybody's gone away said they're movin' to LA
There's not a soul I know around everybody's leavin' town
Some caught a freight some caught a plane
Find the sunshine leave the rain they say this town'll waste your mind
Must be right cause it's wastin' mine
Some got to win some got to lose good time Charlie's got the blues
[ dobro ]
My heart keeps telling me there ain't no kid at thirty-three
Play around you lose your wife you play too long you lose your life
I got my pills to ease the pain can't find a thing to ease the rain
Soimetimes I'd like to try and settle down but everybody's leavin' town
Some got to win some got to lose good time Charlie's got the blues
People sit around and they talk and talk
How their dreams all ended too soon
Guess they never hung out under the stars
Howling at the moon
I guess we're as different as nine and eight
I see it in a different light
I don't think much about the good ol' days
Just about the good ol' nights
Talk about the good times
Talk about the times when the times were right
You can keep the good ol' days I'll take the good ol' nights
[ guitar ]
They wanna go back to when a Cadillac
Didn't look like a Chevrolet
It mean't a lot to them but not a thing to me
I never owned one anyway
But a good looking woman and an old guitar
With both of them tuned just right
Well I don't think much about the good ol' days
Just about the good ol' nights
Talk about the good times...
Dukes Of Hazard Theme Song - Dukes Of Hazard
Just the good ol' boys,
Never meanin' no harm,
Beats all you've never saw, been in trouble with the law
since the day they was born.
Straight'nin' the curve,
Flat'nin' the hills.
Someday the moutain might get 'em,
but the law never will.
Makin' their way, The only way they know how,
That's just a little bit more than the law will allow.
Just the good ol' boys,
Wouldn't change if they could,
A long time forgotten the dreams
that just fell by the way
The good life he promised
ain't what she's livin' today
But she never complains of the bad times
Or the bad things he's done, lord
She just talks about the good times they've had
and all the good times to come
(chorus)
She's a good hearted woman
in love with a good timin' man
She loves him in spite of his
ways she don't understand
Through teardrops and laughter they
pass through this world hand in hand
A good hearted woman
lovin' a good timin' man
He likes the bright lights
and night life and good time friends
And when the party's all over
she'll welcome him back home again
Lord knows she don't understand him
but she does the best that she can
This good hearted woman
lovin' a good timin' man
I could tell you a story from another day in time
How a high falootin' woman tried to make me walk the line
She was into changin' too damn hard to please
And the last time I saw her she was down on her knees
Born under the sign of the Gemini twins
There's two sides to me and they ain't even friends
All sides are rising and there ain't no in between
When I'm bad I'm bad when I'm good I'm the best you ever seen
Sometimes I'm out a prowlin' and carryin' on
Too high to know when it's time to take it home
When I'm like that it's hard to leave the women alone
It ain't easy thinkin' right with a good looking wrong
For another sign of the Gemini twins this two sides to me and me ain't even friends
All sides are rising in the rainbow in between
When I'm good I'm good when I'm bad I'm the worst you ever seen
TThere's a good hearted woman waitin' when I come in
She don't wasting time and asking me about where I've been
She keeps it all together and to wish that you could see
Know she goes about bring it out the best side of me
Born under the sign of the Gemini twins
There's two sides to me and they ain't even friends
All signs are rising, and there ain't no in between
Oh the games people now every night and every day now
Never meanin' what they say now never sayin' what they mean oh no
Well they wile away the hours in their ivory towers
Till they're covered up with flowers in the back of a black limousine oh yeah
Lotten da la da da da lotten da la a dee de dee
Talkin' bout you and me and the games people play oh now
Well we make one another cry break a heart then we say goodbye
Cross our hearts and we hope to die that the other one's to blame
But neither one will ever give in so we gaze at an eight by ten
Thinkin' bout the things that might have been
And it's a dirty rotten shame yes it does
[ harmonica + guitar ]
People walkin' up to ya shouting glory hallelujah
Well they wanna sock it to ya in the name of the Lord
Gonna teach you how to meditate read your horoscope and cheat your fate
Furthermore to hell with hate come on and get on board
Lotten da la da da da...
Look around and tell me what you see what's happened to you and me
God give me the serenity to remember who I am
Cause you've given up your sanity for your pride and your vanity
Turn your back on humanity cause you don't give a do de dee
I hear the train a comin' rollin' round the bend
I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
Well I'm stuck in Folsom Prison and time keeps dragging on
While a train keeps a rollin' on down to San Antone
Well when I was just a baby my mama told me son
Always be a good boy don't ever play with guns
Well I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die
When I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and I cry
[ guitar ]
Well I'll bet there's rich folks eatin' in some fancy dining car
Probably drinkin' coffee and smokin' big cigars
Well I know I had it comin' I know I can't be free
But those people keep a movin' that's what tortures me
[ guitar ]
Well if they freed me from this prison if that railroad train was mine
Bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
Far from Folsom Prison that's where I long to stay
I am the entertainer I know just where I stand
Another serenader another long haired man
Today I am your champion I may have won your heart
But I know the game you'll forget my name I won't be here in another year
If I don't stay on the charts
I am the entertainer had to pay my price
Things I didn't know at first I learned by doing twice
But still they come to haunt me still they want their say
So I learn to dance with my hands in my pants
Rub my neck and just write 'em a check and they'll be on their way
I am the entertainer I've been all around the world
I played all kinds of places played all kinds of girls
I don't remember faces I don't remember names
What the hell it's just as well cause after a while and a thousand miles
It all becomes the same
I am the entertainer I come to do my show
You heard my latest record spin on the radio
Well it took me years to write it the best years of my life
It's a beautiful song but it ran too long wanna have a hit you gotta make it fit
So they cut it down to 3:05
I am the entertainer Idol of my age
Make all kinds of money boy when I go on the stage
They see me in the paper and in the magazines
If I go cold my feet get sore put me in the back of the discount rack
like another can of beans
I am the entertainer know just where I stand...
I'm for the law and order the way that it should be
This song's about the night they spent protecting you from me
Someone called us outlaws in some old magazine
New York sent a posse down like I ain't ever seen
Don't you think this outlaw bit's done got out of hand?
What started out to be a joke the law don't understand
Was it singing through my nose that got me busted by the man?
Maybe this here outlaw bit's done got out of hand, out of hand
We were wrapped up in our music that's why we never saw
Cars pull up, the boys get out and the room fills up with law
They came boundin' through the backdoor in the middle of a song
They got me for possession of something that was gone, long gone
Don't you think this outlaw bit's done got out of hand?
What started out to be a joke the law don't understand
Was it singing through my nose that got me busted by the man? Oh Lord
Maybe this here outlaw bit's done got out of hand
(Don't look for me I must go don't waste your time I must go)
Don't look for me don't waste your time I'll find another that's more my kind
I'll find my happiness on further down the line
Don't look for me don't waste your time (I must go I must go)
It's over now I must be on my way there's nothing here for me so I can't stay
You tried to be what I wanted you to be it's over now you're not the one for me
Don't look for me...
Love me once more and then forget my name for when I go I won't be back again
The sun will set I won't stay with you till dawn then I must go I linger much too long
Don't look for me...
J. J. Cale's my hero,the best I ever heard
you gotta sing a little louder, hoss, 'cause I can't hear the words
Some folks call it rock and roll, while others call it blues
But I detect a country soul, when I seen his cowboy shoes
And it's alright
It's alright
It may not be right, but it's alright
George might show up flyin' high, if George shows up at all
But he may be, unconsciously, the greatest of them all
From the Beatles and me in Nashville, to the billies and the Rolling Stones
we can all sing like we wanted to, but all sound like George Jones
And it's alright
It's alright
It may not be right, but it's alright
Jesse she's my woman boys, poor little ugly thing
She tells me just how smart I am, so I'll teach her how to sing
When I'm wrong and and she can nail me, but she goes for the same old line
Makes me know shes got my number boys, she's had it all the time
And it's alright
It's alright
Hello, it's good to see you
Just how long has it been
I've often wondered what i'd say
If we ever met again
If i'd try just being clever
Or pretend not to remember
But it's funny how you've lingered
On my mind
(Chorus:)
Didn't we shine
Didn't we shine
Didn't we share and care
And lay our hearts on the line
Maybe it wasn't meant to last
'Til the end of time
Oh,but while it did
Didn't we shine
I still have some blue days
That i could do without
And when i have my blue days
You're all i think about
But i've long ago forgiven you
For what you did or didn't do
Now all i can recall
Are the happy times
Chorus
Was it my imagination
Surely you know by now my heart is wild I don't wanna be tied down it ain't my style
Don't you think I know better world is kind of other too dis-selfish
Well I can't help it I'm destiny's child
I couldn't began to tell you if I try admit so much to love before a little while
Tried to remember all of the good love I wish you understood love
I ain't no good love I'm destiny's child destiny's child destiny's child
[ ac.guitar ]
I could be on my way now please don't cry
Gotta be somewhere else I don't know why
Keep thinkin' of all I'm losin' I know your lips're soothin'
I gotta be movin' I'm destiny's child
I must wish you well and say goodbye I wish you moons and stars and sunny skies
You gave me so much to believe in my life has a little more meanin'
[ with Bobby Bare ]
Come on home and sing the blues to daddy tell it all to one who understands
I hear that your new romance has faded just the way ours did sometime ago
I've lost count of all the times I've waited
For you to tell me that you've missed me so
Come on home and sing the blues to daddy
When things don't work out the way you planned
Come on home and sing the blues to daddy tell it all to one who understands
Like a child that's found a brand new plaything
Each one is more fun than those before
But there's a faithful one who's always waiting
To be picked up and kicked around once more
Come on home and sing the blues...
Clyde plays electric bass plays it with finesse and grace
Set on the porch ain't got no shoes pickin' the bass and singin' the blues
Misery loves company this old dog sings harmony
Tambourine tied to his tail you can hear him moan you can hear him wail yeah
Jodie baby she got the dollar down the road you can hear her holler
Get up Clyde we got things to do that old dog's singin' the blues
He don't move he don't flinch Clyde he don't move an inch
Set on the porch ain't got no shoes pickin' the bass and singin' the blues
I got a gal in Cedartown Georgia
Used to have to walk nearly three miles to court her
She never had much; just a sharecropper's daughter
But I married her and took her down to New Orleans, got a little house in the South French Quarter
Got a job hookin' bait an’ loadin ‘um on the steamboat
I gave her seven days pay, next day I’m broke
When she ain't a’sleepin' all day, she's a primpin'
Every evenin' when the sun goes down, she starts a’swarmin' on Orlean town
Walkin' to work this mornin' at daybreak
Caught her with a tall dark dandy from Canebreak
She walked right by me and she looked right through me
I made up my mind what I'm a gonna do: eased in the pawnshop and bought a 22
I watched as the room clerk gave them a room key
Standin' outside I could read Room 23
Tonight I'll put her on a train for Georgia
I've been quite the traveler ever since I hit the road
And the Sullen county carnival has been my earn in gold
I've been quite alone since I remember when
I turned my ultimatums into chips and cashed them in
I used to run the Ferris wheel but that'd be hard to prove
I can't stand to see a rolling wheel propped up so it can't move
I used to run the carousel hell that's just round and round
Never liked to see them ponies painted up and bolted down
The only thing that keeps me from staying here is leaving
The only thing that saves me from it all is I'll be gone
Just when I could trust in all the things that I believe in
I had to pack it up and move along
And I'll tell you the boys I'm not the only one
I was a straight man at the ring toss but that was just a jaunt
I can't see throwing rings around things you don't really want
I could run the roller coaster but that might break my heart
So much hard travelin' just to wind up where you start
Now I just work the gateway and I'm pretty satisfied
Little booth is red and blue and I just sit inside
I just take your money and give tickets out in trade
Think about my life and all the promises I made
The only thing that keeps me from staying here is leaving...
My bills are all due and the baby needs shoes but I'm busted
Cotton is down to a quarter a pound and I'm busted
I got a cow that's gone dry and a hen that won't lay
A big stack of bills gettin' bigger each day
The county will haul my belongings away cause I'm busted
I went to see my brother gonna ask him for a loan I was busted
I hate to beg like a dog for a bone but I'm busted
My brother said there ain't one thing I can do
Wife and the kids they're all down with the flu
I was just thinking about calling on you cause I'm busted
[ guitar ]
I ain't no thief but a man can go wrong when he's busted
The food that we canned last summer is gone and I'm busted
Well the fields are all bare and the cotton won't grow
Me and my family gotta pack up and go
Billy we've come along way together and through it all
You've been just like a brother to me
And Billy we've had our share of ups and downs froze our tails sleeping on the ground
When the jobs were few and far between
We've been knocking around together so long singing them same old songs
Been out in the rain so long I swear we're shrinking
Billy lately I have done some thinking when I look back on our lives
We've sure had ourself a time
But you know it's been a wild world we traveled
And it's startin' to unravel we leave so many loose ends behind
We've been bucked off and kicked so many times
And the ground just keeps gettin' harder
Billy you know well as I we ain't gettin' no younger
[ harmonica ]
Billy another summer's come and gone now with winter coming on
I know we planned on heading south
But Billy I thought about it several days and these words I'm about to say
They don't taste good in my mouth
But there's someone who's waiting back home Lord if she'll still have me
Guess I'll be saying so long you go on without me
Ain't no easy way of saying goodbye
Ran my Chevy through the car wash
Threw the beers cans out
Emptied all the ash trays
Cleaned a little house
Got my Allman Brothers cassettes
Stacked up on the dash
Got some jack back in the trunk
And a tank full of gas
Stopped and bought some roses
To sweep you off your feet
Yes i'm going for the limit,girl
I'm gettin' in the real deep
Dusted off my Dingos
Got my Levis pressed
Gonna break into your heart
And steal what i love best
Chorus:
Yes i'm armed and dangerous
Woman you've made me a desperate man
Armed and dangerous
Comin' for your lovin' yes i am
Take a ride out in the country
Where the grass is tall and cool
And do some barefoot dancin'
How's that sound to you
And i've got some other things
That i might suggest
But if i put them on this record
Verse 1:
C/G G
She was a good looking woman no doubt
A high steppin' mover that men talk about
But everything bad in me
She brought it out
And she was just no good for me
Verse 2:
She was wonderfully wicked and wild
With the looks of a woman
And the ways of a child
She could twist me or turn me
With a look or a smile
And she was just no good for me
Chorus:
Don't be taken by the look in her eyes
If she looks like an angel
It's a perfect disguise
And for somebody else she may be
But she was just no good for me
Verse 3:
I'm just a fool for a looker i guess
When it comes to beauty
Lord knows she was blessed
I thought i could change her
And i did my best
But she was just no good for me
Chorus.
May the fruit of my toil be yours love may the fruit from my soil be yours love
And from this moment on may a love true and strong
And lives on and on be yours love
May the sons that I raise be yours love may the comforts I praise be yours love
If I ever get weak may the love words I speak and the arms that I seek be yours love
May the Lord's shining grace be yours love may the happiest face be yours love
(Mickey Newbury)
Waylon
You're not my same sweet baby lady
You're not the same baby I knew
The world is all wrong girl and I'm not the man
Who can change it for you
I'll just be packing my bags and silently go.
What's the good in pretending
And watching it drag on and on
The good is in ending it while there's the time left
To say that your mind is your own.
You're not my same sweet baby lady
Now the bright lights faded they've taken the baby from you
Girl I'm not saying my bubbles so great
That hard times won't break that too
I'll just be packing my bags and silently go.
--- Instrumental ---
What's the good in pretending
And watching it drag on and on
The good is in ending it while there's the time left
To say that your mind is your own.
You're not my same sweet baby lady
Girl I'm not saying I haven't done some changing too
So please stop your cryin' you know I'm not tryin'
To lay all the blame off on you
I'll just be packing my bags and silently go.
--- Instrumental ---
The world is all wrong girl and I'm not the man
Who can change it for you...
Chorus:
D A D
You can have her,i don't want her
A E
She didn't love me anyway
A D
She only wanted someone to play with
A E A
All i wanted was love to stay
Verse 1:
A D
The girl i love,up and left me
A E
She ran away with my best friend
A D
Comes home at night,for just one hour
A E A
When daylight comes she's gone again
Chorus.
Verse 2:
A D
When you're stuck with the wrong woman
A E
There ain't much that you can do
A D
Just dig a hole and crawl right in it
A E A
Then pull the ground right in over you
Chorus.
Verse 3:
A D
Life without love is might empty
A E
But confession is good for your soul
A D
I'd rather have love for just one hour
A E A
Then have the world and all it's gold
Chorus(x2).
I've walked through many towns with fortunes lost and found
Seen the beauty of this land made by nature and by men
But when I leave I don't look back for I've only left my tracks
I've crossed the burning bridges and walked through miles of sand
Seen the lawlest in the law you beat all I ever saw
[ guitar ]
I've dreamed a million miles about your eyes and smiles
I know I've loved the best I can't be content with last
I've scanned the skies of blue for just one glimpse of you
But they threw away the mold of a love that's grown so cold
I've been telling you there's someone else Virginia
You're not listening and this time I think you should
But you've never cared for me have you Virginia
So you just can't see how anybody could
Yes Virginia there is another woman and she loves me like I used to wish you'd do
Yes Virginia there is another woman now I need her more than I ever needed you
[ ac.guitar ]
I have never measured up to what you've wanted
I'm through trying now I know I never can
That's the reason why I love her so Virginia she accepts me just exactly like I am
I'm not here to forget you
I'm here to recall the things we used to say and do
I don't wanna get over you
I don't wanna get over you
I haunt the same places we used to go
Alone at a table for two
I don't wanna get over you
I don't wanna get over you
They oughtta give me the Wurlitzer Prize
For all the silver I let slide down the slot
Playin' those songs sung blue
That help me remember you
I don't wanna get over you
A fresh roll o' quarters, same old songs
Missin' you through and through
I don't wanna get over you
I don't wanna get over you
They oughtta give me the Wurlitzer Prize
For all the silver I let slide down the slot
Playin' those songs sung blue
They help me remember you
'Cause I don't wanna get over you
I don't wanna get over you
I don't wanna get over you
Verse 1 (W. Nelson):
C/G F C/G
You call us heathens with zero respect for the law
We are only songwriters just writing our songs and that's all
C/G F C/G
We write what we live and we live what we write is that wrong
If you think it is Mr. Music Executive
G C/G
Why don't you write your own songs
Chorus (W. Nelson):
C/G G C/G
And don't listen to mine,they might run you crazy
They might make you dwell on your feelings a moment too long
F C/G
We're making you rich and you're already lazy
G C/G
So just lay on your ass and get richer or write your own songs
Verse 2 (W. Jennings):
C/G F C/G
Mr. Purified Country don't you know what the whole things about
Is your head up your ass so far that you can't pull it out
C/G F C/G
The world's getting smaller and everyone in it belongs
And if you can't see that Mr. Purified Country
G C/G
Why don't you just write your own songs
Chorus.
G C/G
So just lay on your ass and get richer or write your own songs
Verse 1:
Well the road can be a circus,a death defying act
But the clowns don't come around no more since the monkeys off my back
I stand here on the stage,as the house lights fade to black
E A
Your love helps me forget,i'm working without a net
Chorus:
A D A
Up on the high wire,i hear the crowd begin to call
D E
Some want you to fly,some want to see you fall
Now and then i stumble,but i ain't fallen yet
E A
Your love helps me forget,i'm working without a net
Verse 2:
I used to depend on some things i did not need
I leaned on some crutches that kept me off my feet
Standing here without them now,well it scares me half to death
E A
Your love helps me forget,i'm working without a net
Chorus(x2).
Woman let me sing you a song woman let me sing you a song
That tells how you've done me wrong so it's your fault if it's long
Woman let me sing you a song
Well the neighbors all say I run around yeah the neighbors all say I run around
But baby if I do I'm still miles in back off you woman let me sing you a song
[ guitar ]
You tell our friends I drink too much now the whole town knows I drink too much
But the reason why I drink is a thought you make to think
Woman let me sing you a song
Woman let me sing you a song woman let me sing you a song
I said I'd die for you and I have the time or two woman let me sing you a song
I once had a girl or should I say she once had me
She showed me her room isn't it good Norwegian Wood
She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere
So I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair
I sat on a rug biding my time drinking her wine
We talked until two and then she said it's time for bed
[ guitar - harmonica ]
She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh
I told her I didn't and crawled off to sleep in the bath
And when I awoke I was alone this bird had flown
Verse 1:
A D
Three fingers whiskey,pleasures the drinkers
A E
And moving does more than the same things for me
A D
Willie he tells me that doers and thinkers
A E A
Say moving is the closest thing to being free
Verse 2:
A D
Well he's rosined his reggins,laid back his wages
A E
He's dead set on riding in the big rodeo
A D A
My woman's tired with an overdue baby
E A
Willie keeps yelling hey gypsy let's go
Chorus:
E D A
Willie you're wild as a Texas blue northern
E D A
Ready rolled from the same makins as me
D A
I reckon we're gonna ramble till hell freezes over
E A
Willie the wandering gypsy and me
Verse 3:
A D
Ladies we surely will take off your favors
A E
And we'll surely warn you there never will be
A D A
A single soul living that could put brand or handle
E A
On Willie the wandering gypsy and me
Verse 4:
A D
Dance on the mountain,shout in the canyons
A E
Swarm in a loose heard like a wild buffalo
A D A
Jamming our heads full of figures and angles
E A
And telling us stuff that we already know
Chorus(x2).
Verse 1:
Through the chill of winter
Running across a frozen lake
Hunters hard right on his trail
All odds are against him
A E
With a family to provide for
A B
But one thing he must keep alive
E A
Will the wolf survive?
Will the wolf survive?
Verse 2:
Drifting by the roadside
Climbs a strong and aging face
Wants to make some honest pay
Losing to the rainstorm
A E
He's got two strong legs to guide him
A B
Two strong arms keep him alive
Will the wolf survive?
Bridge:
E A E
Standing in the pouring rain
A E
All alone in a world that's changed
A D A
Running scared now forced to hide
E A E
In a land where he once stood with pride
B A
But he'll find his way by the morning light
Verse 3:
Sounds across the nation
Coming from your hearts and minds
Battered drums and old guitars
Singing songs of passion
A E
It's the truth that they all look for
A B
Something they must keep alive
E A
Will the wolf survive?
E A
Will the wolf survive?
Will the wolf survive?
Verse 1:
B E
Straight out of nowhere
And a little bit out of our minds
We were courting disaster
With one foot over the line
It was one for the show
And two for ol' shorty and me
We were the wild ones
D E B
We had this town up a tree
Chorus:
We were the wild ones
The ones they couldn't control
We were survivors
D E B
Good hearts - body and soul
We were the winners
'Cause we didn't know we could fail
We were the wild ones
D E B
And we had the world by the tail
Verse 2:
She was a lady
When a lady wasn't easy to be
Hangin' in limbo
She started hangin' with me
We were the music
'Cause we had a song we could sing
We were the wild ones
D E B
And we had the world on a string
Chorus.
We were the wild ones
D E B
And we had the world by the tail
Verse 1:
I put yesterday and half the night between us
Em A
Made up my mind this time i'm gonna stay
Now i'm sitting on the shoulder
G D
Thinking it all over
Em G A
Looking for a sign that might show me the way
Chorus:
D G
Which way do i go,now that i'm gone
A D
Which way do i turn,now that i've learned how to be strong
G Em
Do i take the road that takes me back to where it all went wrong
D A D
Which way do i go,now that i'm gone
Verse 2:
As i listen to the midnight rain that's falling
Em A
Watch the headlines glisten as they pass me by
And i envy them for knowing
G D
Exactly where they're going
Em G A
Just like i thought i knew when i told you goodbye
Chorus.
D A D
Which way do i go,now that i'm gone
(Jessi Colter)
Waylon
What's happened to blue eyes has anybody seen her
Don't anybody tell me she gave up on me
I'm lookin' for blue eyes does anybody know her
Can anyone tell me is she still lookin' for me?
There was a time blue eyes said she'd love no other
Her one and only love she swore I'd be
There was a time her blue eyes saw clearer than mine did
Tears and rain, years and pain bring me back this way.
Lookin' for blue eyes has anybody seen her
Don't anybody tell me she gave up on me
I'm lookin' for blue eyes does anybody know her
Can anyone tell me is she still lookin' for me?
--- Instrumental ---
What's happened to blue eyes has anybody seen her
Don't anybody tell me she gave up on me
I'm lookin' for blue eyes does anybody know her
Can anyone tell me is she still lookin' for me?
Lookin' for blue eyes...
What makes me wanna roam when I got so much love at home
What makes a man wander what makes a man wander
The whistle of a train does something to my brain
What makes a man wander what makes a man wander
I know I love you as much as I ever could love anyone yet I'm still gone
I come back and I vow to settle down now then I'm gone with the dawn
What makes me wanna roam when I got so much love at home
What makes a man wander what makes a man wander
[ guitar ]
I know I love you as much...
Verse 1:
C/G Am
I can here the wind blowin' through my mind
F G C/G
Just the way it used to sound through the Georgia pines
You were there to answer when i called
F G C/G
You and me Lord knows we had it all
Verse 2:
C/G Am
Remember how i used to touch your hair
F G C/G
While reaching for a feeling that was always there
You were the best thing in my life that i recall
F C/G
You and me,we had it all
Bridge:
C/G F C/G
I know that we can never live those times again
F C/G
So i'll let my dreams take me back to where we've been
F C/G
And i'll stay with you girl as long as i can
F C/G F C/G
Oh it was so good,was so good
G C/G
mmm mmm when i was your man
Verse 3:(A tone higher)
D Bm
I'll never stop believing in your smile
G A D
Even though you didn't stay it was all worth while
You were the best thing in my life that i recall
G A D
You and me,we had it all
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Verse 1:
Got me a rocker without no arms
Ol' wood stove to keep me warm
My firewood out of the rain
I sit and watch the seasons change
Verse 2:
There's a woman in Little Rock
Got plenty of money down in her sock
She come to see me time to time
We sit on the porch and drink our wine
Bridge 1:
A E
A man ought to know when he's got it all
A E
Holding it down up in Arkansas
Verse 3:
Coyotes howl in the night
The rats ate my food but that's alright
They must have needed it more than me
Ain't no sweat i'll eat their cheese
Bridge 2:
A E
Way back in the woods a hoot-owl calls
A E
Making his rounds up in Arkansas
Verse 4:
The eagle flies wild and free
Catches fish down in my creek
I watch him rise on the breeze
I don't bother him he don't bother me
Verse 5:
Walmart moves into town
Progress can't keep it down
Tourists come from miles around
I sit on the porch,the sun goes down
Bridge 3:
A E
But i live way back from it all
A E
Doing alright up in Arkansas
My woman goes about her way
Hangin' on from day to day
God knows she's tried to do her best for her and me
Knowin' that she'll always be unsatisfied
She tells me everything's alright
But when she should be sleepin' nights I've heard her cry
But she greets me like the morning sun
Makes me wish I was the one unsatisfied
But soon the warmer wind will blow her way I know
And warm her like she never has been warmed before.
Lord, she deserves the very best
With me she'll never be addressed, we'd tried and tried
But a man can tell when somethin's wrong
Woman can go just so long unsatisfied
Soon the warmer wind will blow her way I know
And warm her like she never has been warmed before
She deserves the very best with me
She'll never be addressed, God knows I've tried
But I can't be what I can't be, she can't live a life with me
Verse 1:
I was so ugly the doctor slapped my momma when i was born
Then he took out his pocket knife and cut off my horns
He said lady if you ain't already picked out a name
Go ahead on and call him trouble man
B A
He's gonna be wild,i'm giving you warning
G B E
He's gotta have room,keep an eye on him
Verse 2:
I grew up with long and lean and hungry looks
I learned you can't go nowhere when you go by the book
People all around me earthbound,i learned how to fly
Upside,downside,ouside,sailing on by
B A
Out of my reach,out of my hands
G B E
Out of control,trouble man
Verse 3:
I've been so far in all directions as you can get
I ain't never had enough of anything yet
I had women that tore me apart without any reason
I say baby i don't get mad i just get even
B A
I don't explain if you don't understand
G B E
I'm my own man,trouble man
Trouble man
Verse 1:
When i first saw New York city
I was green down to the core
You could see my red neck glowing
For a mile or maybe more
Between the hustlers and the hookers
I must have made their day
Cause they peeled me like an apple,Lawd
And sent me on my way
Bridge 1:
When you're pushed and shoved and almost mugged
It ain't no place to be
So i came to one conclusion
New York ain't for me
Chorus:
From sea to shining sea
And coast to coast
Somewhere in the middle
Is the land i love the most
I ain't California pretty
I can't survive the Great White Way
I'm too dumb for New York city
And too ugly for L.A.
Verse 2:
I made my way to Tinseltown
To Hollywood and Vine
Out among those pretty faces
I'd surely find a place for mine
The way i walk-the way i talk
They'll hang on every word
But don't call me,i'll call you
Was all i ever heard
Bridge 2:
In L.A. what they're thinking
Ain't what they talk about
At least in New York city
There's never any doubt
Chorus.
I'm too dumb for New York city
And too ugly for L.A.
Verse 1:
I have battled with the demons for my soul
Like a soldier unafraid,stood straight and tall
With strong convictions fought for what i thought was right and wrong
D A E
But i wonder when it stands in judgement hall
D A E
Will it go down as one too close to call
Verse 2:
I have faced that cunning ennemy called time
For awhile i held him cold and to a draw
As he rode away he said another place and day
D A E
'Cause you can't erase the writing on the wall
D A E
Although this one was just too close to call
Verse 3:
As i wrestled with my deepest fear in life
I was captured by the shadows on the wall
I was brave but just the same,i was glad when morning came
D A E
Because now and then the footsteps in the hall
D A E
Remind me it was just too close to call
Verse 4:
I have watched my mind dance too close to the edge
As i stood among the crowd to see it fall
Sometimes now i cling to what i hope is sanity
D A E
I stagger on this fine like that i walk
D A E
And wonder is it just too close to call
It was winter time in Nashville down on Music City Row
I was lookin' for a place to get myself out of the cold
To warm the frozen feelin' that was eatin' at my soul
And keep the chilly winds off my guitar
My thirsty wanted whiskey and my hunger needed beans
But I guess it'd been a month of payday since I heard that eagle scream
So with a stomach full of empty and a pocket full of dreams
I left my pride and stepped inside a bar
Actually I guess you'd call it a tavern
Cigarette smoke to the ceiling sawdust on the floor friendly shadows
I saw that there was just an old man sittin' at the bar
In the mirror I could see him checkin' me and my guitar
He said come up here boy show us what you are I said I'm dry he bought me a beer
He nodded at my guitar said it's a tough life ain't it I just looked at him
And he said you ain't makin' any money are you I said you been readin' my mail
He just smiled and said let me see that guitar
I got somethin' you oughta hear then he laid it on me
If you waste your time a talkin' to the people who don't listen
To the things that you are sayin' who do you thinks gonna hear
And if you should die explainin' how the thing they complain about
Or the things they could be changing who do you thinks gonna care
There were lots of other singers in the world turned deaf and blind
Who were crucified for what they tried to show
Now their voices have been scattered by the swirling winds of time
And the truth remains that no one wants to know
Well the old man was a stranger but I'd've heard his song before
Back when failure had me locked out on the wrong side of the door
No one stood behind me but my shadow on the floor
And lonesome was more than a state of mind
You see the devil haunts a hungry man
And if you don't wanna join him well he's gotta figure out someway to beat him
And I ain't sayin' I beat the devil but I drink his beer for nothin'
And then I stole his song
You can still hear me singin' to the people who don't listen
To the things that I am sayin' prayin' someone's gonna hear
And I guess I'll die explaining how the things that they complain about
Are things they could be changin' hopin' someone's gonna care
I was born to be a singer and I'm bound to die the same
But I've got to feed this hunger in my soul
If I never have a nickel I won't even die in shame
Verse 1:
Gotta catch a new train... i gotta go
C/G G
This train is getting just a little too old
Gotta find a new way... to live my life
C/G G
Any other way has got to be alright
Verse 2:
Shame on you girl... same ol' you
Same ol' trouble you're always
Puttin' me through
Same ol' me girl... body and soul
C/G G
This train's a runnin' on out of control
Chorus:
I ain't gonna waste my time here...
G8 Messin' with you
I ain't gonna wind up anywhere near
F C/G G
Where i want to
Chorus.
Verse 3:
Gotta find a new way... to live my life
C/G G
Any other way has gotta be alright
Gotta catch a new train... i gotta go
C/G G
This train is runnin' on out of control
C/G G
This train is movin' just a little too slow
Just'a good ol' boys
Never meanin' no harm.
Beats all you never saw
Been in trouble with the law
Since the day they was born
Staightnin' the curves
Flatnin the hills
Someday the mountain might get 'em
But the law never will
Makin' their way
The only way they know how
That's just a little bit more
Than the law will allow.
Makin' their way
The only way they know how
That's just a little bit more
Than the law will allow.
I'm a good ol' boy
You know my momma loves me
But she don't undestand
They keep a showin my hands and not my face on TV
OH YEA
[ Waylon ]
I'm not here to forget you I'm here to recall the things we used to say and do
I don't wanna get over you I don't wanna get over you
I haunt the same places we used to go alone at a table for two
I don't wanna get over you I don't wanna get over you
They ought to give me the wurlitzer prize for all the silver I let slide
Down the slot playin' those songs sung blue
They help me remember you I don't want to get over you
[ steel ]
A fresh roll of quarters same old song missing you through and through
I don't wanna get over you I don't wanna get over you
They ought to give me...
I don't wanna get over you I don't wanna get over you
Verse 1:
Everybody knows you've been stepping on my toes
And i'm getting pretty tired of it
You keep stepping out of line and a messin' with my mind
If you had any sense you'd quit
Chorus:
'Cause every since you were a little bity tiny girl
Said i was the only man in this whole world
Now you better do some thinking then you'll find
D D
You got the only daddy that'll walk the line
Verse 2:
I keep a working every day all you want to do is play
I'm tired of staying out all night
I'm coming unglued from your funny little moves
Now honey baby that ain't right
Chorus.
Verse 3:
You keep a packing up my clothes nearly everybody knows
That your still just a putting me on
When i start a walkin' going to here you start a squalkin'
And beggin' me to come back home
Chorus.
D D
You got the only daddy that'll walk the line
Well that's all right mama that's all right with you
That's all right mama anyway you do
Well that's all right that's all right that's all right mama anyway you do
Well my mama she done told me papa done told me too
Son that gal you're foolin' with she ain't no good for you
Well that's all right that's all right that's all right mama anyway you do
[ guitar ]Well my baby left me she never said a word
Was it something that I've done or something that she heard
You know she left me yeah she left me Lord my baby left me never said a word
Well Lord I stand at my window wring my hands and cry
I hate to lose that woman hate to say goodbye
You know she left me yes he left me my baby even left me never said goodbye
When I noticed her the first time
I was outside running barefoot in the rain
She lived in the house next door
Her nose was pressed against the window pane.
When I looked at her she smiled
And showed a place where two teeth used to be
And I heard her ask her mom
If she could come outside and play with me.
Soon the days of sand and shovels
Gave way to the mysteries of life
Then I noticed she was changing
And I looked at her through different eyes.
We became as one and knew
A love without beginning or an end
And everyday I lived with her
Was like a new day dawning once again.
And I've loved her since every doll was Shirley Temple
Soda pop was still a nickel
Jam was on her fingertips
Milk was circled on her lips.
After many years our love grew silent
And at night I heard her cry
And when she left me in the fall
I knew that this would be our last goodbye.
I was man enough to give her
Everything she needed for a while
But in searching for a pefect love
I found that I could not give her a child.
Now she lives a quiet life
And is a mother of a little girl
Everytime I pass her house
My thoughts go back into another world.
'Cause I see her little girl
Her nose is pressed against the window pane
She thinks I'm a lonely man
Who wants to come inside out of the rain.
And I've loved her since every doll was Shirley Temple
Soda pop was still a nickel
Jam was on her fingertips
Milk was circled on her lips
A tiger always walks at night and marks his prey while everything's still
He waits until it's unaware and then he strikes and makes his kill
That's the way you've done me girl you never let me brieve
Couldn't feel the way I felt so you'd tried to punish me
Baby it's time to straighten my mind
A spider's always busy spinning webs that no one can get through
Somehow that spider always has reminded me babe of you
You took the love I gave you but you'll never let it live
That's the hang of girl you know how to take but not to give
Baby it's time to straighten my mind
[ trumpet ]
You've kept me like a river always clinging to the ground
I've got to get away from you before I sink and drown
Can't go home if you're goin' by the mill
Cause the bridge's washed out at the bottom of the hill
Big Creek's up and Little Creek's level plow my corn with a double shovel
Stay all night stay a little longer dance all night dance a little longer
Pull off your coat throw it in the corner don't see why you can't stay a little longer
Sittin' in the window singin' to my love slop bucket fell from the window up above
Mule and the grasshopper eatin' ice cream
Mule got sick so they laid him on the green
Stay all night...
[ steel ]
Well you ought to see my blue eyed Sally she lives away down on Shinbone Alley
The number on the gate the number on the door
The next house over is the grocery store
Stay all night...
[ guitar ]
Stay all night...
(chours)
You got a smokie on the front door
smokie on the back door too
lawdy mess'es bubby I wouldn't wanna be in your shoes
I can hear ya talkin I can hear ya singing the bluuues'uoose
You got a smokie on the front door
smokie on the back door too
(short instrumental of chorus)
You got a woman on the east coast one on the coast our west
One wants a baby one wants a brand new dress
Noway around it you gotta spend some money I guess
with a woman on the east coast one on the coast out west
Diesel is up freight is down and I believe their jerkin you boys around
Somebody oughta tellem' if they don't know
Little wheels turning makes the big wheels roll
(short instrumental of song)
You got a smokie on the front door
smokie on the back door too
lawdy mess'es bubby I wouldn't wanna be in your shoes
I can hear ya talkin I can hear ya singing the bluuues'uoose
You got a smokie on the front door
smokie on the back door too
(start of instrumental ofsong)
(spoken softly over music)
take it van haylon
Or Van Waylon !
(instrumental of song)
I can hear ya talkin I can hear ya singing the blues
With your smokie on the front door
smokie on the back door too
(short instrumental of chorus)
smokie on the front door
smokie on the back door too
(short instrumental of chorus)
Uh uh huh
(fading out on last line)
All your ol' stations are being torn down and the high flying trains no longer roar
The floors're all sagging with boards at a suffering from not being used anymore
Things're all changing the world's rearranging a time that will soon be no more
Where has a slow movin' once quickdraw outlaw got to go
[ piano ]
The whiskey that once settled the dust and tasted so fine now taste so faint
And the mem'ries that once floated out come back stronger
More clearly with each drink you take
The women that warmed you once thought so pretty now look haggard and old
Where has a slow movin' once quickdraw outlaw got to go
[ steel ]
The land where I travel once fashion with beauty now stands with scars on her face
The wide open spaces are closing in quickly from the ways of the whole human race
And it's not that I blame them for claming her bounty
I just wish they're takin' it slow
Cause where has a slow movin' once quick draw outlaw got to go
Verse 1:
He stands in the doorway,his hands upon his hips
She stands by the jukebox,a sweet smile on her lips
He slowly walks up to her,she reaches out for him
It's almost like some magnet is pulling both of them
Then he says...
And she says...
Chorus:
Silent partners,they don't say a word
She is the adjective and he is the verb
They speak with their bodies and they talk with their eyes
B A
They don't make no promises so they don't tell no lies
Silent partners
Silent partners
Verse 2:
Later in their love-nest at half-past ecstasy
They cling to each other and lie there silently
She would like to tell him what she feels in her heart
And he would like to bare his soul
But don't know where to start
So he says...
And she says...
Chorus.
Chorus (last half of it).
She said if I ever deceived her she'd been gone before I could count ten
Well I guess that I didn't believe her cause look at the trouble that I'm in
And now he's gone gone gone gone gone gone cryin' won't bring her back
The more that I cry the faster than train flies farther on down the track
[ guitar - harmonica ]
If I only knew where to find her I'd crawl there on my hands and knees
But each tick of the clock is a reminder she's one second farther from me
Verse 1:
A D A
His daddy was a honest man,a red dirt Georgia farmer
His mama lived a short life having kids and bailing hay
A D A
He had fifteen years of ache inside to wander
E A
He jumped a freight in Waycross and wound up in L.A.
Verse 2:
A D A
The cold nights had no pity on that Waycross Georgia farm boy
Most days he went hungry,then the summer came
A D A
He met a girl known on the strip as San Francisco Mabel Joy
E A
Destitutions child born on an L.A. street called shame
Verse 3:
D A
Growing up came quietly in the arms of Mabel Joy
Laughter found their mornings it brought new meaning to his life
D A
The night before she left sleep came and found that Waycross country boy
E A
With dreams of Georgia cotton and California wine
Verse 4:
D A
Sunday morning found him beneath the red light at her door
A right cross sent him reeling and put him face down on the floor
D A
Inplace of Mabel Joy he found a merchant mad marine
He said your Georgia neck is red,but sonny you're still green
Verse 5:
A D A
He turned twenty-one in grey rock federal prison
The judge had no mercy on this Waycross,Georgia boy
A D A
Staring at those four grey wall in silence,Lord he listened
To the midnight freight he knew could take him back to Mabel Joy
Verse 6:
D A
Sunday morning found him beneath the red light at her door
With a bullet in his side he cried,have you seen Mabel Joy
D A
Stunned and shaken someone said she don't live here no more
She left this house four years ago she was looking for
Some Georgia farm boy
You've painted up your lips and rolled and curled your tinted hair
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere
The shadows on the wall tell me the sun is going down
Oh Ruby don't take your love to town
It wasn't me that started that old crazy Asian war
But I was proud to go and do my patriotic chores
I know Ruby that I'm not the man I used to be but Ruby I still need your company
[ dobro ]
It's hard to love a man whose legs are bent and paralized
And the wants and the needs of a woman your age Ruby I realize
But I've heard them say it won't be long until I'm not around
Oh Ruby don't take your love to town
She's leaving now for I just heard the slammin' of the door
The way I know I've heard it slam a hundred times before
If I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground
Verse 1:
Well i nearly got caught at a Burger King
And a couple of times on a plane
I thought i was safe from detection
With all of the weight i had gained
But walking around in a jumpsuit
That didn't work worth a damn
So i bought me some Levis and grew me a beard
F# B
And you'll never guess who i am
Chorus:
Nobody knows i'm Elvis
Nobody knows this is me
After all of my tries...i've got
The perfect disguise
And i'm who i want to be
Nobody knows i'm Elvis
Nobody knows this is me
Verse 2:
Bet you thought i was ol'Waylon
With all of my rugged good looks
Swagger and walk,body and soul
I bet he had what it took
I've always envied his singing
The way he played a guitar
Black vest and hat,that's where it's at
F# B
That's what i call a star
Chorus.
Bridge:
I want to show you Graceland,baby
That's where you ought to be
I'll give you a call...but let's keep it all
Somewhere between you and me
Chorus.
Verse 1:
D G
The highway she's a hotter than nine times the hell
A D
The rides are as scarce as the rain
When your down to your last shuck with nothing to sell
A D
And too far away from the train
Verse 2:
D G
Been a good month of Sunday's and a guitar ago
A D
Had a tall drink of yesterday's wine
Left a long string of friends,some sheets in the wind
A D
And some satisfied woman behind
Chorus:
D G
Hey ride me down easy Lord,ride me on down
A D
Leave word in the dust where i lay
Say i'm easy come,easy go
A D
Easy to love when i stay
Verse 3:
D G
I've put snow on the mountain,raised hell on the hill
A D
I locked horns with the devil himself
Been a rodeo fool,a son of a gun
A D
And a hobo with stars in his crown
Chorus.
D G
Ride me down easy Lord,ride me on down
(Jessi Colter - Basil McDavid)
Jessi
It's a rainy seasons for broken hearts everybody gets a turn
Choose your number and wait in line here comes yours
Round and round and round we go lucky like
You can play with fire and you won't get burned oh what a lie.
I can't think I can't eat I have trouble fallin' asleep
Since I met you since I met you
You sure turned my head around my whole world is upside down
Since I met you Since I met you.
It's a rainy season for broken hearts everybody gets a turn
Choose your number and wait in line here comes yours
Round and round and round we go lucky like
You can play with fire and you won't get burned oh what a lie.
I can't think I can't eat I have trouble fallin' asleep
Since I met you since I met you
You sure turned my head around my whole world is upside down
Since I met you Since I met you...
Down in the place where I call home I've been workin' my fingers to the bone
Pickin' white gold pickin' white gold
All day long in Louisiana sun pickin' and a pullin' white cotton by the tons
Pickin' white gold pickin' white gold
I fill my sack and I put it on my shoulder and then I take one again
OId man cotton won't let me make a nickel till I get it to a cotton gin
So I bent my back till I think it's gonna break
Try to keep a thinkin' how much I'm gonna make
Pickin' white gold pickin' white gold
[ guitar - harmonica ]
There's a little girl I call Bellie all day she works alongside of me
Pickin' white gold pickin' white gold
Her lips are soft as a cotton in a hand and side by side we're makin' our plans
Pickin' white gold pickin' white gold
There's a little house with a little solid ground that would make a mighty pretty home
All we lead is little money down and we could call it our Rome
I can't rest till I get through I need the money for what it can do
(Gordon Payne - Bee Spears)
Waylon
She paints him pretty pictures
He writes her pretty songs
Not a color is wasted
Not a note is wrong
Like pieces of a puzzle
They fit where they belong.
Like pastels and harmony
Don't they make a pretty picture
Pastels and harmony
Don't they make a pretty song.
Their love it holds no questions
It's sure like night, like day
At times she needs no colors
And he needs no tunes to play
Even if he sings the blues
his color in pain's gray.
On canvas she sings to him
a melody that rings to him a song
And the portrait of his lady
is written in words of his song.
--- Instrumental ---
Pastels and harmony
Don't they make a pretty picture
Pastels and harmony
Don't they make a pretty song.
Pastels and harmony...
Chorus:
G A D G A D G
Omaha you've been weighing heavy on my mind
A D
I guess i never really left at all
G A D G
I'm turning all those roads i've walked around the other way
A D
And coming back to you,Omaha
Verse 1:
G A D G
Omaha,Nebraska wasn't good enough for me
A D
I always thought i was the roamin' kind
G A D G
With a pocket full of dreams and my one shirt on my back
I left there looking for some things to find
Verse 2:
G A D G
Rode my thumb to San Francisco,i worked down by the bay
A D
Got some schoolin' paid for by the law
G A D G
The hardest thing i learned was there ain't no easy way
To get ahead behind those county walls
Verse 3:
G A D G
So it's so long California,i reckon' i'll be moving on
A D
I'm leaving even if i had to crawl
G A D G
I got some loose ends around that i left undone
A D
Waiting there for me in Omaha
Chorus.
Verse 1:
D A
I grew up in Wyoming
In and around Jackson's hole
In the shadows of the Tetons
Where summers are hot
And winters unbearably cold
But the Spring and the Fall
Are always as good as it gets
For over 70 years now
I'd watch the sun rise and set
Verse 2:
I've been a cowboy
Working the round-ups in spring
I've lived in the mountains
Hunted the grizzly
Trapping the rivers and streams
Always the loner
I've treasured my freedom the most
And though i never married
As a young man i might have come close
Verse 3:
From somewhere back east
She came to the valley
With a man who did her no good
He was fast with the ladies
A tin horn gambler
And a cheat whenever he could
She had no friends or family
Most of the time he was gone
He died in a card game
And she found herself all alone
Verse 4:
Alone and afraid and left unprotected
'Cause he was all that she had
Maybe i should have
But i never told her
So she never knew he was bad
But i'll always remember
Standing and watching her cry
There was no one to help her
But i was determined to try
Verse 5:
I mended her fences and
Fixed up her cabin
I had everything looking good
I laid by her food
And wood for the winter
Helping wherever i could
The more i was around her
The more i wanted to be
There was something about her
That brought out a good side of me
Verse 6:
I went into town,i brought a new outfit
I got me a haircut and shave
I'd trek through the snow
For no good reason
Just to go by her cabin each day
I don't know about love
But i was quite taken in by it all
Till her brother came in the Spring
And he took her back to St. Paul
Verse 7:
I don't go down to Jackson
Ain't nothing there but motels and bars
Too damn many tourists
No place to hide
They'll find you wherever you are
They like to call me old timer
I am getting older i guess
But i don't like the changes
'Cause i've seen it all at its best
Verse 8:
When my life is over
I don't want to be left in town
But up in the mountains
There is a place
I've marked off my own piece of ground
High in the Tetons
Above and away from it all
From the top of old Grand
I bet on a clear day - you can see
All the way to St. Paul
Old Five And Dimers ---- Billy Joe Shaver
Verse 1:
A E
I've spent a lifetime, making up my mind to be E E7 A
More than the measure of what i thought others could see
A D
Good luck and fast bucks are too far and too few between
E E7 A
Cadillac buyers and old five and dimers like me
Verse 2:
A E
She stood beside me letting me know she would be
E E7 A
Something to lean on when everything ran out on me
A D
Fenced yards ain't hold cards and like as not never will be
E E7 A
Reasons for rhymers and old five and dimers like me
Verse 3:
A E
It's taken me so long but now that i know i believe
E A
All that i do or say is all that i ever will be
A D
Too far and too high and too deep ain't too much to be
E E7 A
Too much ain't enough for old five and dimers like me
E E7 A
An old five and dimer was all i intented to be
Verse 1:
A D A E A
Blow on you restless wind, up to your old tricks again.
A E A E A
Bear down you Texas sun, you make the desserts dry and the brush fires run.
D A E A
Splintered wood rusty chains, this old front porch swing remains.
A E A E A
A pendelum of memories, goes back and forth on a summer breeze.
Chorus:
D A
Singing old church hymns and nursery rhymes
E A
From the days way back before my time.
D A
With a little child upon my knee
Singing every sweet word back to me.
D A
Look how far I had to come
E A
To get back where I started from.
With a childs wisdom passin' time
A E A
Singing old church hymns and nursery rhymes.
Verse 2:
A D A E A
I've run the race I've walked the wire,I paid the price of my desire
A E A E A
And the only time I've known it all, is just before I took a fall.
A D A E A
So howl you lone coyote song, fade to sapphire sky of dawn.
A E A E A
Count me in the lucky men, to send the world around again.
Chorus.
Aint no good chain gang
Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings
Bet it ain't raining back home
Bet your sister's still on the phone
Bet Momma's in the kitchen, cooking fried chicken
Wishing that I hadn't done wrong
Yeah, Momma, don't you worry about it none though
Everything's gonna be all right, Momma
They're teaching us a lot of new things in here Momma
Things like
There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you don't go writing hot cheques down in Mississippi
And there ain't no good chain gang
Papa's reading yesterday's mail
Wishing that the hay was all baled
I bet he's a-wishing we could go fishing
And here I am a-laying in jail
Well, Papa, don't you worry about it none now
Everything's gonna be all right, Papa
They're teaching us a lesson a day we're learning pretty well too
We've already learned a whole lot of stuff already
Things like
There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you don't go writing hot cheques down in Mississippi
And there ain't no good chain gang
There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you don't go writing hot cheques down in Mississippi
And there ain't no good chain gang
There ain't no good in an evil-hearted woman
And I ain't cut out to be no Jesse James
And you don't go writing hot cheques down in Mississippi
And there ain't no good chain gang
A / / / 2 / / / 3 / / / 4 /
I've been-- chasin' the big wheels
G D
All over Nashville
Waitin' for my big break to come
Livin' on ketchup soup, homemade
G D
Crackers and KoolAid
I'll be a star tomorrow, but today
A7 D
I'm a Nashville bum
I look good in cowboy clothes
And I sing through my nose
Webb said "That's the way to get 'er done"
I smoke good old PA
G D
Like the Opry stars, they say
I'll be a star tomorrow, but today
A7 D
I'm a Nashville bum
D / / / 2 / / / 3 / / / 4 / / / 5 / / /
A7 / / / D / / / 2 / /
Well, a friend of a friend of mine
A E
Is a friend of art divines
And he finally got me on the Opry show
I walked out like a star
A E
Tripped and busted my guitar
I'll be a star tomorrow, but today
B7 E
I'm a Nashville bum
Well now, here's a song I wrote
By myself, note for note
With a lot of help, if I make Number One
You can change a word or two
A E
And I'll give half of it to you
I'll be a star tomorrow, but today
B7 E
I'm a Nashville bum
Yes, I'll be a star tomorrow, but today
B7 E
I'm a Nashville bum
So long I've been trying to give you the things that you've wanted
But your thirst for riches is more than my pockets can stand
And I know that you're dreaming of things you could have with another
Cause to your way of thinking the money is what makes the man
You like to be seen in the richest and finest of places
You're always emarrassed by the callouses here on my hands
And I know that it's only a matter of time till you leave me
Cause to your way of thinking the money is what makes the man
You may find a rich man to give you the things that you long for
But if you're still lonely then darling you may understand
That with all of his gold he can't give you the love that I gave you
For a man can make money but money cannot make the man
[ guitar ]
You may find a rich man...
I can give you golden tinkling bells to even dangle through your long black hair
I can give you magic satin slippers woven just to take you anywhere
I can give you all the love and tenderness a broken heart can spare
But Mona take the love I give don't ask for love I gave away back there
You could take the hand of any man and show him how to dream
Why do you look back into my dark and bitter past can't you see
Mona when you found me all I had was sad and broken dreams
Mona please be satisfied walking through tomorrow here with me
[ steel ]
I can give you golden tinkling bells to even dangle through your long black hair
Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold.
They'd rather give you a song than diamonds or gold.
Lonestar belt buckles and old faded levis,
And each night begins a new day.
If you don't understand him, an' he don't die young,
He'll prob'ly just ride away.
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.
Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks.
Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such.
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.
'Cos they'll never stay home and they're always alone.
Even with someone they love.
Cowboys like smokey old pool rooms and clear mountain mornings,
Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night.
Them that don't know him won't like him and them that do,
Sometimes won't know how to take him.
He ain't wrong, he's just different but his pride won't let him,
Do things to make you think he's right.
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.
Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks.
Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such.
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.
'Cos they'll never stay home and they're always alone.
Even with someone they love.
Spring was never waiting for us girl it ran one step ahead as we followed in the dance
Between the parted pages and were pressed
In love's hot fevered iron like a stripped pair of pants
Mac Arturh Park is melting in the dark all the sweet green ising flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
But I don't think that I can take it Lord it took so long to bake it
I'll never had that recipe again oh no
I recall the yellow cotton dress foaming like a wave on the ground around your knees
And birds like tender babies in your hands
The old man playing checkers by the trees
Mac Arturh Park is melting...
[ steel ]
There will be another song for me for and I will sing it
There will be another dream for me someone will bring it
I will taste the wine while it is warm and never let you catch me looking in the sun
But after all the loves of my life after all the loves of my life you'll still be the one
I will take my life into my hands and I will use it
I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it
And my passions flow like rivers from the sky
But after all the loves of my life after all the loves of my life
I'll still be along wondering why
I have seen the morning burning golden on the mountain in the skies
Aching with the feeling of the freedom of an eagle when she flies
Turning on the world the way she smiled upon my soul as I lay dying
Healing as the colors in the sunshine and the shadows of her eyes
Waking in the morning to the feeling of her fingers on my skin
Wiping out the traces of the people and the places that I've been
Teaching me that yesterday was something that I never thought of trying
Talking of tomorrow and the money love and time we have to spend
Loving her was easier than anything I'll ever do again
Coming close together with a feeling that I've never known before in my time
She ain't ashamed to be a woman or afraid to be a friend
I don't know the answers to the easy way she's opened every door to my mind
But dreaming was as easy as believing it was never gonna end
Livin' on free food tidbits
Water in the milk from the hole in the roof
Where the rain came through
What can you do? Ummhum
Tears from little sister
Cryin' cause she doesn't have a dress
Without a patch, for the party to go
Oh, but she knows, she'll get by
chorus-1
She is..Livin' In The Love Of The Common People
Smiles from the heart of a family man
Daddy's gonna buy her a dream to cling to
Moma's gonna love her just as much as she can
she can
It's a good thing you don't have bus fare
It would fall through the hole in your pocket
Then you'd loose it in the snow on the ground
A walkin' to town, to find a job
Tryin' to keep your hands warm
But the hole in your shoe,let the snow
Come through and it chills to the bone,
Boy, you better go home,where it's warm
repeat-2 Where you can....
Livin' on dreams ain't easy
But the closer the knit,the tighter the fit
And the chills stayin' away
You take em in your stride,family pride
You know that faith is your foundation
And with a whole lot of love and a warm
Conversation,with plenty of prayers
Makin' you strong,where you belong
Where you can live in the love of a common people
Be the pride and the heart of a family man
Daddy's gonna buy you a dream to cling to
Moma's gonna love you just as much as she can
she can
Livin' in the love of a common people
Be the pride and the heart....(fade)
Verse 1:
In my darkest hour,woke up to a storm
G D
I turned to hold my baby,but she was gone
I looked all around me,calling her name
G D
No letter,no word of goodbye,walked out in the rain
G D
Looking for Suzanne
Verse 2:
Strangest of notions,chilled me to the bone
G D
Something whispered in the wind,she ain't coming home
G D G D
Looking for Suzanne,looking for Suzanne
Bridge:
Suzanne went away,as i think about it today
A D G D
As hard as i try i can't understand,looking for Suzanne
Verse 3:
Each walking moment,each sleepless night
G D
I search for the one that i love,the rest of my life
G D
Looking for Suzanne
G D
Looking for Suzanne (til end ...)
Lookin' for love
I've spent a lifetime looking for you
Single bars and good time lovers, never true
Playing a fools game, hoping to win
Telling those sweet lies and losing again.
I was looking for love in all the wrong places
Looking for love in too many faces
Searching your eyes, looking for traces
Of what.. I'm dreaming of...
Hopin' to find a friend and a lover
God bless the day I discover
Another heart, lookin' for love
When I was alone then, no love in sight
And I did everything I could to get me through the night
Don't know where it started or where it might end
I turn to a stranger, just like a friend
I was looking for love in all the wrong places
Looking for love in too many faces
Searching your eyes, looking for traces
Of what.. I'm dreaming of...
Hopin' to find a friend and a lover
God bless the day I discover
Another heart, lookin' for love
You came a'knocking at my heart's door..
You're everything I've been looking for..
No more looking for love in all the wrong places
Looking for love in too many faces
Searching your eyes, looking for traces
Of what.. I'm dreaming of...
Now that I found a friend and a lover
God bless the day I discover
You, oh you, lookin' for love
In all the wrong places
Looking for love in too many faces
Searching your eyes, looking for traces
Of what.. I'm dreaming of...
Now that I found a friend and a lover
God bless the day I discover
You, oh you, lookin' for love
Verse 1:
C/G F
Cowboys they are ladies men alright
D7 G7
They love 'em up and talk 'em up all night
C/G F
But they're lonely when there's nothin' else to do
G7 C/G
That's what makes the cowboys sing the blues
C/G F
He does a little Shakespeare and he sings
D7 G7
He plays the mandolin and other things
C/G F
He looks for love,beauty and I.Q.
G7 C/G
And that's what makes the cowboys sing the blues
Chorus:
G F C/G
Cowboys have to fall in love get hurt and all that bit
G F C/G
Let their heart hangs out so they can wright you all a hit
So ladies if they ask you,don't refuse
C/G G7 C/G
Let's all help the cowboys sing the blues
Verse 2:
C/G F
Cowboys they don't ever understand
D7 G7
This thing between a woman and a man
C/G F
Until they find the one they always lose
G7 C/G
That's what makes the cowboys sing the blues
C/G F
A cowboy takes his lonely pen in hand
D7 G7
Tries to make somebody understand
C/G F
She has ears to hear a different tune
G7 C/G
That's what makes the cowboys sing the blues
Chorus.
Verse 1:
C/G Em
Traveling down on different roads
F G C/G
Trying hard to leave the load
We take it there but we can't let go
F G C/G
It's so hard to lay it down
Verse 2:
C/G F Em
Back in Eden we were tried
Eb Bb
Found ourselves disatisfied
F C/G
Seeking wisdom that she denied
F C/G
Trying hard to lay it down
Chorus:
C/G Em
Lay it down brother,lay it down
G C/G
It's so hard to lay it down
Verse 3:
C/G Em
Hide in me,confide in me
F G C/G
Don't you think it's time to be
Everything we tried to be
F G C/G
You and me sould lay it down
Verse 4:
C/G F Em
Speak to me,be unashamed
Eb Bb
There's no need in playing games
F C/G
After all we're all the same
F C/G
Just trying hard to lay it down
Chorus.
Verse 5:(a tone higher)
D F#m
Wish my words could make it well
G A D
Wish that i could break the shell
Take us from ourself made well
G A D
Find a way to lay it down
Verse 6:(a tone higher)
D G F#m
Burdened by the things i've learned
F C/G
Hurting because i'm too concerned
G D
Nonetheless i confess i yearn
G D
To find a way to lay it down
Chorus bis:(a tone higher)
D F#m
Lay it down,lay it down
A D
Wish that i could lay it down
Just across the way a house is dark I can hardly see
Just a cross the way lives a girl who's so in love with me
But I'm such a bitter soul who's mem'ries seemed to always get their way
So I live here with my memories she lives there with her love just across the way
Just across the way I can see her in the window watching me
With her face rest to the pain and her eyes look more tearstained every day
But I'm such a bitter soul who's mem'ries keep standing in her way
I'm so lonely with my memories she's lonely with her love just across the way
Just across the way might as well be in the heavens on a star
We're just close enough together to see just what far apart we are
But I'm such a bitter soul who's mem'ries keep standing in the way
I'm so lonely with my memories she's lonely with her love just across the way
Now that I've made up my mind you're gone it should be easier now
Perhaps now my heart will stop hanging on it should be easier now
The lesson I've learned from you gold can't buy a heart can be broken and still survive
Thanks to you now a much wiser man am I and it should be easier now
[ ac.guitar - steel ]
The worst now is over I've stood the test it should be easier now
They say everything happens for the best it should be easier now
The wounds in my heart you've carved deep and wide
Hollowed and washed by the tears I've cried
That's the very same door that I carried her through
On the night we were married last June
And right overthere is the very same chair that she sat in when she said we're through
Overhere you can see where I got on my knees and I begged but her heart was a stone
Overhere's where I cried did you know I'd died right here in this very same room
[ piano ]
To your right there's a crib and it's never been used perhaps that's why we're apart
And there sits a phone that she used on alone to make plans with her new sweetheart
Then she walked overhere and she picked up her things then left me alone in the gloom
Overhere's where I cried did you know I'd died right here in this very same room
Verse 1:
C/G F
Funny a woman can come home so wild and free
G C/G
And insist i don't watch her undress or watch her watch me
And stand by the bed and shiver as if she were cold
G C/G
Just to lie down beside me and touch me as if i were gold
Chorus:
C/G F
One night of love don't make up for six nights alone
G C/G
But i'd rather have one than none Lord,'cause i'm flesh and bone
Sometimes it seems that she ain't worth the trouble at all
G C/G
But she could be worth the world if somehow you can touch her at all
Verse 2 (a tone higher):
D G
Right or wrong a woman can own any man
A D
She can take him inside her and hold his soul in her hand
And leave him as weary and weak as a newborn child
A D
Fighting to catch his first breath and open his eyes
Chorus bis:(a tone higher)
D G
One night of love don't make up for six nights alone
A D
But i'd rather have one than none,I'm flesh and bone
Sometimes it seems that she ain't worth the trouble at all
A D
But she could be worth the world if somehow you can touch her at all
Verse 1:
I'm just a man
No more or no less
Bad as the worst
Good as the best
If you like what you see
It's a pretty good bet
What you see
Is just what you'll get
Chorus:
And i've got my faults
That i can't deny
Nobody knows that better than i do
Some not so good traits
From my wilder days
I've got my faults but i do have my ways
Bridge:
I do have my ways
That show off the best side of me
When you least expect it
You don't know how good i can be
(Waylon Jennings - Jerry Bridges - Michael Lawley)
Waylon
Win some lose some that's what they say
Time is the healer there's no other way
I can't remember how long has it been
But I saw you last night it started over again..
When I saw you last night I had control of myself
Then I realized what little I had left
The sooner you're gone and out of my sight
Just leave me alone I'll be alright
I'll be alright.
--- Instrumental ---
Nothin' but good times and candles to burn
When the flame burns out it will never return
You haven't changed girl and I never will
When I saw you last night I knew I needed you still.
When I saw you last night I had control of myself
Then I realized what little I had left
The sooner you're gone and out of my sight
Just leave me alone I'll be alright
I'll be alright...
So long to you, hope I don't make you blue,
Think I'm gonna kill myself, think I'm gonna myself.
Apart we've grown, now I can't go on alone.
Think I'm gonna kill myself, think I'm gonna myself.
Now dig my grave with a silver spade, a gold chain lay me down and down.
Send my remains to my best friend, the rest to my hole in the ground.
Send the rest to my hole in the ground.
I bow my head, cause in the mornin' I'm a gonna be dead.
Think I'm gonna kill myself, think I'm gonna myself.
Now dig my grave with a silver spade, a gold chain lay me down and down.
Send my remains to my best friend, the rest to my hole in the ground.
Little girl don't be so quit to give your love so free
Little girl what makes you want to throw yourself with me
Just in your teens you're lookin' more like twenty one
You run ahead of life when it's only just begun
Don't you know I may never pass this way again
Little girl you'd better go before I'd change my mind
Little girl walk away while you still have the time
It's just a part of growin' up someday you'll see
Then you'll wonder what you ever saw in me
Don't you know I may never pass this way again
Mama sets home awaitin' you to call by now daddy's lookin' tired
Wonder what can she be and what she's doin' out now late at night
Little girl you better go before I lose all sense and my control
I'll be crossed bridge down on the road and you'll be left behind to pay the toll
I may never pass this way again
Little girl wait for him he'll soon be on his way
Little girl you think within what I'd do today
It's just a part of growin' up someday you'll see
And then you'll wonder what you ever saw in me
Chorus (W. Jennings,W. Nelson):
A E
Take back the weed,take back the cocaine baby
Take back the pills,take back the whiskey too
I don't need them now,your love was all i was after
I'll make it now,i can get off on you
Verse 1 (W. Nelson):
D A
I can get by on little or nothing at all,i know
D E
I can get high just thinking about you,and so
Chorus.
Verse 2 (W. Jennings):
D A
Who would have thought this was something that i'd ever do
D E
I'm working it out,mellowing out on you
Chorus (x2).
(Jessi Colter - Basil McDavid)
Jessi
There'll be joy, there'll be tears, there'll be laughter in your journey
Don't let the tears overflow
You'll be up so high the fall will seem unbearable
You have the strenght on your side.
I saw a star, I knew last night he asked about you
The sky told the sun, run and find you
You feel like a champion, rise and fall then rise up again
I believe you can, I believe you can.
There'll be joy, there'll be tears, there'll be laughter in your journey
Don't let the tears overflow
You'll be up so high the fall will seem unbearable
You have the strenght on your side.
I believe you can, I believe you can...
Verse 1:
I look for trouble and i found it son
Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun
I tried to run but i don't think i can
You make one move and you're a dead man friend
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this,can i baby?
He slipped the handcuffs on behind my back
And left me reeling on a steel reel rack
They got'em all in the jailhouse baby
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this,can i baby?
Verse 2:
Grew up in Houston off the wayside drives
Son of a carhop and some all night dives
Dad drove a stock car to an early death
All i remember was a drunk man's breath
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this,can i baby?
You know the story how the wheel goes 'round
Don't let them take you to the man down town
Can't sleep at all in a jailhouse baby
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this,can i baby?
Verse 3:
I live with Angel she's a roadhouse queen
Makes Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee
I want to love her but i don't know how
I'm at the bottom in the jailhouse now
Ain't living long like this
Can't live at all like this,can i baby?
You know the story about the jailhouse rock
Don't want to do it but just don't get caught
They got'em all in the jailhouse baby
Ain't living long like this
(Jessi Colter)
Waylon & Jessi
If you're lookin' for someone who's got it all to give
If you lookin' for someone who won't care how you live
If you're lookin' for someone who's only lovin' you
I ain't the one I ain't the one.
If you're lookin' for someone to dry your tears when you cry
If you're lookin' for someone to turn his back each time you lie
If you're lookin' for someone to walk on then walk by
But I ain't the one I ain't the one.
I ain't the one to let you do what you want to
I ain' the one who sits still and let you be untrue
I ain' t the one who'll go on lovin' you no matter what you do
I ain't the one I ain't the one.
Just keep lookin' further down the road
You might find yourself someone who likes walkin' alone
Someone you'll play with and leave dead by the road
I ain't the one I ain't the one.
I ain't the one I ain't the one.
I ain't the one I ain't the one...
Like a raging flood that ruins a poor man's land
You keep doing things to hurt me all you can
But the thickness that we knew is growing thin how much rain can one man stand
How much rain can one man stand I gave you everything but my right hand
If you won't let me love you then don't let me be your friend
How much rain can one man stand
I can see them big ol' storm clouds movin' in
There's a stranger in your big brown eyes again
And you've told him that I'm just an old time friend how much rain can one man stand
How much rain can one man stand...
Well I'm sick and tired of wakin' up sick and tired
As of today there's gonna be some changes made
Well you might as well keep your feet on the ground
Cause I won't stand still for your movin' around
It's high time you quit your lowdown ways
Anything to the talk I hear over town
Is it really true girl that you go on the deck up and down
Now the word as well as I can recall
Everywhere you've been you've been the belle of the ball
It's high time you quit your lowdown ways
[ ac.guitar ]
I remember one time now way back down on the farm
My daddy had a dominiker hen but she wouldn't stay home
Well now she could fly higher than a jet airplane
But not after daddy clipped her little ol' wings
It's high time you quit your lowdown ways
[ guitar ]
Sometimes it's heaven,sometimes it's hell
Sometimes i don't even know
Sometimes i take it as far as i can
Sometimes i don't even go
Chorus:
My front tracks are headed for a cold water well
My back tracks are covered in snow
Sometimes it's heaven,sometimes it's hell
Sometimes i don't even know
Heaven ain't walking a street paved with gold
Hell ain't a mountain of fire
Heaven is laying in my sweet baby's arms
Hell is when my baby's not there
Chorus bis:(a tone higher)
My front tracks are headed for a cold water well
My back tracks are covered in snow
Sometimes it's heaven,sometimes it's hell
Sometimes i don't even know
Sometimes it's heaven,sometimes it's hell
Chorus:
I've had a life time of memories like you
I couldn't get over even if i wanted you
It's really not somethin' i don't wanna do
But i've got heartaches older than you
I've seen that kind of look in other eyes before
This time may be different i'm not sure
Do you really understand what your young heart desires
Heartache number one was when you left me I never knew that I could hurt this way
Heartache number two was when you came back again
You came back but never meant to stay
I've got heartaches by the numbers troubles by the score
Every day you love me less each day I love you more
I've got heartaches by the numbers a love that I can't win
But the day that I stop counting that's the day my world will end
[ guitar ]
Heartache number three was when you called me
You said that you were coming back to stay
With hopeful heart I waited for your knock on my door
I waited but you must have lost your way
That cold north wind is blowing grey eyes you know
The years are quickly going grey eyes you know
And the good life I promised you so long ago
Is dead but for a dreaming grey eyes you know
We never had much money grey eyes you know
More rainy days than sunny grey eyes you know
And life has been a long hard road to hoe
But you stuck right by me smiling grey eyes you know
Hard times took the blue from your eyes
Leaving them grey as the winter's skies
We've had our talk now I must walk away
Leave you here beneath this mound of clay
And I feel so empty as I turn to go
For my heart lies there beside you grey eyes you know
I'll send away all my false pride and I'll forsake all my life
I'll do what I can so you'll feel free if you'll come and stay with me
Lovers of the past I'll leave behind there'll never be another on my mind
Yes I'll be as true as true you can be if you'll come and stay with me
Promises I make so faithfully I'll keep still should you decide to leave
I'll try and see if you'll have all you need if you'll come and stay with me
We live a life no one has ever known God gave life to you on your own
Hoping God that I stand finally I can see you're gonna stay with me
[ guitar + strings ]
A LONG TIME FORGOTTEN THE DREAMS THAT JUST FELL BY THE WAY
THE GOOD LIFE HE PROMISED AIN'T WHAT SHE'S BEEN LIVING TODAY
BUT SHE NEVER COMPLAINS OF BAD TIMES AND THE BAD THINGS HE'S DONE
SHE JUST TALKS ABOUT THE GOOD TIMES THEY'VE HAD
AND ALL THE GOOD TIMES TO COME
CHORUS:
SHE'S A GOOD HEARTED WOMAN IN LOVE WITH HER GOOD TIMIN' MAN
SHE LOVES HIM IN SPITE OF HIS WICKED WAYS SHE DON'T UNDERSTAND
THROUGH TEARDROPS AND LAUGHTER
THEY'LL PASS THROUGH THIS WORLD HAND IN HAND
THIS GOOD HEARTED WOMAN LOVIN' HER GOOD TIMIN' MAN
HE LIKES THE BRIGHT LIGHTS THE NIGHT LIFE
AND THE GOOD TIMIN' FRIENDS
AND WHEN THE PARTY'S ALL OVER SHE'LL WELCOME HIM BACK HOME AGAIN
LORD SHE DON'T UNDERSTAND BUT SHE DOES THE VERY BEST THAT SHE CAN
SHE'S A GOOD HEARTED WOMAN LOVIN' HER GOOD TIMIN' MAN
REPEAT CHORUS TWICE
Everybody's going away
Said there moving to L.A.
There ain't a soul i know around
Everybody's leaving town
Some caught a freight,some caught a plane
Find the sunshine leave the rain
They say this town will waste your mind
I guess they're right cause it's wasted mine
Chorus:
Some got to win,some got to lose
Good time Charlie's got the blues
My old heart keeps telling me
You ain't no kid at thirty three
You play around and you lose your wife
Play too long and you lose your life
I got my pills to ease the pain
I can't find a thing to ease the rain
Sometimes i'd like to try and settle down
But everybody's leaving town
Chorus
It's knowing that your door is always open and your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag rolled up and stashed behind your couch
And it's knowing I'm not shacked by forgotten words and bons
And the ink stains that have dried upon some line
That keeps you in the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
Keeps you ever gentle on my mind
It's not clinging to the rocks and I'd be planted on their columns now that binds me
Or something that somebody said because they thought we fit together walkin'
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursin' or forgivin'
When I walk along some railroad track and find
That you're movin' on the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind
Though the wheet fields and the clothes lines
And the junk yards and the highways come between us
And some other woman 's cryin' to her mother cause she turned and I was gone
I still might run in silence tears of joy might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me till I'm blind
But not to where I cannot see you walking on the back roads
By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind
I dipped my cup of soap back from a gurglin' cracklin' caltron in some train yard
My beard a roughen coal pile and a dirty hat pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands round a tin can I pretend to hold you to my breast and find
That you're waving from the back roads by the rivers of my mem'ry
I made it through my rock and roll years
With a spent dream and
A few dollar bills
I don't know what i learned
I don't know what i know
And if i don't now i never will
Bridge 1:
I ain't seen it all but it's plain to see
I just might be an endangered species
Like an old gray fox i know how he feels
With the new hats snapping at my heels
I ain't sure what it's all about
I ain't in but don't count me out
Bridge 2:
They all like to dance but if you want to dance with me
You might be dancing with an endangered species
I wasted some time
With some women i found
At no time ever settlin' down
With one over here and one over there
And that's where-nobody cares
Bridge 3:
But a man in love is what i want to be
Just the good ol' boys,
Never meanin' no harm,
Beats all you've ever saw, been in trouble with the law since the day they was
born.
Straight'nin' the curve,
Flat'nin' the hills.
Someday the moutain might get 'em, but the law never will.
Makin' their way,
The only way they know how,
That's just a little bit more than the law will allow.
Just good ol' boys,
Wouldn't change if they could,
Fightin' the system like a true modern day Robin Hood.
Everybody's lookin' for some way in,
I'm lookin' for some way out.
I've been wastin' my time, on cheap talk and wine,
If this is what it's all about.
All I've got is a job, that I don't like,
And a woman that don't understand.
So tonight in this bar, I'll get in my car,
And take off for the promised land.
[chorus}
Drinkin' and dreamin', knowin' damn well I can't go.
I'll never see Texas, L.A., or old Mexico.
But here at this table, I'm able to leave it behind.
Drinkin' and dreamin', a thousand miles out of my mind.
This suit and this tie, it's just a disguise,
It ain't really me.
Some people were born, to be tied down,
Some people were born to be free.
When I look down the road, she don't know,
How it gets under my skin.
That she's got my body, but my heart and soul,
I hope that I won't be that wrong anymore,
And maybe I've learned this time.
I hope that I find what I'm reaching for,
the way that it is in my mind.
Someday I'll get over you.
I'll live to see it all through.
But I'll always miss,
Dreaming my dreams with you.
But I won't let it change me,
Not if I can.
I'd rather believe in love.
And give it away as much as I can,
To those that I'm fondest of.
Someday I'll get over you.
I'll live to see it all through.
But I'll always miss,
Dreaming my dreams with you.
Someday I'll get over you.
I'll live to see it all through.
But I'll always miss,
Verse 1:
E A E
Saw your picture in the paper and i see you married good
A B
And i know that he can give you all the things i never could
A B E
But i know that he can't give you what you need most of all
A B E
So the door is always open,and the lights on in the hall
Chorus:
E B A E
Yes the door is always open and the lights on in the hall
A B E
And you know that i'll be waiting,if you ever come to call
Verse 2:
E A E
When night falls on that mansion and you're lying in his bed
A B
When he begs you for attention,will you think of me instead
A B E
When he reaches out to touch you,is your face turned to the wall
A B E
Well the door is always open,and the lights on in the hall
Chorus (x2).
I'm for law and order,the way that it should be
This song's about the night they spent protecting you from me
Someone called this outlaw,in some ol' magazine
New York sent a posse down like i ain't never seen
Chorus:
Don't you think this outlaw bit has done got out of hand
What started out to be a joke,the law don't understand
Was it singing through my nose that got me busted by the man
Maybe this here outlaw bit has done got out of hand
We were rapped up in our music,that's why we never saw
The cars pull up,the boys get out and the room fill up with law
They came pounding through the back door in the middle of the song
They got me for possession of something that was gone,long gone
Chorus.
Don't you think this outlaw bit has done got out of hand,out of hand
In the morning you go gunning for the man who stole your water
And you fire till he is done in but they catch you at the border
And the mourners are all singing as they drag you by your feet
But the hangman isn't hanging so they put you on the street
You go back Jack do it again wheels turning round and round
You go back Jack do it again
When you know she's no high climber then you find your only friend
In a room with your two timer but you're sure you're near the end
Then you love a little wild one and she brings you only sorrow
All the time you know she's smiling you'll be on your knees tomorrow
You go back Jack do it again...
[ guitar ]
Now you swear and kick and beg us that you're not a gambling man
Then you find you're back in Vegas with a handle in your hand
Your black cards can bring you money so you hide them when you're able
In the land of milk and honey you must put them on the table
G F oh Dixie, hang your head and cry C you have seen so many children die G F you had courage and you had pride C but the Union could never see your side G Am C G at all, oh, oh, oh not at all G F oh Dixie, now the land is scarred C the States are bleeding, they're wounded and marred G F Mister Lincoln isn't here to lend a hand C now he's gone - and bitter hate rules the land G Am C G you're done, oh, oh, oh Dixie, you're done G F C G oh Dixie, oh Dixie, now you're done G F C G oh Dixie, oh Dixie, oh Dixie, now you're done G F C G oh Dixie, oh Dixie, oh Dixie, now you're done G F C G oh Dixie, oh Dixie, oh Dixie, now you're done G F C G oh Dixie, oh Dixie, oh Dixie, now you're done G F C G oh Dixie, oh Dixie, oh Dixie, now you're done G F C G oh Dixie, oh Dixie, oh Dixie, now you're done
I was all right for a while
I could smile for a while
But when I saw you last night
You held my hand so tight
When you stopped to say hello
And though you wished me well
You couldn't tell
That I'd been
Crying over you
Crying over you
Then you said So long
Left me standing all alone
Alone and crying, crying, crying, crying
It's hard to understand
That the touch of your hand
Can start me crying
I thought that I was over you
But it's true, so true
I love you even more
Than I did before
But darling, what can I do
Oh you don't love me
And I'll always be
Crying over you
Crying over you
Yes, now you're gone
And from this moment on
I'll be crying, crying, crying, crying
I'm crying, crying
Oh-oh-oh-over you
If I should get a look of leavin' in my eyes
Put your arms round me woman and change my mind
If I ever seem too restless or dissatisfied
Put your arms round me woman and change my mind
Don't let me seperate your love from mine
Don't let me leave you I might get the urge some time
If I do you'll know what to do to keep me by your side
Put your arms round me baby and change my mind
[ organ ]
If the gay life of the barrooms beckons me at night
Put your arms round me baby and change my mind
And if a new love ever tempts me that I should search to find
Put your arms round me woman and change my mind
Casey joins the hollow sound of silent people walkin' down
The stairway to the subway in the shadows down below
Following their footsteps through the neon darkened corridors
Of silent desperation never speaking to a soul
The poison air he's breathing has the dirty smell of dyin'
Cause it's never seen the sunshine and it's never felt the rain
Casey minds the arrows and ignores the fatal echoes
Of the clicking of the turnstile and the rattle of his chains
Oh she said Casey it's been so long since I've seen you
Here she said just a kiss to make a body smile
See she said I've put on new stocking just to please you
Lord she said Casey can you only stay a while
[ guitar ]
Casey leaves the underground and stops inside the Golden Crown
For something wet to wipe away the chill that's on his bones
Seeing his reflection in the lives of all the lonely men
Who reach for anything they can to keep from goin' home
Standing in the corner Casey drinks his pint of bitter
Never glancing in the mirror at the people passing by
Then he stumbles as he's leavin' and he wonders if the reason
Is the beer that's in his belly or the tear that's in his eye
Oh she said I suppose you seldom think about me
Now she said now that you've a family of your own
Still she said it's so blessed good to feel your body
When the morning sun streaks across my room
And I'm wakened up from another dream of you
Yes I'm on the road once again it seems
All I've left behind is a chain of broken dreams
But you know I love you yes I love you oh I love you
How I wish this love was all we'd need to live
What a life we'd have cause I've got so much to give
And it seems so wrong deep inside my heart
That the dollar sign chould be keeping us apart
But you know I love you yes I love you oh I love you
And if only we could find our way back to the times
When the problems of this life had not yet crossed our minds
For the answers could be found in children's nursery rhymes
I'd come running back to you I'd come running back to you
[ guitar ]
But you know we can't live on dreams alone
And to pay the rent got us leave you all alone
But you know I made my choice many years ago
Now this traveling life is the only one I know
But you know I love you yes I love you oh I love you
Flying across the desert in a TWA
I saw a woman walking across the sand
She been a-walkin' thirty miles en route to L.A.
To get a brown eyed handsome man
Her destination was a brown eyed handsome man
Milo Venus was a beautiful lass
She had the world in the palm of her hand
But she lost both her arms in a wrestling match
To get a brown eyed handsome man
She fought and won herself a brown eyed handsome man
Chorus:
Way back in history three thousand years
Back ever since the world began
There's been a lot of good women shed a tear
For a brown eyed handsome man
That's what the trouble was brown eyed handsome man
Beautiful daughter couldn't make up her mind
Between a doctor and a lawyer man
Her mother told her daughter go out and find yourself
A brown eyed handJust like your daddy is a brown eyed handsome man
Arrested on charges of unemployment
He was sitting in the witness stand
The judge's wife called up the district attorney
Said you free that brown eyed man
You want your job you better free that brown eyed man
Way back in history three thousand years
Back ever since the world began
There's been a lot of good women shed a tear
For a brown eyed handsome man
Way down in Virginia
Amongst the tall grown sugar canes
Lived a simple man and a dominecker hen
And a rose of a different name
The first time I felt lightening
I was standing in drizzling rain
With a trembling hand and a bottle of gin
And a rose of a different name
Chorus:
Well, The devil made me do it the first time
The second time I done it on my own
Lord put a handle on a simple headed man
And help me leave that black rose alone
(whoop, whoop)
When the devil made that woman
Lord, He threw the pattern away
She were built for speed with the tools you need
To make a new fool every day
Way down deep and dirty
On the darkest side of shame
I caught a cane cuttin' man and a bottle of gin
Baby don't be looking in my mind you might not like what you find
For honey I know you better than you think I do so baby don't be looking in my mind
Don't expect sweet I-love-you's on and on if I didn't love you I'd be gone
Don't change the way I live just take what I can give
And baby don't be looking in my mind
Don't expect my every thought to be of you for I'm a man and men have things to do
I'm proud to be your man and I love you all I can
But baby don't be looking in my mind
[ ac.guitar ]
Don't expect my every thought to be of you...
Slippin' and a-slidin', playin' Dominoes
Leftin' and a-rightin' ain't a crime, you know
Well, I gotta tell the story before it's time to go
Well, are you ready for the country?
Are you ready for me?
Are you ready for the country?
Ain't that the sight to see?
Talkin' to a preacher, said God was on his side
Talkin' to a butcher, they both were sellin' hide
Well, I gotta tell the story, boys
I don't know the reason why
Are you ready for the country?
Are you ready for me?
Are you ready for the country?
Ain't that a sight to see?
[Incomprehensible]
Are you ready for the country?
Are you ready for me?
Better get ready for the country
Ready for me
Are you ready for the country?
Ready for me?
Are you ready for the country?
Some have said,done through history
If you last it's a mistery
But i guess they don't know,what they're talking about
From the mountains down to the sea
You've become such a habit with me
America,A-merher-ica
Well i come from,down around Tennesee
But the people in California
Are nice to me,A-merher-ica
It don't matter where i may roam
Tell you people that it's home sweet home
America,A-merher-ica
Chorus:
And my brothers are all black and white,yellow too
And the red man is right,to expect a little from you
Promise and then follow through,America
And the men,who fell on the planes
And lived,through hardship and pain
America,A-merher-ica
And the men who could not fight
In a war that didn't seem right
You let them come home,A-merher-ica
Chorus.
Well i come from,down around Tennesee
But the people in California
Are nice to me,A-merher-ica
It don't matter where i may roam
Tell you people that it's home sweet home
America,A-merher-ica
America,A-merher-ica
It's home sweet home,A-merher-ica
As i watched the tail lights disappear
Suddenly it got real lonely here
I know the words i could have said
To make her turn around
But a lot of good it's gonna do me now
I could have started with i'm sorry
And really meant it from the heart
The rest would have been easy
Together in the dark
We could have found that old time feeling
That we lost somewhere somehow
But a lot of good it's gonna do me now
Still thinking about the things i could have said
And looking at her picture by the bed
I realized just what i've lost as i pulled the covers down
But a lot of good it's gonna do me now
I could have told her i was sorry
And really meant it from the heart
The rest would have been easy
Together in the dark
We could have found that old time feeling
That we lost somewhere somehow
But a lot of good it's gonna do me now
I don't look the way the average cowboy singer looks
I'll admit i've taken things i never should of took
You can read a different story in a lot of different books
But even then you won't really know
How it was a long time ago
Women have been my trouble since i found out they weren't men
In spite of that i stopped and took a wife now and then
They built their fences high but they couldn't hold me in
I was born with a fire down below
And i learned to fly a long time ago
Don't ask me about the years i spent out in the rain
About the ones i spent in love or the ones i spent insane
Don't ask me who i gave my seat to on that plane
I think you already know
I told you that a long time ago
Me and ol' Willie,lordy we've been sold and bought
I guess y'all heard about some kind of system that we fought
We ain't the only outlaws just the only ones they caught
They tried to run us off but Willie's slow
Now I've got a couple more years on you babe & that's all
I've had more chances to fly & more places to fall
It's not that I'm wiser it's just that I've spent
More time with my back to the wall
And I've picked up a couple a more years on you babe & that's all
Now I've walked a couple more roads than you babe & that's all
And I'm tired of running while you're only learning to crawl
And you're going somewhere but I've been to somewhere
And found it was nowhere at all
And I picked up a couple more years on you babe & that's all
break....
Sayin' goodbye girl don't ever come easy at all
But you got to fly cause you're hearin' them young eagles call
Someday when you're older
You'll smile at a man strong & tall
And say I got a couple more years on you babe & that's all
You'll say
repeat 1st verse......
Today there's no salvation band's packed up and gone
I'm left standing with my penny in my hand
Down at railroad station a blind man sings his song
I think he sees things I don't understand
It's the 33rd of August and I'm finally touching down
Eight days from Sunday finds me Saturday bound
I stumbled through the darkness tumble to my knees
A thousand voices screaming in my brain
Wound up in a squad car busted down for vacancy
Outside my cell it's sure as hell looks just like rain
It's the 33rd of August...
I've put my dangerous feelings under lock and chain
Killed my violent nature with a smile
Let the demons danced and sang their songs within my fevered brain
Not all my God like thoughts were defiled
When I left Tulsa Jamie was an innocent young lady
God only knows why she gave herself to a guy like you
She called me cryin' said she was gonna have your baby
You just turned your back on her like all cowards do
I swore I'd get you for what you're puttin' her through
And the only reason I ain't got you Jamie cried and begged me not to
She still loves you for some reason
But don't let the sun set on you in Tulsa don't let the sun set on you in Tulsa
If the sun goes down on you if you're still here you're goin' down too
Don't let the sun set on you in Tulsa
[ guitar ]
Jamie is the only thing I ever really cared for she don't deserve this kind of shame
She's carryin' the child that you're to blame for
You just laughed and said there ain't no way it's gonna get your name
But I swore I'd get you for what you're puttin' her through
And the only reason I ain't got you Jamie cried and begged me not to
But I ain't through with you yet
Don't let the sun set on you in Tulsa don't let the sun set on you in Tulsa
Better not let the sun set on you in Tulsa
Famous quotes by Waylon Jennings:
"was an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart."
"sold out to religion."
"Mainly what I learned from Buddy, ... was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn't have any barriers to it."
"Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks."
"Honesty is something you can't wear out"
"I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane."
"Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records."
"I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He's the biggest. He's like an Elvis in this business, but no, he's never been the rebel."
"It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time."
"But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened. I'm a part of the music that happened. My voice is one more instrument, is what it is. So that's the way I feel about people who play on sessions."
"Because Ritchie Valens WAS the real deal. He was only starting, but in the time he spent in the business, he made big impact. I don't know if anybody could have made a bigger one."
"Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does."
"One thing is that I wasn't getting booked that well, and they had control over who got the awards, they had control over who sold. And they really did not want Willie or me, either one, to have a hit record. They wanted the money, but they didn't want us to be the ones."
"And the whole thing is that you're treated like a step-child. Here it was down here, everything in the black, because they were stealing, basically. Stealing from us old country boys down here."
"Besides that, I felt guilty. I thought for some reason... I was alive, and Buddy and those boys were dead, and I didn't know how, but somehow I'd caused it."
"Chet loved artists. He did. But he was caught up in the system. He had two hats. He had to have 'em because he did two things: he was an artist, and he was an executive."
"You know, I feel sorry for the young artists."
"I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane."
"Honesty is something you can't wear out."
RELEASE
ALBUMS
- Jack of Diamonds
- Outlaw Shit
- Ain't Livin Long Like This
- Are You Ready for the Country?
- Lonesome On'ry and Mean
- Waymore's Blues
- White Room
- I Found the Body
- Lonesome, On'ry and Mean
- Freedom to Stay
- Lay It Down
- Gone to Denver
- Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues
- You Can Have Her
- Pretend I Never Happened
- San Francisco Mabel Joy
- Sandy Sends Her Best
- Me and Bobby McGee
- Laid Back Country Picker
- The Last One to Leave Seattle
- Big, Big Love
- The Taker
- You'll Look for Me
- Mississippi Woman
- Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
- Six White Horses
- (Don't Let the Sun Set on You) Tulsa
- Casey's Last Ride
- (I'd Be) A Legend in My Time
- Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
- Grey Eyes You Know
- I'm a Ramblin' Man
- Rainy Day Woman
- Cloudy Days
- Midnight Rider
- Oklahoma Sunshine
- The Hunger
- I Can't Keep My Hands Off of You
- Memories of You and I
- It'll Be Her
- Amanda
- Got a Lot Going for Me
- The Last Letter
- The One I Sing My Love Song To
- This Time
- Louisiana Woman
- Pick Up the Tempo
- Slow Rollin' Roll
- Heaven or Hell
- It's Not Supposed to Be That Way
- Slow Movin' Outlaw
- Mona
- Walkin'
- If You Could Touch Her at All
- That'll Be the Day
- It Doesn't Matter Anymore
- Lady in the Harbor
- Well All Right/It's So Easy/Maybe Baby/Peggy Sue Medley
- If You're Goin' Girl
- Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)
- If You See Me Getting Smaller
- Lucille
- Sweet Caroline
- I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself
- Belle of the Ball
- Medley of Elvis Hits: That's All Right / My Baby Left Me
- Till I Gain Control Again
- Brand New Goodbye Song
- Satin Sheets
- This Is Getting Funny (But There Ain't Nobody Laughing)
- Big Mamou
- That's The Chance I'll Have To Take
- Stop The World (And Let Me Off)
- Anita, You're Dreaming
- (That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me
- The Chokin' Kind
- Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line
- Just To Satisfy You
- Cedartown, Georgia
- The Taker
- Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
- Sweet Dream Woman
- Ladies Love Outlaws
- Lonesome, On'ry And Mean
- Freedom To Stay
- Pretend I Never Happened
- You Can Have Her
- We Had It All
- Honky Tonk Heroes
- You Ask Me To
- Jole Blon
- My Baby Walks All Over Me
- That's the Chance I'll Have to Take
- Stop the World (And Let Me Off)
- Anita You're Dreaming
- Time to Burn Again
- (That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me
- Green River
- Nashville Rebel
- Mental Revenge
- Love of the Common People
- The Chokin' Kind
- Walk on Out of My Mind
- I Got You
- Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line
- Yours Love
- Just to Satisfy You
- Something's Wrong in California
- Brown Eyed Handsome Man
- Cedartown, Georgia
- I Ain't the One
- Singer of Sad Songs
- It's Sure Been Fun
- Six White Horses
- People in Dallas Got Hair
- I'm Ramblin' Man
- Rainy Day Woman
- America
- I May Be Used (But Baby I Ain't Used Up)
- Amanda
- Me and Bobby McGee
- Trouble Man
- Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
- Good Ol' Boys (Dukes of Hazzard)
- Bob Wills Is Still the King
- Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
- Suspicious Minds
- Honky Tonk Angels
- Good Hearted Woman
- I've Always Been Crazy
- Luckenbach, Texas
- I Ain't Living Long Like This
- This Time
- I'm a Ramblin Man
- Rainy Day Woman
- Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
- Good Hearted Woman
- Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)
- The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)
- Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
- I've Always Been Crazy
- Amanda
- Come With Me
- I Ain't Living Long Like This
- Theme From the Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)
- Just to Satisfy You
- Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)
- Drinkin' and Dreamin'
- Lonesome, on'Ry and Mean
- Freedom to Stay
- Lay It Down
- Gone to Denver
- Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues
- You Can Have Her
- Pretend I Never Happened
- San Francisco Mabel Joy
- Sandy Sends Her Joy
- Me and Bobby McGee
- Honky Tonk Heroes
- Old Five and Dimers Like Me
- Willy the Wandering Gypsy and Me
- Low Down Freedom
- Omaha
- You Ask Me To
- Ride Me Down Easy
- Ain't No God in Mexico
- Black Rose
- We Had It All
- Slow Rollin' Low
- You Ask Me To (single version)
- Prologue
- Chapter One... Childhood: Littlefield
- Chapter Two... Texas: You'll Never Take Texas Out of Me
- Chapter Three... First Love: You Went Out With Rock 'n' Roll
- Chapter Four... Lost Love: A Love Song (I Can't Sing Anymore)
- Chapter Five... Nasville: If Old Hank Could Only See Us Now
- Chapter Six... Crazies: My Rough and Rowdy Days
- Chapter Seven... Drugs: I'm Living Proof (There's Life After You)
- Chapter Eight... Jessi: You Deserve the Stars in My Crown
- Chapter Nine... Reflections: Turn It All Around
- Chapter Ten... The Beginning: Where Do We Go From Here
- Trouble Man
- Grapes on the Vine
- Which Way Do I Go (Now That I'm Gone)
- Yoyos, Bozos, Bimbos and Heroes
- It Goes With the Territory
- How Much Is It Worth to Live in L.A.
- Hey Willie
- You Put the Soul in the Song
- G.I. Joe
- Woman I Hate It
- Somewhere Between Ragged and Right (With John Anderson)
- Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line
- The Taker
- This Time
- I'm a Ramblin' Man
- Rainy Day Woman
- Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
- Good Hearted Woman (feat. Willie Nelson)
- Are You Ready for the Country
- Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)
- Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
- I've Always Been Crazy
- Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand
- Amanda
- Come With Me
- I Ain't Living Long Like This
- Theme From The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)
- Just to Satisfy You (feat. Willie Nelson)
- Women Do Know How to Carry On
- I May Be Used (But Baby I Ain't Used Up)
- America
- Highwayman
- Rose in Paradise
- I Got You
- The Taker
- This Time
- Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit Done Got Out of Hand
- Brown Eyed Handsome Man
- Just to Satisify You
- Theme From the Dukes of Hazzard
- Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line
- Mason Dixie Lines
- I've Always Been Crazy
- Luckenbach, Texas
- Honky Tonk Woman
- Suspicious Minds
- Ladies Love Outlaws
- Amanda
- Lonesome, On'ry and Mean
- The Taker
- Good Hearted Woman
- You Ask Me To
- This Time
- I'm a Ramblin' Man
- Rainy Day Woman
- Amanda
- Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
- Suspicious Minds
- Can't You See
- Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)
- The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)
- Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
- I've Always Been Crazy
- Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand
- Come With Me
- I Ain't Living Long Like This
- Theme From "The Dukes of Hazzard" (Good Ol' Boys)
- Lonesome, On'ry and Mean
- Ladies Love Outlaws
- I've Always Been Crazy
- I'm a Ramblin' Man
- Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line
- Amanda
- Honky Tonk Heroes
- Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
- Good Hearted Woman
- Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)
- Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
- I've Always Been Crazy
- The Conversation (feat. Hank Williams Jr.)
- Waltz Me to Heaven
- Come With Me
- I Ain't Living Long Like This
- Storms Never Last (feat. Jessi Colter)
- Theme From 'the Dukes of Hazzard' (Good Ol' Boys)
- Shine
- Women Do Know How to Carry On
- Just to Satisfy You (feat. Willie Nelson)
- Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)
- America
- Never Could Toe the Mark
- The Broken Promise Land
- Whatever Happened to the Blues
- Nowhere Road (feat. Willie Nelson)
- Sally Was a Good Old Girl
- Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
- It's So Easy
- Love's Gonna Live Here
- Crying
- Abilene
- When Sin Stops
- Big Mamou
- White Lightning
- Burning Memories
- Dream Baby
- Money (That's What I Want)
- Lorena
- Closing in on the Fire
- Waymore's Blues (feat. John Anderson)
- Never Say Die
- Amanda / A Couple More Years
- Drift Away
- Nothing Catches Jesus by Surprise
- Good Hearted Woman
- I'm Not Lisa (feat. Jessi Colter)
- Storms Never Last (feat. Jessi Colter)
- Never Been to Spain
- (I'm A) Ramblin' Man (feat. Montgomery Gentry)
- Goin' Down Rockin'
- I've Always Been Crazy (feat. Travis Tritt)
- Can't You See
- T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)
- Rainy Day Woman
- Me and Paul
- The Last Letter
- I'm a Ramblin' Man
- Bob Wills Is Still the King
- Lovin' Here Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
- Look Into My Teardrops
- Lonesome on'Ry and Mean
- Freedom to Stay
- Big Ball in Cowtown
- The Taker
- Mississippi Woman
- Mona
- Never Been to Spain
- Pick Up the Tempo
- Good Hearted Woman
- House of the Rising Sun
- Me and Bobby McGee
- This Time
- When Sin Stops
- Jole Blon
- Another Blue Day
- Never Again
- My Baby Walks All Over Me
- The Stage (Stars in Heaven)
- Rave On
- Love Denied
- Rave On
- Four Strong Winds
- I'm Coming Home
- Just to Satisfy You
- The Real House of the Rising Sun
- Big Mamou
- Sing the Girls a Song, Bill
- River Boy
- The Race Is On
- Stepping Stone
- Unchained Melody
- When Sin Stops
- Another Blue Day
- Never Again
- My Baby Walks All Over Me
- I'm Coming Home
- Just to Satisfy You
- The South's Gonna Rise Again (demo)
- Gulf Coast Belle (demo)
- Closing in on the Fire
- I Know About Me, Don't Know About You
- Best Friends of Mine
- Just Watch Your Mama and Me
- She's Too Good for Me (With Sheryl Crow)
- Back Home (Where I Come From)
- Be Mine
- Easy Money
- The Blues Don't Care
- Untitled Waltz
- No Expectations
- Audio Liner Notes
- WBPT
- Cactus Texas
- The Most Sensible Thing
- The Boxer
- Hittin' the Bottle Again
- Wastin' Time
- Kissing You Goodbye
- Carnival Song
- Out of Jail
- Lines
- Deep in the West
- Right for the Time
- Living Legends, Part II
- Sally Was a Good Old Girl
- Burning Memories
- Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
- White Lightning
- It's So Easy
- Jole Blon
- When Sin Stops
- Love's Gonna Live Here Again
- Crying
- Big Mamou
- Dream Baby
- Abilene
- Lorena
- Money (That's What I Want)
- Me and Bobby McGee
- There Ain't No Good Chain Gang
- City of New Orleans
- Folsom Prison Blues
- Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
- Take It to the Limit
- Ghost Riders in the Sky
- On the Road Again
- Man in Black
- Midnight Rider
- Workin' Cheap
- What Bothers Me Most
- The Eagle
- Her Man
- Wrong
- Where Corn Don't Grow
- Reno And Me
- Too Close To Call
- Waking Up With You
- Old Church Hymns And Nursery Rhymes
- Working Without a Net
- Will the Wolfe Survive
- What You'll Do When I'm Gone
- Rose in Paradise
- Fallin' Out
- Rough and Roudy Days
- If Ole Hank Could Only See Us Now
- How Much Is Worth to Live in L.A.
- Which Way Do I Go (Now That I'm Gone)
- Trouble Man
- Prologue
- Littlefield
- You'll Never Take Texas Out Of Me
- You Went Out With Rock 'N' Roll
- A Love Song (I Can't Sing Anymore)
- If Ole Hank Could Only See Us Now
- Rough And Rowdy Days
- I'm Livin' Proof (There's Life After You)
- You Deserve The Stars In My Crown
- Turn It All Around
- Where Do We Go From Here
- Looking for Suzanne
- The Conversation
- Waltz Me to Heaven
- Theme From "The Dukes of Hazzard" (Good Ol' Boys)
- Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand
- I Ain't Living Long Like This
- Come With Me
- America
- Shine
- Women Do Know How to Carry On
- Clyde
- It's Alright
- Theme From 'The Duke of Hazzard' (Good Ol' Boys)
- Nashville Wimmin'
- Do It Again
- Sweet Music Man
- Storms Never Last
- He Went to Paris
- What About You
- Waltz Across Texas
- I've Always Been Crazy
- Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand
- Billy
- A Long Time Ago
- As the 'Billy World Turns
- Medley of Buddy Holly Hits
- I Walk the Line
- Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down
- Girl I Can Tell (You're Trying to Work It Out)
- Whistlers and Jugglers
- Are You Ready for the Country
- Them Old Love Songs
- So Good Woman
- Jack-A-Diamonds
- Can't You See
- MacArthur Park (Revisited)
- I'll Go Back to Her
- A Couple More Years
- Old Friend
- Precious Memories
- This Time
- Louisiana Woman
- Pick Up the Tempo
- Slow Rollin' Roll
- Heaven or Hell
- It's Not Supposed to Be That Way
- Slow Movin' Outlaw
- Mona
- Walkin'
- If You Could Touch Her at All
- Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
- River Boy
- The Twelfth of Never
- The Race Is On
- Stepping Stone
- The Real House of the Rising Sun
- Just to Satisfy You
- Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
- Unchained Melody
- I Don't Believe You
- Four Strong Winds
- Hangin' On
- Julie
- The Crowd
- Let Me Talk to You
- Woman, Don't You Ever Laugh at Me
- The Chokin' Kind
- Gentle on My Mind
- Right Before My Eyes
- Lock, Stock and Teardrops
- I Fall in Love So Easily
- Looking at a Heart That Needs a Home
- How Long Have You Been There
- Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line
- California Sunshine
- Weakness in a Man
- Sorrow (Breaks a Good Man Down)
- Christina
- Such a Waste of Love
- Walk On Out of My Mind
- Kentucky Woman
- Long Gone
- You'll Think of Me
- Wave Goodbye to Me
- Too Far Gone
- Money Cannot Make the Man
- Young Widow Brown
- You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
- Love of the Common People
- I Tremble for You
- Destiny's Child
- Ruby Take Your Love to Town
- The Road
- If the Shoe Fits
- Don't Waste Your Time
- Taos, New Mexico
- Two Streaks of Steel
- The Chokin' Kind
- Walk On Out of My Mind
- Lonesome On'ry and Mean
- I'm A Ramblin' Man
- Honky Tonk Heroes
- Luckenback, Texas (Back to the Basics Of Love)
- Good Hearted Woman
- Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
- I've Always Been Crazy
- Rainy Day Woman
- Theme From The Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)
- Amanda
- The Conversion
- America
- Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out Of Hand
- Dreaming My Dreams With You
- Another Bridge to Burn
- Stop the World (And Let Me Off)
- Cindy of New Orleans
- Look Into My Teardrops
- Down Came the World
- I Don't Mind
- Just for You
- Now Everybody Knows
- That's the Chance I'll Have to Take
- What Makes a Man Wander
- I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow
- What's Left of Me
- Will the Wolf Survive
- They Ain't Got 'em All
- Working Without a Net
- Where Does Love Go
- That Dog Won't Hunt
- What You'll Do When I'm Gone
- Suddenly (single)
- The Shadow of Your Distant Friend
- I've Got Me a Woman
- The Devil's Right Hand
- Honky Tonk Heroes
- Old Five and Dimers Like Me
- Willy the Wandering Gypsy in Me
- Low Down Freedom
- Omaha
- You Asked Me To
- Ride Me Down Easy
- Ain't No God in Mexico
- Black Rose
- We Had It All
- Silver Ribbons
- Nashville Bum
- Green River
- Nashville Rebel
- I'm a Long Way from Home
- Tennessee
- Norwegian Wood
- Hoodlum (Instrumental)
- Spanish Penthouse (Instrumental)
- Lang's Theme (Instrumental)
- Rush Street Blues (Instrumental)
- Lang's Mansion (Instrumental)
- Are You Ready for the Country
- Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
- Suspicious Minds
- I'm a Ramblin' Man
- Anita, You're Dreaming
- Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow to Be Cowboys
- This Time
- Love of the Common People
- Luckenback Texas
- I've Always Been Crazy
- Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line
- Dreaming My Dreams With You
- Bob Willis Is Still the King
- You Can Have Her
- You Ask Me To
- Amanda
- I Ain't Living Long Like This
- Highwayman
- The Wurlitzer Prize
- Rose in Paradise
- The Buddy Holly Medley
- The Elvis Presley Medley
- This Time
- I'm a Ramblin' Man
- Rany Day Woman
- Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
- Good Hearted Woman (feat. Willie Nelson)
- Lukenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)
- The Wurlitzer Prize (I Don't Want to Get Over You)
- Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys (feat. Willie Nelson)
- I've Always Been Crazy
- Amanda
- Come With Me
- I Ain't Living Long Like This
- Theme From the Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)
- Just to Satisfy You
- Lucille (You Won't do Your Daddy's Will)
- Drinkin' and Dreamin'
- Heartaches by the Number
- Tiger by the Tail
- Foolin' Round
- (That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me
- Folsom Prison Blues
- Busted
- Time to Bum Again
- Leavin' Town
- Yes Virginia
- Dream Baby
- You Beat All I Ever Saw
- It's All Over Now
- Born to Love You
- Down Came the World
- John's Back in Town
- Listen They're Playing My Song
- Good Morning John
- The Broken Promise Land
- Rhiannon
- Those Kind of Memories
- The Days of Sand and Shovels
- Delia's Gone
- Walk On Out of My Mind
- Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town
- I'm Little
- I Just Can't Wait
- When I Get Big
- All of My Sisters Are Girls
- A Bad Day
- Dirt
- Cowboy Movies
- If I Could Only Fly
- Useless (The Little Horse That Wouldn't Grow)
- Small Packages
- Shooter's Theme
- Stop the World (and Let Me Off)
- (That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me
- The Chokin' Kind
- Walk on Out of My Mind
- Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line
- Yours Love
- Brown Eyed Handsome Man
- The Taker
- Cedartown, Georgia
- Sweet Dream Woman
- Pretend I Never Happened
- You Can Have Her
- You Ask Me To
- This Time
- I'm a Ramblin' Man
- Rainy Day Woman
- Dreaming My Dreams (With You)
- Are You Sure Hand Done It This Way
- Bob Wills Is Still the King
- Good Hearted Woman (feat. Willie Nelson)
- This Time
- Louisiana Women
- Pick Up the Tempo
- Slow Rollin' Low
- Heaven or Hell
- It's Not Supposed to Be That Way
- Slow Movin' Outlaw
- Mona
- Walkin'
- If I Could Touch Her at All
- I'm a Ramblin' Man
- Rainy Day Woman
- Cloudy Days
- Midnight Rider
- Oklahoma Sunshine
- The Hunger
- I Can't Keep My Hands Off of You
- Memories of You and I
- It'll Be Her
- Amanda
- I'm a Long Way From Home (Guitar version)
- What Makes a Man Wander
- John's Back in Town
- Cedartown Georgia
- Something's Wrong in California
- The Days of Sand and Shovels
- Just to Satisfy You
- For the Kids
- Change My Mind
- Lonely Weekends
- Don't Play the Game
- The House Song
- The Same Old Lover Man
- Ned Kelly
- Shadows of the Gallows
Born: 1937-06-15
Died: 2002-02-13
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Waylon Jennings Live in Austin, Texas. April 1, 1989
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- Duration: 56:35
- Updated: 03 Aug 2013
My favorite Waylon concert. I do not own the copyright to this recording. It has been uploaded for the benefit of Waylon Jennings fans -old, new, and to come...
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My favorite Waylon concert. I do not own the copyright to this recording. It has been uploaded for the benefit of Waylon Jennings fans -old, new, and to come...
Waylon Jennings,Willie Nelson,Johnny Cash,Kris Kristofferson...Highwaymen
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- Duration: 97:40
- Updated: 06 Aug 2013
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Waylon Jennings - I`ve Always Been Crazy
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- Duration: 3:41
- Updated: 03 Aug 2013
www.Waylon.Com "The Lost Outlaw Performance"
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www.Waylon.Com "The Lost Outlaw Performance"
- published: 07 Apr 2008
- views: 3473400
- author: Slasher- Slasunen
Waylon Jennings & Hank Williams Jr - The Conversation
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- Duration: 4:06
- Updated: 05 Aug 2013
Waylie and Hank Drinkin Booze and Relaxing.
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Waylie and Hank Drinkin Booze and Relaxing.
- published: 03 Aug 2006
- views: 4319459
- author: Slasher- Slasunen
1996 Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson Conan
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- Duration: 13:04
- Updated: 01 Aug 2013
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Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings on David Letterman
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- Duration: 10:15
- Updated: 04 Aug 2013
Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings on Late Night with David Letterman. Airdate was approx 1985. Johnny & Waylon talk about their drug addictions as well as other ...
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Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings on Late Night with David Letterman. Airdate was approx 1985. Johnny & Waylon talk about their drug addictions as well as other ...
- published: 07 Oct 2009
- views: 413458
- author: Richie Hodge
WAYLON JENNINGS - LONESOME ON'RY AND MEAN (Live In TX 1975)
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- Duration: 3:28
- Updated: 05 Aug 2013
Waylon Live at The Texas Opry 1975! LONESOME, ON'RY AND MEAN.
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Waylon Live at The Texas Opry 1975! LONESOME, ON'RY AND MEAN.
- published: 07 Feb 2013
- views: 68107
- author: waylonvids
Waylon Jennings - Good Hearted Woman
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- Duration: 2:49
- Updated: 04 Aug 2013
www.Waylon.com "The Lost Outlaw Performance"
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www.Waylon.com "The Lost Outlaw Performance"
- published: 07 Apr 2008
- views: 3233618
- author: Slasher- Slasunen
Waylon Jennings Live at Mr Luckys`s 1980
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- Duration: 12:10
- Updated: 29 Jul 2013
The rare footage of The Man himself. Check out those fancy Hillbillies who arrive with Mercedes benz :D.
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The rare footage of The Man himself. Check out those fancy Hillbillies who arrive with Mercedes benz :D.
- published: 16 Jun 2013
- views: 12889
- author: Slasher- Slasunen
The History Of Country Music 11 Waylon Jennings
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- Duration: 14:18
- Updated: 27 Jul 2013
Episode 11 of The HIstory of Country Music takes us from the Outlaws and Waylon Jennings to their newer counterparts such as Dwight Yoakam and Steve Earl.
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Episode 11 of The HIstory of Country Music takes us from the Outlaws and Waylon Jennings to their newer counterparts such as Dwight Yoakam and Steve Earl.
- published: 01 May 2013
- views: 15033
- author: corporalhenshaw
Remembering the Outlaw: Tribute to Waylon Jennings
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- Duration: 15:00
- Updated: 29 Jul 2013
The Dukes of Hazzard special feature season 07.
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The Dukes of Hazzard special feature season 07.
- published: 29 May 2013
- views: 1269
- author: Dukesof Hazzard
Waylon Jennings renegade outlaw legend documentary
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- Duration: 60:58
- Updated: 05 Aug 2013
(Full one hour) The Authorised Video Biography . The true story of Waylon Jennings from his days as Buddy Holly's protégé to his battles with the Nashville s...
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(Full one hour) The Authorised Video Biography . The true story of Waylon Jennings from his days as Buddy Holly's protégé to his battles with the Nashville s...
- published: 10 Jun 2013
- views: 8764
- author: Waylon lives forever
Waylon Jennings & Waymore Blues Band - Drift Away (Live in Nashville - 2000)
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- Duration: 5:03
- Updated: 02 Aug 2013
Waylon Jennings & Waymore Blues Band - Drift Away (Live in Nashville - 2000)
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Waylon Jennings & Waymore Blues Band - Drift Away (Live in Nashville - 2000)
- published: 22 Mar 2009
- views: 177733
- author: turion2005
Waylon Jennings . Waymore Blues solo acoustic
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- Duration: 2:59
- Updated: 03 Aug 2013
Solo acoustic performance from Cowboy Jack Clement's TV show .
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Solo acoustic performance from Cowboy Jack Clement's TV show .
- published: 14 Oct 2008
- views: 687415
- author: Pat Fornies
Waylon Jennings Autobiography with photos 2 of 3
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- Duration: 50:42
- Updated: 27 Jul 2013
Waylon Jennings narrates his life story with lots of photos old & new, listen to the life story of Waylon Jennings from his birth in 1937 up until this Autob...
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Waylon Jennings narrates his life story with lots of photos old & new, listen to the life story of Waylon Jennings from his birth in 1937 up until this Autob...
- published: 20 Jun 2013
- views: 920
- author: Waylon lives forever
Waylon Jennings - My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (lyrics)
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- Duration: 2:52
- Updated: 19 Jul 2013
Lyrics: http://easylyrics.org/?artist=Waylon+Jennings&title;=My+Heroes+Have+Always+Been+Cowboys Thanks for checking out our videos and site!
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Lyrics: http://easylyrics.org/?artist=Waylon+Jennings&title;=My+Heroes+Have+Always+Been+Cowboys Thanks for checking out our videos and site!
- published: 17 Mar 2011
- views: 8698
- author: easylyricsorg9984
Waylon Jennings in comedy Married with Children
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- Duration: 9:28
- Updated: 26 Jul 2013
Waylon Jennings guest stars in Married with Children season 8 episode 23 Legend of Ironhead Haynes.
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Waylon Jennings guest stars in Married with Children season 8 episode 23 Legend of Ironhead Haynes.
- published: 03 Mar 2013
- views: 10489
- author: Waylon lives forever
Waylon Jennings - The Wild Ones (Official Music Video)
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- Duration: 3:40
- Updated: 01 Aug 2013
Official music video for The Wild Ones by Waylon Jennings.
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Official music video for The Wild Ones by Waylon Jennings.
- published: 11 Jan 2010
- views: 11882
- author: timmyovideos
Waylon Jennings - 1975 CMA Awards - "Male Vocalist of the Year".
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- Duration: 1:48
- Updated: 20 Jul 2013
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Waylon Jennings - Luckenback, Texas
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- Duration: 3:22
- Updated: 05 Aug 2013
www.Waylon.com "The Lost Outlaw Performance"
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www.Waylon.com "The Lost Outlaw Performance"
- published: 07 Apr 2008
- views: 2268693
- author: Slasher- Slasunen
Waylon Jennings - Are you sure Hank done it this way
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- Duration: 2:43
- Updated: 05 Aug 2013
Waymore whoopin and a Hollerin`. What else can I say.
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Waymore whoopin and a Hollerin`. What else can I say.
- published: 21 Aug 2006
- views: 3110402
- author: Slasher- Slasunen
Waylon Jennings - Mental Revenge - 1966
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- Duration: 2:16
- Updated: 02 Aug 2013
Waylon Jennings - Mental Revenge - 1966 http://timewarptv.blogspot.com/
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Waylon Jennings - Mental Revenge - 1966 http://timewarptv.blogspot.com/
- published: 09 Apr 2006
- views: 1172312
- author: WookieCookie
Waylon Jennings Willie Nelson interviewed Australia
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- Duration: 11:58
- Updated: 24 Jul 2013
Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson interviewed on Australia wide TV, the midday show in the city of Sydney Australia.
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Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson interviewed on Australia wide TV, the midday show in the city of Sydney Australia.
- published: 16 Mar 2013
- views: 6216
- author: Waylon lives forever
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Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. The Highwaymen, Live 1990
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- Duration: 97:40
- Updated: 17 Jul 2013
Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. The Highwaymen, Live, 1990.
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Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. The Highwaymen, Live, 1990.
- published: 16 Dec 2012
- views: 618248
- author: Daniel Stebbins
Waylon Jennings - LIVE June 15, 1985
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- Duration: 56:23
- Updated: 05 Aug 2013
This is Waylon's 48th Birthday, and one hell of a party. Enjoy!! Rest in peace Waylon. You'll never be forgotten. *** COMMENTS AND RATINGS ARE MUCH APPRECIAT...
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This is Waylon's 48th Birthday, and one hell of a party. Enjoy!! Rest in peace Waylon. You'll never be forgotten. *** COMMENTS AND RATINGS ARE MUCH APPRECIAT...
- published: 15 Jul 2012
- views: 55208
- author: myinnereyemike96
Waylon Jennings - Live August 1971
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- Duration: 4:33
- Updated: 05 Aug 2013
Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line, Loving Her Was Easier.
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Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line, Loving Her Was Easier.
- published: 07 Aug 2011
- views: 96276
- author: gdoublee
WAYLON JENNINGS - THE TAKER / WE HAD IT ALL (Live In TX 1975)
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- Duration: 5:05
- Updated: 30 Jul 2013
Waylon Live at The Texas Opry 1975!
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Waylon Jennings T For Texas
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- Duration: 3:15
- Updated: 21 Jul 2013
WAYLON JENNINGS IN TEXAS 1975.
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Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings - Folsom Prison Blues (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
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- Duration: 3:05
- Updated: 01 Aug 2013
Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings perform "Folsom Prison Blues" at Farm Aid in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. A performance from the first Farm Aid b...
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Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings perform "Folsom Prison Blues" at Farm Aid in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. A performance from the first Farm Aid b...
- published: 10 Mar 2011
- views: 118557
- author: farmaid
Waylon Jennings - Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line
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- Duration: 2:10
- Updated: 01 Aug 2013
Music video by Waylon Jennings performing Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line. (C) 2007 Sony Pictures Television, Inc.
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Music video by Waylon Jennings performing Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line. (C) 2007 Sony Pictures Television, Inc.
- published: 24 Nov 2009
- views: 1072677
- author: WaylonJenningsVEVO
Waylon Jennings - Waymore' Blues (live 1978)
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- Duration: 3:20
- Updated: 15 Jul 2013
This song is part of The Lost Outlaw Performance On the evening of August 12, 1978, Waylon Jennings and The Waylors performed on the concert stage of the Gra...
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This song is part of The Lost Outlaw Performance On the evening of August 12, 1978, Waylon Jennings and The Waylors performed on the concert stage of the Gra...
- published: 23 Oct 2011
- views: 16762
- author: eline burggraaf
Conversation w/ Waylon Jennings - Live
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- Duration: 3:52
- Updated: 25 Jul 2013
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WAYLON JENNINGS - Let's All Help The Cowboys / Willy The Wanderin' Gypsy And Me (Live In TX 1975)
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- Duration: 5:14
- Updated: 28 Jul 2013
Waylon Live At The Texas Opry 1975!
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Waylon Jennings - Medley - Live 1984
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- Duration: 8:06
- Updated: 02 Aug 2013
This is a 3 pack of fine songs performed by a joyous Waylon Jennings on August 7, 1984 in Austin TX, appearing on a superb DVD by New West Records from 2004 ...
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This is a 3 pack of fine songs performed by a joyous Waylon Jennings on August 7, 1984 in Austin TX, appearing on a superb DVD by New West Records from 2004 ...
- published: 02 Dec 2011
- views: 33328
- author: rimakuja
Waylon Jennings - I Ain't Living Long Like This (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
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- Duration: 3:24
- Updated: 05 Aug 2013
Waylon Jennings performs "I Ain't Living Long Like This" at Farm Aid in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. A performance from the first Farm Aid bene...
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Waylon Jennings performs "I Ain't Living Long Like This" at Farm Aid in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. A performance from the first Farm Aid bene...
- published: 10 Mar 2011
- views: 89867
- author: farmaid
WAYLON JENNINGS - It's Not Supposed To Be That Way / Slow Rollin' Low (Live in TX 1975)
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- Duration: 5:36
- Updated: 29 Jun 2013
Waylon Live at The TX Opry 1975!
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WAYLON JENNINGS - LADIES LOVE OUTLAWS (Live In TX 1975)
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- Duration: 1:57
- Updated: 02 Aug 2013
Waylon Live At The Texas Opry 1975! "Ladies Love Outlaws"
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Waylon Live At The Texas Opry 1975! "Ladies Love Outlaws"
- published: 07 Feb 2013
- views: 17052
- author: waylonvids
Waylon Jennings - I've Always Been Crazy - 1984
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- Duration: 3:57
- Updated: 03 Aug 2013
This is my very favorite Waylon Jennings session from August 7, 1984, appearing on a superb DVD by New West Records from 2004 in my possession. As an example...
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This is my very favorite Waylon Jennings session from August 7, 1984, appearing on a superb DVD by New West Records from 2004 in my possession. As an example...
- published: 16 Nov 2011
- views: 28668
- author: rimakuja
Waylon Jennings - "Can´t You See"
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- Duration: 4:50
- Updated: 29 Jul 2013
The Finale Concert. Waylon and Waymore Blues Band at Ryman, Nashville, January 2000.
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The Finale Concert. Waylon and Waymore Blues Band at Ryman, Nashville, January 2000.
- published: 30 Aug 2012
- views: 17391
- author: RonjasCCQ
Waylon Jennings Lonesome, On'ry and Mean Live
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- Duration: 3:10
- Updated: 08 Jun 2013
Live.
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Waylon Jennings And Johnny Cash- I Wish I Was Crazy Again (Live)
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- Duration: 3:35
- Updated: 27 Jul 2013
hope you enjoy the video two great legends right here.
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hope you enjoy the video two great legends right here.
- published: 01 Apr 2012
- views: 7188
- author: themusicman354
Waylon Jennings "Me and Paul"
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- Duration: 3:48
- Updated: 27 Jul 2013
WAYLON JENNINGS IN TEXAS 1975.
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The Door Is Always Open (1984)
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- Duration: 36:21
- Updated: 05 Aug 2013
This was a TV Special in 1984. It's with a bunch of old cow-folks Enjoy!
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This was a TV Special in 1984. It's with a bunch of old cow-folks Enjoy!
- published: 16 Nov 2012
- views: 4303
- author: Taylor Vincent
*Chet Atkins* And Friends - 1987
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- Duration: 60:03
- Updated: 05 Aug 2013
Chet Atkins and friends 1987 Chet Atkins, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Mark Knopfler, Emylou Harris, Everly Brothers, Michael McDonald This video uses cop...
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Chet Atkins and friends 1987 Chet Atkins, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Mark Knopfler, Emylou Harris, Everly Brothers, Michael McDonald This video uses cop...
- published: 27 Sep 2012
- views: 33912
- author: Duncan Bates
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Waylon Jennings(Super Hits[1996])Full Album
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- Duration: 27:46
- Updated: 04 Aug 2013
Hope Ya'll Enjoy This Album/ DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE GREAT MUSIC!!! Track #1:Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line Track #2:Good Hearted Woman Track #3...
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Hope Ya'll Enjoy This Album/ DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE GREAT MUSIC!!! Track #1:Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line Track #2:Good Hearted Woman Track #3...
- published: 07 Jun 2013
- views: 7718
- author: Darren Partin
The Highwaymen Live in Las Vegas
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- Duration: 93:14
- Updated: 04 Aug 2013
The whole Highwaymen concert at The Mirage in Las Vegas.
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The whole Highwaymen concert at The Mirage in Las Vegas.
- published: 09 May 2013
- views: 27617
- author: Sturla123
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, a musical documentary with Waylon Jennings
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- Duration: 54:26
- Updated: 27 Jul 2013
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, a musical documentary with Waylon Jennings.
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My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, a musical documentary with Waylon Jennings.
- published: 19 Apr 2012
- views: 68342
- author: jwlassiter
Waylon Jennings Autobiography with photos 3 of 3
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- Duration: 58:55
- Updated: 21 Jul 2013
Waylon Jennings narrates his life story with lots of photos old & new, listen to the life story of Waylon Jennings from his birth in 1937 up until this Autob...
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Waylon Jennings narrates his life story with lots of photos old & new, listen to the life story of Waylon Jennings from his birth in 1937 up until this Autob...
- published: 21 Jun 2013
- views: 647
- author: Waylon lives forever
Movie The long Kill starring Willie Nelson Travis Tritt Waylon Jennings
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 81:13
- Updated: 17 Jul 2013
Full length movie western The Long Kill - Waylon Jennings Willie Nelson Travis Tritt Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Willie & Kris were old time bank robbers & ci...
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Full length movie western The Long Kill - Waylon Jennings Willie Nelson Travis Tritt Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Willie & Kris were old time bank robbers & ci...
- published: 08 Jun 2013
- views: 143
- author: Waylon lives forever
JOHNNY CASH & WAYLON JENNINGS HEROES - FULL ALBUM
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 29:18
- Updated: 04 Aug 2013
JOHNNY CASH & WAYLON JENNINGS HEROES - FULL ALBUM - by Emmanuel Salmeron Paiva ESP.
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JOHNNY CASH & WAYLON JENNINGS HEROES - FULL ALBUM - by Emmanuel Salmeron Paiva ESP.
- published: 27 Apr 2013
- views: 4236
- author: Emmanuel salmeron
Paul Foster interview about playing with Waylon Jennings in Part 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 23:05
- Updated: 03 Jun 2013
Part 2 of Brandon Iron Show KMOG Arizona.
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Part 2 of Brandon Iron Show KMOG Arizona.
- published: 01 Jun 2013
- views: 45
- author: Brandon Iron Sprague
Old Dogs - Jerry Reed, Waylon Jennings, Bobby Bare and Mel Tillis
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 57:01
- Updated: 05 Aug 2013
http://www.jerryreed.nl.
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Nashville Rebel (1966)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 92:18
- Updated: 04 Aug 2013
Down a dusty road in the deep South, wanders a young man, Arlin Grove, with a guitar and his earthly belongings on his back, just released from the U. A. Arm...
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Down a dusty road in the deep South, wanders a young man, Arlin Grove, with a guitar and his earthly belongings on his back, just released from the U. A. Arm...
- published: 08 Jan 2013
- views: 6359
- author: SeattleMarksJoint7
Waylon Jennings and Johan Magnus promoting the Nobel Price Kill 012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 32:54
- Updated: 30 Jun 2013
Program by Johan Magnus heard 23-24 minutes from start and Waylon Jennings in a recording not previously available outside the music industry world primierin...
http://wn.com/Waylon_Jennings_and_Johan_Magnus_promoting_the_Nobel_Price_Kill_012
Program by Johan Magnus heard 23-24 minutes from start and Waylon Jennings in a recording not previously available outside the music industry world primierin...
- published: 22 Jun 2013
- views: 34
- author: juvmmm
Johnny Cash Roast 1986 as Chronicled in Johnny Cash is a Friend of Mine by Henry Vaccaro
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 22:17
- Updated: 26 Jul 2013
Available now on Amazon, JOHNNY CASH IS A FRIEND OF MINE by Henry Vaccaro He was one of the roasters that evening. Segments from the Jewish National League's...
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Available now on Amazon, JOHNNY CASH IS A FRIEND OF MINE by Henry Vaccaro He was one of the roasters that evening. Segments from the Jewish National League's...
- published: 17 Aug 2011
- views: 7858
- author: H.V. Vaccaro
Waylon Jennings Autobiography with photos 1 of 3
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 55:40
- Updated: 06 Jul 2013
Waylon Jennings narrates his life story with lots of photos old & new, listen to the life story of Waylon Jennings from his birth in 1937 up until this Autob...
http://wn.com/Waylon_Jennings_Autobiography_with_photos_1_of_3
Waylon Jennings narrates his life story with lots of photos old & new, listen to the life story of Waylon Jennings from his birth in 1937 up until this Autob...
- published: 20 Jun 2013
- views: 160
- author: Waylon lives forever
The George Jones Show (TNN) FULL EPISODE! Waylon, Bobby Bare, Janie Fricke
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 58:32
- Updated: 05 Aug 2013
Here is a FULL EPISODE of "the George Jones Show" from 1998 on the former TNN network . I sure miss their programming!! This was episode 4 of the George Jone...
http://wn.com/The_George_Jones_Show_TNN_FULL_EPISODE!_Waylon,_Bobby_Bare,_Janie_Fricke
Here is a FULL EPISODE of "the George Jones Show" from 1998 on the former TNN network . I sure miss their programming!! This was episode 4 of the George Jone...
- published: 12 Jan 2013
- views: 55060
- author: KLUNKET
Leroy Virgil of HELLBOUND GLORY 6-6-2012 Waylon Jennings Birthday Bash -Nashville , TN
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 21:34
- Updated: 27 Jul 2013
Shooter - Leroy Virgil of Hellbound Glory Introduction Hellbound Glory - Cliche Country Singer ( new song , not sure on the title ) Bastard Child To Feel A T...
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Shooter - Leroy Virgil of Hellbound Glory Introduction Hellbound Glory - Cliche Country Singer ( new song , not sure on the title ) Bastard Child To Feel A T...
- published: 08 Jun 2012
- views: 1278
- author: BerryTheMusicMan
Shooter Jennings 6-6-2012 Waylon Jennings Birthday Bash -Nashville , TN
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 55:43
- Updated: 15 Jul 2013
bad lighting for filming but was a fun night of music and celebrating the memory of Waylon . Shooter Jennings - Ain't Living Long Like This , Out On The Road...
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bad lighting for filming but was a fun night of music and celebrating the memory of Waylon . Shooter Jennings - Ain't Living Long Like This , Out On The Road...
- published: 07 Jun 2012
- views: 3990
- author: BerryTheMusicMan
Waylon Jennings - Wiki Article
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 22:24
- Updated: 24 Jun 2013
Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing guitar at 8 and began performing at 12 on KVOW ...
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Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing guitar at 8 and began performing at 12 on KVOW ...
- published: 11 Jun 2013
- views: 29
- author: Wikispeak
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What Do You Think Waylon? Prime Time Country 1999
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 7:40
- Updated: 29 Jul 2013
Question and answer session with legend Waylon Jennings. Waylon talks about everything from Buddy Holly to school shootings. Very entertaining! With host Gar...
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Question and answer session with legend Waylon Jennings. Waylon talks about everything from Buddy Holly to school shootings. Very entertaining! With host Gar...
- published: 03 Jan 2013
- views: 5035
- author: waylonvids
Waylon Jennings interview 80's part one
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:42
- Updated: 26 Jun 2013
Hard to believe that you don't hear much about this legendary artist....Waylon Jennings....He was the real deal!!! I set up and produced the story...I was of...
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Hard to believe that you don't hear much about this legendary artist....Waylon Jennings....He was the real deal!!! I set up and produced the story...I was of...
- published: 18 Dec 2008
- views: 82922
- author: Jimmy Carter
Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings with Ben McCain
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:52
- Updated: 09 Jul 2013
Ben McCain interviews legends Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings before their concert at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
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Ben McCain interviews legends Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings before their concert at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
- published: 01 Dec 2011
- views: 7962
- author: FOBLM
Waylon Jennings interview Nashville part 2 of 2
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:56
- Updated: 11 Jul 2013
part two continues with more honesty from one of the great lost legends of Country...Waylon Jennings.....Interview took place in his second floor office on 1...
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part two continues with more honesty from one of the great lost legends of Country...Waylon Jennings.....Interview took place in his second floor office on 1...
- published: 18 Dec 2008
- views: 51399
- author: Jimmy Carter
june carter cash on waylon jennings and friends
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:47
- Updated: 04 Jul 2013
june sings for john and for waylon! jessi colter sings,too! this is from 1994.
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june sings for john and for waylon! jessi colter sings,too! this is from 1994.
- published: 08 Jan 2007
- views: 68660
- author: junecarter4ever
Old Dogs - 1 of 5
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:37
- Updated: 24 Jul 2013
Walon Jennings, Mel Tillis, Bobby Bare, Jerry Reed and Jimmy Dean tell stories of their past. Sadly three of the group have passed away. Jimmy Dean: 8/10/192...
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Walon Jennings, Mel Tillis, Bobby Bare, Jerry Reed and Jimmy Dean tell stories of their past. Sadly three of the group have passed away. Jimmy Dean: 8/10/192...
- published: 03 May 2011
- views: 68242
- author: Bill Gibbs, sr
Waylon Jennings Wrestling Interview.wmv
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:17
- Updated: 14 Jun 2013
This is an interview that Waylon Jennings did for World Championship Wrestling back in 1986 when Waylon played concerts at the Great American Bash then. I al...
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This is an interview that Waylon Jennings did for World Championship Wrestling back in 1986 when Waylon played concerts at the Great American Bash then. I al...
- published: 16 Feb 2010
- views: 12610
- author: cariboooutlaw01
Waylon Jennings Ramblin Man & Interview
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:35
- Updated: 04 Jun 2013
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Waylon Jennings & Shawn Jones interview TNN 1996
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:44
- Updated: 30 May 2013
Waylon Jennings and Shawn Jones interview on TNN 1996 ShawnJones - Guitar & Vocals Ron Gannaway - Drums Allyn Love - Steel Keys - Sam Scott.
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Waylon Jennings and Shawn Jones interview on TNN 1996 ShawnJones - Guitar & Vocals Ron Gannaway - Drums Allyn Love - Steel Keys - Sam Scott.
- published: 23 Jan 2013
- views: 1803
- author: Shawn Jones
Waylon Jennings Interviews with Hank Williams Jr. Performance
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:38
- Updated: 28 Jul 2013
Jessi Colter, Shooter Jennings, & Josh Thompson along with Hank Williams Jr. all gathered for the Sirius XM taping of the Waylon Jennings Tribute, for the Vo...
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Jessi Colter, Shooter Jennings, & Josh Thompson along with Hank Williams Jr. all gathered for the Sirius XM taping of the Waylon Jennings Tribute, for the Vo...
- published: 21 Dec 2011
- views: 24186
- author: Leslie Armstrong
Waylon Jennings Johnny Cash - Highwaymen interview Australia
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 8:23
- Updated: 09 Jul 2013
Waylon Jennings Johnny Cash Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson - Highwaymen interviewed on the Australian coast to coast TV show - Australia.
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Waylon Jennings Johnny Cash Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson - Highwaymen interviewed on the Australian coast to coast TV show - Australia.
- published: 15 Mar 2013
- views: 889
- author: Waylon lives forever
Waylon Jennings Johnny Cash Willie Nelson interviewed Australia
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:07
- Updated: 14 Jul 2013
Waylon Jennings Johnny Cash Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson - Highwaymen interviewed in the city of Melbourne Australia.
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Waylon Jennings Johnny Cash Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson - Highwaymen interviewed in the city of Melbourne Australia.
- published: 14 Mar 2013
- views: 2069
- author: Waylon lives forever
Waylon interview 1 - 1992
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:56
- Updated: 07 Jun 2013
Promoting latest CD, Too Dumb For New York City.
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Promoting latest CD, Too Dumb For New York City.
- published: 24 Aug 2007
- views: 69311
- author: hamsterstui
97:40
Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. The Highwaymen, Live 1990
Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. The Highwaymen, Live, ...
published: 16 Dec 2012
author: Daniel Stebbins
Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. The Highwaymen, Live 1990
Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings. The Highwaymen, Live, 1990.
- published: 16 Dec 2012
- views: 618248
- author: Daniel Stebbins
56:23
Waylon Jennings - LIVE June 15, 1985
This is Waylon's 48th Birthday, and one hell of a party. Enjoy!! Rest in peace Waylon. You...
published: 15 Jul 2012
author: myinnereyemike96
Waylon Jennings - LIVE June 15, 1985
This is Waylon's 48th Birthday, and one hell of a party. Enjoy!! Rest in peace Waylon. You'll never be forgotten. *** COMMENTS AND RATINGS ARE MUCH APPRECIAT...
- published: 15 Jul 2012
- views: 55208
- author: myinnereyemike96
4:33
Waylon Jennings - Live August 1971
Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line, Loving Her Was Easier....
published: 07 Aug 2011
author: gdoublee
Waylon Jennings - Live August 1971
Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line, Loving Her Was Easier.
- published: 07 Aug 2011
- views: 96276
- author: gdoublee
5:05
WAYLON JENNINGS - THE TAKER / WE HAD IT ALL (Live In TX 1975)
Waylon Live at The Texas Opry 1975!...
published: 13 Jun 2012
author: waylonvids
WAYLON JENNINGS - THE TAKER / WE HAD IT ALL (Live In TX 1975)
Waylon Live at The Texas Opry 1975!
- published: 13 Jun 2012
- views: 27479
- author: waylonvids
3:05
Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings - Folsom Prison Blues (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings perform "Folsom Prison Blues" at Farm Aid in Champaign, Illi...
published: 10 Mar 2011
author: farmaid
Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings - Folsom Prison Blues (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings perform "Folsom Prison Blues" at Farm Aid in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. A performance from the first Farm Aid b...
- published: 10 Mar 2011
- views: 118557
- author: farmaid
2:10
Waylon Jennings - Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line
Music video by Waylon Jennings performing Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line. (C) 2007 Sony ...
published: 24 Nov 2009
author: WaylonJenningsVEVO
Waylon Jennings - Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line
Music video by Waylon Jennings performing Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line. (C) 2007 Sony Pictures Television, Inc.
- published: 24 Nov 2009
- views: 1072677
- author: WaylonJenningsVEVO
3:20
Waylon Jennings - Waymore' Blues (live 1978)
This song is part of The Lost Outlaw Performance On the evening of August 12, 1978, Waylon...
published: 23 Oct 2011
author: eline burggraaf
Waylon Jennings - Waymore' Blues (live 1978)
This song is part of The Lost Outlaw Performance On the evening of August 12, 1978, Waylon Jennings and The Waylors performed on the concert stage of the Gra...
- published: 23 Oct 2011
- views: 16762
- author: eline burggraaf
3:52
Conversation w/ Waylon Jennings - Live
...
published: 03 Aug 2011
author: HankJrOfficial
Conversation w/ Waylon Jennings - Live
- published: 03 Aug 2011
- views: 9409
- author: HankJrOfficial
5:14
WAYLON JENNINGS - Let's All Help The Cowboys / Willy The Wanderin' Gypsy And Me (Live In TX 1975)
Waylon Live At The Texas Opry 1975!...
published: 08 Feb 2013
author: waylonvids
WAYLON JENNINGS - Let's All Help The Cowboys / Willy The Wanderin' Gypsy And Me (Live In TX 1975)
Waylon Live At The Texas Opry 1975!
- published: 08 Feb 2013
- views: 8664
- author: waylonvids
8:06
Waylon Jennings - Medley - Live 1984
This is a 3 pack of fine songs performed by a joyous Waylon Jennings on August 7, 1984 in ...
published: 02 Dec 2011
author: rimakuja
Waylon Jennings - Medley - Live 1984
This is a 3 pack of fine songs performed by a joyous Waylon Jennings on August 7, 1984 in Austin TX, appearing on a superb DVD by New West Records from 2004 ...
- published: 02 Dec 2011
- views: 33328
- author: rimakuja
3:24
Waylon Jennings - I Ain't Living Long Like This (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
Waylon Jennings performs "I Ain't Living Long Like This" at Farm Aid in Champaign, Illinoi...
published: 10 Mar 2011
author: farmaid
Waylon Jennings - I Ain't Living Long Like This (Live at Farm Aid 1985)
Waylon Jennings performs "I Ain't Living Long Like This" at Farm Aid in Champaign, Illinois on September 22, 1985. A performance from the first Farm Aid bene...
- published: 10 Mar 2011
- views: 89867
- author: farmaid
5:36
WAYLON JENNINGS - It's Not Supposed To Be That Way / Slow Rollin' Low (Live in TX 1975)
Waylon Live at The TX Opry 1975!...
published: 08 Feb 2013
author: waylonvids
WAYLON JENNINGS - It's Not Supposed To Be That Way / Slow Rollin' Low (Live in TX 1975)
Waylon Live at The TX Opry 1975!
- published: 08 Feb 2013
- views: 5030
- author: waylonvids
1:57
WAYLON JENNINGS - LADIES LOVE OUTLAWS (Live In TX 1975)
Waylon Live At The Texas Opry 1975! "Ladies Love Outlaws"...
published: 07 Feb 2013
author: waylonvids
WAYLON JENNINGS - LADIES LOVE OUTLAWS (Live In TX 1975)
Waylon Live At The Texas Opry 1975! "Ladies Love Outlaws"
- published: 07 Feb 2013
- views: 17052
- author: waylonvids
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3:57
Waylon Jennings - I've Always Been Crazy - 1984
This is my very favorite Waylon Jennings session from August 7, 1984, appearing on a super...
published: 16 Nov 2011
author: rimakuja
Waylon Jennings - I've Always Been Crazy - 1984
This is my very favorite Waylon Jennings session from August 7, 1984, appearing on a superb DVD by New West Records from 2004 in my possession. As an example...
- published: 16 Nov 2011
- views: 28668
- author: rimakuja
4:50
Waylon Jennings - "Can´t You See"
The Finale Concert. Waylon and Waymore Blues Band at Ryman, Nashville, January 2000....
published: 30 Aug 2012
author: RonjasCCQ
Waylon Jennings - "Can´t You See"
The Finale Concert. Waylon and Waymore Blues Band at Ryman, Nashville, January 2000.
- published: 30 Aug 2012
- views: 17391
- author: RonjasCCQ
3:10
Waylon Jennings Lonesome, On'ry and Mean Live
Live....
published: 21 Jun 2009
author: outlawblues1
Waylon Jennings Lonesome, On'ry and Mean Live
Live.
- published: 21 Jun 2009
- views: 12626
- author: outlawblues1
3:35
Waylon Jennings And Johnny Cash- I Wish I Was Crazy Again (Live)
hope you enjoy the video two great legends right here....
published: 01 Apr 2012
author: themusicman354
Waylon Jennings And Johnny Cash- I Wish I Was Crazy Again (Live)
hope you enjoy the video two great legends right here.
- published: 01 Apr 2012
- views: 7188
- author: themusicman354
36:21
The Door Is Always Open (1984)
This was a TV Special in 1984. It's with a bunch of old cow-folks Enjoy!...
published: 16 Nov 2012
author: Taylor Vincent
The Door Is Always Open (1984)
This was a TV Special in 1984. It's with a bunch of old cow-folks Enjoy!
- published: 16 Nov 2012
- views: 4303
- author: Taylor Vincent
60:03
*Chet Atkins* And Friends - 1987
Chet Atkins and friends 1987 Chet Atkins, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Mark Knopfler, E...
published: 27 Sep 2012
author: Duncan Bates
*Chet Atkins* And Friends - 1987
Chet Atkins and friends 1987 Chet Atkins, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Mark Knopfler, Emylou Harris, Everly Brothers, Michael McDonald This video uses cop...
- published: 27 Sep 2012
- views: 33912
- author: Duncan Bates
27:46
Waylon Jennings(Super Hits[1996])Full Album
Hope Ya'll Enjoy This Album/ DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE GREAT MUSIC!!! Track #1:On...
published: 07 Jun 2013
author: Darren Partin
Waylon Jennings(Super Hits[1996])Full Album
Hope Ya'll Enjoy This Album/ DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE GREAT MUSIC!!! Track #1:Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line Track #2:Good Hearted Woman Track #3...
- published: 07 Jun 2013
- views: 7718
- author: Darren Partin
54:26
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, a musical documentary with Waylon Jennings
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, a musical documentary with Waylon Jennings....
published: 19 Apr 2012
author: jwlassiter
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, a musical documentary with Waylon Jennings
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, a musical documentary with Waylon Jennings.
- published: 19 Apr 2012
- views: 68342
- author: jwlassiter
58:55
Waylon Jennings Autobiography with photos 3 of 3
Waylon Jennings narrates his life story with lots of photos old & new, listen to the life ...
published: 21 Jun 2013
author: Waylon lives forever
Waylon Jennings Autobiography with photos 3 of 3
Waylon Jennings narrates his life story with lots of photos old & new, listen to the life story of Waylon Jennings from his birth in 1937 up until this Autob...
- published: 21 Jun 2013
- views: 647
- author: Waylon lives forever
81:13
Movie The long Kill starring Willie Nelson Travis Tritt Waylon Jennings
Full length movie western The Long Kill - Waylon Jennings Willie Nelson Travis Tritt Kris ...
published: 08 Jun 2013
author: Waylon lives forever
Movie The long Kill starring Willie Nelson Travis Tritt Waylon Jennings
Full length movie western The Long Kill - Waylon Jennings Willie Nelson Travis Tritt Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Willie & Kris were old time bank robbers & ci...
- published: 08 Jun 2013
- views: 143
- author: Waylon lives forever
29:18
JOHNNY CASH & WAYLON JENNINGS HEROES - FULL ALBUM
JOHNNY CASH & WAYLON JENNINGS HEROES - FULL ALBUM - by Emmanuel Salmeron Paiva ESP....
published: 27 Apr 2013
author: Emmanuel salmeron
JOHNNY CASH & WAYLON JENNINGS HEROES - FULL ALBUM
JOHNNY CASH & WAYLON JENNINGS HEROES - FULL ALBUM - by Emmanuel Salmeron Paiva ESP.
- published: 27 Apr 2013
- views: 4236
- author: Emmanuel salmeron
23:05
Paul Foster interview about playing with Waylon Jennings in Part 2
Part 2 of Brandon Iron Show KMOG Arizona....
published: 01 Jun 2013
author: Brandon Iron Sprague
Paul Foster interview about playing with Waylon Jennings in Part 2
Part 2 of Brandon Iron Show KMOG Arizona.
- published: 01 Jun 2013
- views: 45
- author: Brandon Iron Sprague
57:01
Old Dogs - Jerry Reed, Waylon Jennings, Bobby Bare and Mel Tillis
http://www.jerryreed.nl....
published: 17 Jul 2012
author: EdwinSchenk
Old Dogs - Jerry Reed, Waylon Jennings, Bobby Bare and Mel Tillis
http://www.jerryreed.nl.
- published: 17 Jul 2012
- views: 99113
- author: EdwinSchenk
92:18
Nashville Rebel (1966)
Down a dusty road in the deep South, wanders a young man, Arlin Grove, with a guitar and h...
published: 08 Jan 2013
author: SeattleMarksJoint7
Nashville Rebel (1966)
Down a dusty road in the deep South, wanders a young man, Arlin Grove, with a guitar and his earthly belongings on his back, just released from the U. A. Arm...
- published: 08 Jan 2013
- views: 6359
- author: SeattleMarksJoint7
32:54
Waylon Jennings and Johan Magnus promoting the Nobel Price Kill 012
Program by Johan Magnus heard 23-24 minutes from start and Waylon Jennings in a recording ...
published: 22 Jun 2013
author: juvmmm
Waylon Jennings and Johan Magnus promoting the Nobel Price Kill 012
Program by Johan Magnus heard 23-24 minutes from start and Waylon Jennings in a recording not previously available outside the music industry world primierin...
- published: 22 Jun 2013
- views: 34
- author: juvmmm
22:17
Johnny Cash Roast 1986 as Chronicled in Johnny Cash is a Friend of Mine by Henry Vaccaro
Available now on Amazon, JOHNNY CASH IS A FRIEND OF MINE by Henry Vaccaro He was one of th...
published: 17 Aug 2011
author: H.V. Vaccaro
Johnny Cash Roast 1986 as Chronicled in Johnny Cash is a Friend of Mine by Henry Vaccaro
Available now on Amazon, JOHNNY CASH IS A FRIEND OF MINE by Henry Vaccaro He was one of the roasters that evening. Segments from the Jewish National League's...
- published: 17 Aug 2011
- views: 7858
- author: H.V. Vaccaro
55:40
Waylon Jennings Autobiography with photos 1 of 3
Waylon Jennings narrates his life story with lots of photos old & new, listen to the life ...
published: 20 Jun 2013
author: Waylon lives forever
Waylon Jennings Autobiography with photos 1 of 3
Waylon Jennings narrates his life story with lots of photos old & new, listen to the life story of Waylon Jennings from his birth in 1937 up until this Autob...
- published: 20 Jun 2013
- views: 160
- author: Waylon lives forever
Youtube results:
58:32
The George Jones Show (TNN) FULL EPISODE! Waylon, Bobby Bare, Janie Fricke
Here is a FULL EPISODE of "the George Jones Show" from 1998 on the former TNN network . I ...
published: 12 Jan 2013
author: KLUNKET
The George Jones Show (TNN) FULL EPISODE! Waylon, Bobby Bare, Janie Fricke
Here is a FULL EPISODE of "the George Jones Show" from 1998 on the former TNN network . I sure miss their programming!! This was episode 4 of the George Jone...
- published: 12 Jan 2013
- views: 55060
- author: KLUNKET
21:34
Leroy Virgil of HELLBOUND GLORY 6-6-2012 Waylon Jennings Birthday Bash -Nashville , TN
Shooter - Leroy Virgil of Hellbound Glory Introduction Hellbound Glory - Cliche Country Si...
published: 08 Jun 2012
author: BerryTheMusicMan
Leroy Virgil of HELLBOUND GLORY 6-6-2012 Waylon Jennings Birthday Bash -Nashville , TN
Shooter - Leroy Virgil of Hellbound Glory Introduction Hellbound Glory - Cliche Country Singer ( new song , not sure on the title ) Bastard Child To Feel A T...
- published: 08 Jun 2012
- views: 1278
- author: BerryTheMusicMan
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Shooter Jennings 6-6-2012 Waylon Jennings Birthday Bash -Nashville , TN
bad lighting for filming but was a fun night of music and celebrating the memory of Waylon...
published: 07 Jun 2012
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Shooter Jennings 6-6-2012 Waylon Jennings Birthday Bash -Nashville , TN
bad lighting for filming but was a fun night of music and celebrating the memory of Waylon . Shooter Jennings - Ain't Living Long Like This , Out On The Road...
- published: 07 Jun 2012
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Waylon Jennings - Wiki Article
Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jen...
published: 11 Jun 2013
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Waylon Jennings - Wiki Article
Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing guitar at 8 and began performing at 12 on KVOW ...
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What Do You Think Waylon? Prime Time Country 1999
Question and answer session with legend Waylon Jennings. Waylon talks about everything fro...
published: 03 Jan 2013
author: waylonvids
What Do You Think Waylon? Prime Time Country 1999
Question and answer session with legend Waylon Jennings. Waylon talks about everything from Buddy Holly to school shootings. Very entertaining! With host Gar...
- published: 03 Jan 2013
- views: 5035
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Waylon Jennings interview 80's part one
Hard to believe that you don't hear much about this legendary artist....Waylon Jennings......
published: 18 Dec 2008
author: Jimmy Carter
Waylon Jennings interview 80's part one
Hard to believe that you don't hear much about this legendary artist....Waylon Jennings....He was the real deal!!! I set up and produced the story...I was of...
- published: 18 Dec 2008
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- author: Jimmy Carter
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Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings with Ben McCain
Ben McCain interviews legends Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings before their concert at the ...
published: 01 Dec 2011
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Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings with Ben McCain
Ben McCain interviews legends Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings before their concert at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
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Waylon Jennings interview Nashville part 2 of 2
part two continues with more honesty from one of the great lost legends of Country...Waylo...
published: 18 Dec 2008
author: Jimmy Carter
Waylon Jennings interview Nashville part 2 of 2
part two continues with more honesty from one of the great lost legends of Country...Waylon Jennings.....Interview took place in his second floor office on 1...
- published: 18 Dec 2008
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- author: Jimmy Carter
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june carter cash on waylon jennings and friends
june sings for john and for waylon! jessi colter sings,too! this is from 1994....
published: 08 Jan 2007
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june carter cash on waylon jennings and friends
june sings for john and for waylon! jessi colter sings,too! this is from 1994.
- published: 08 Jan 2007
- views: 68660
- author: junecarter4ever
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Old Dogs - 1 of 5
Walon Jennings, Mel Tillis, Bobby Bare, Jerry Reed and Jimmy Dean tell stories of their pa...
published: 03 May 2011
author: Bill Gibbs, sr
Old Dogs - 1 of 5
Walon Jennings, Mel Tillis, Bobby Bare, Jerry Reed and Jimmy Dean tell stories of their past. Sadly three of the group have passed away. Jimmy Dean: 8/10/192...
- published: 03 May 2011
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- author: Bill Gibbs, sr
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Waylon Jennings Wrestling Interview.wmv
This is an interview that Waylon Jennings did for World Championship Wrestling back in 198...
published: 16 Feb 2010
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Waylon Jennings Wrestling Interview.wmv
This is an interview that Waylon Jennings did for World Championship Wrestling back in 1986 when Waylon played concerts at the Great American Bash then. I al...
- published: 16 Feb 2010
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Waylon Jennings Ramblin Man & Interview
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published: 02 Feb 2013
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Waylon Jennings Ramblin Man & Interview
- published: 02 Feb 2013
- views: 1420
- author: Marianne Menon
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Waylon Jennings & Shawn Jones interview TNN 1996
Waylon Jennings and Shawn Jones interview on TNN 1996 ShawnJones - Guitar & Vocals Ron Gan...
published: 23 Jan 2013
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Waylon Jennings & Shawn Jones interview TNN 1996
Waylon Jennings and Shawn Jones interview on TNN 1996 ShawnJones - Guitar & Vocals Ron Gannaway - Drums Allyn Love - Steel Keys - Sam Scott.
- published: 23 Jan 2013
- views: 1803
- author: Shawn Jones
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Waylon Jennings Interviews with Hank Williams Jr. Performance
Jessi Colter, Shooter Jennings, & Josh Thompson along with Hank Williams Jr. all gathered ...
published: 21 Dec 2011
author: Leslie Armstrong
Waylon Jennings Interviews with Hank Williams Jr. Performance
Jessi Colter, Shooter Jennings, & Josh Thompson along with Hank Williams Jr. all gathered for the Sirius XM taping of the Waylon Jennings Tribute, for the Vo...
- published: 21 Dec 2011
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- author: Leslie Armstrong
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Waylon Jennings Johnny Cash - Highwaymen interview Australia
Waylon Jennings Johnny Cash Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson - Highwaymen interviewed on...
published: 15 Mar 2013
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Waylon Jennings Johnny Cash - Highwaymen interview Australia
Waylon Jennings Johnny Cash Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson - Highwaymen interviewed on the Australian coast to coast TV show - Australia.
- published: 15 Mar 2013
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Waylon Jennings Johnny Cash Willie Nelson interviewed Australia
Waylon Jennings Johnny Cash Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson - Highwaymen interviewed in...
published: 14 Mar 2013
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Waylon Jennings Johnny Cash Willie Nelson interviewed Australia
Waylon Jennings Johnny Cash Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson - Highwaymen interviewed in the city of Melbourne Australia.
- published: 14 Mar 2013
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Waylon interview 1 - 1992
Promoting latest CD, Too Dumb For New York City....
published: 24 Aug 2007
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Waylon interview 1 - 1992
Promoting latest CD, Too Dumb For New York City.
- published: 24 Aug 2007
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- author: hamsterstui
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06 Aug 2013
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. "Our national security can only be assured on a very broad and comprehensive front." -Navy Secretary James Forrestal, 1945 ... In truth, the two atomic bombs (code named Manhattan Project), which at its height employed 150,000 people and cost $24 billion in today's currency, was the major foundation of America's monolithic national security system that would stretch around the globe ... Joseph E....(size: 7.3Kb)
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05 Aug 2013
5 August 2013 –. The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today reported that there is reason to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed in Nigeria, namely murder and persecution by the militant group known as Boko Haram ... “The scale and intensity of the attacks have increased over time,” adds the report, which is based on preliminary information through December 2012 ... Source....(size: 2.2Kb)
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07 Aug 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unrest in Egypt could turn into "all-out bloodshed" in coming days if efforts to find a political solution fail, U.S. Senator John McCain warned on Tuesday during a visit to Cairo. "Oh my God, I didn't know it was this bad. These folks are just days or weeks away from all-out bloodshed," McCain said during an interview in Cairo with "CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley." ... president in 2008, said ... Graham added ... ....(size: 2.2Kb)
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06 Aug 2013
Five Indian soldiers have been shot dead in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, the chief minister of the disputed region says ... ....(size: 0.6Kb)
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05 Aug 2013
Islamist allies of Mohamed Morsi are secretly discussing a face-saving deal in which the toppled President could be released from detention and allowed to officially “resign” his position, according to a source close to crisis talks currently taking place between opposing sides in Cairo ... Another possibility is that Mr Morsi could be released and flown into exile, according to the source ... Any operation would be a potential bloodbath ... ....(size: 4.0Kb)
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The New York Times
05 Aug 2013
Many aspiring country singers have day jobs, typically along the lines of waiting tables or tending bar. Not Mark Seliger. He has shot famous portraits of public figures — actors, dancers, politicians, rock stars and artists, from Jay Z to the Dalai Lama — for magazines like Time, Rolling Stone, GQ and Vanity Fair. Enlarge This Image ... Arts Twitter List ... Yet Mr ... That led him to Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, George Jones and Tammy Wynette....(size: 6.7Kb)
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The Irish Times
03 Aug 2013
Award-winning singer and songwriter JJ Cale, who has died aged 74, was one of the most versatile musicians of his era. He played guitar and spanned music genres from rock ’n’ roll to blues and jazz ... Cale wrote many songs that later became hits for top musicians, including After Midnight for Clapton, Call Me The Breeze for Lynyrd Skynyrd and Louisiana Women for Waylon Jennings ... ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)
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The Hindu
02 Aug 2013
“We used to say when we were 20 years old, that when you reach 30, you gotta hang up your guitar and get a real job. Here I’m 65 and I’m still good ... Cale chuckles and takes the mike. The world’s best rock & roll artists, from Clapton to Waylon Jennings to Lynyrd Skynyrd, Johnny Cash, Santana, The Allman Brothers and Captain Beefheart have taken Cale’s songs to global popularity ... Keywords....(size: 3.4Kb)
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The Oklahoman
02 Aug 2013
By Terry Mattingly • Modified. August 2, 2013 at 1.36 pm •. The old Southern preacher had walked through many airport security gates using his cherry-wood cane and was surprised -- especially years before 9/11 -- when a guard ordered him to send it through the X-ray scanner. After that rite, the Rev ... Martin Luther King Jr ... He tried to avoid reporters, but was tight with country-music rebels like Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings ... ....(size: 4.2Kb)
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The Oklahoman
02 Aug 2013
LeadPhotoID -->. 0. Bandit Records will release “George Jones – Amazing Grace” on Sept. 10, two days before what would have been Jones’ 82nd birthday ... The Billy Sherrill songs represent the final sessions between Jones and Sherrill ... Assembled that day were friends such as Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, Travis Tritt, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart and Connie Smith who all added their vocal interpretations of that classic gospel favorite ... -BAM ... ....(size: 4.7Kb)
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The Oklahoman
02 Aug 2013
LeadPhotoID -->. 0. Bill Kirchen. A version of this feature appears in Friday’s Weekend Life section of The Oklahoman. To read my “Seeds and Stems” review, click here. Bill Kirchen makes return trip to the Blue Door ... Nah. I won’t ... Over the years, he and his cohorts have turned the speedy song into an eight-minute tribute to an eclectic array of beloved musicians, from Waylon Jennings and Roy Orbison to John Phillips Sousa and The Stooges ... ....(size: 8.8Kb)
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Toronto Sun
01 Aug 2013
and then it was Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings.” ... just coming over here to pilfer our audience.” I’ve probably heard just about everything that (outlaw country artist) Waylon Jennings heard when he made the switch ‘cause he started out in the rock world as (Buddy Holly’s bass player.)....(size: 3.8Kb)
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USA Today
01 Aug 2013
SHARECONNECTTWEETCOMMENTEMAILMORE ... One song on the album, Great Judgement Morning, featuring guest vocals by Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, Travis Tritt, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart and Connie Smith, was produced by Brian Ahern in 1994 ... ....(size: 1.0Kb)
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The Examiner
01 Aug 2013
The City of Mesa Cemetery was first established in 1883 following a smallpox epidemic that claimed the lives of 44 residents of small community. As Mesa’s population began to grow, more space was needed for the dearly departed ... Location ... Some of the notables included country singer-songwriter Waylon Jennings, William A Burton who operated Mesa’s first mortuary, and Daniel Webster Jones who founded the neighboring town of Lehi ... Tweet ... ....(size: 6.3Kb)
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Houston Chronicle
31 Jul 2013
thursday 8.1. Changoman. Latin, rock and pop. 10 p.m. at the Continental Club, 3700 Main; 713-529-9899. Nick Gaitan and Umbrella Man. This swinging and festive local band serves elements of soul, jazz, country, rockabilly and conjunto, a Gulf Coast gumbo. 10 p.m. at the Continental Club, 3700 Main; 713-529-9899 ... Texas country. 7.30 p.m ... Legendary singer-songwriter has written hits for the likes of Waylon Jennings, Clint Black and Ricky Skaggs ... ....(size: 4.6Kb)
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Business Wire
31 Jul 2013
New ICON collections will be released on August 6 for John Mellencamp and Andrew Lloyd Webber ... ... 1 ... 2 ... Frank Sinatra famously (and coyly) referred to Jones as “the second greatest singer in America.” Garth Brooks summed up the consensus view when he called him “the greatest voice ever to sing country music.” Waylon Jennings expressed a common envy when he said, "If we all could sound the way we wanted, we'd all sound like George Jones." ... ....(size: 24.7Kb)
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Houston Press
30 Jul 2013
In his 2007 memoir Clapton. The Autobiography, Eric Clapton wrote that John Weldon "J.J." Cale "is one of the most important artists in the history of rock, quietly representing the greatest asset his country has ever had." ... It became Clapton's first solo hit single ... It also contained the comedic "Clyde," which became a hit for Waylon Jennings and "Don't Go to Strangers." ... ....(size: 1.8Kb)
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The Examiner
30 Jul 2013
Eric Clapton, having recently left Cream, recorded Cale's song After Midnight in 1970. Included on his self-titled debut solo LP, the song was released as a single and received a significant amount of airplay on FM radio ... Cale's own version of After Midnight had been released on the old Liberty label in 1966 ... Hook and Waylon Jennings each did unique covers of Clyde and Captain Beefheart did a fantastic job with Same Old Blues ... J.J ... Tweet....(size: 5.0Kb)
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| Birth name | Waylon Arnold Jennings |
| Born | (1937-06-15)June 15, 1937 Littlefield, Texas, United States |
| Died | February 13, 2002(2002-02-13) (aged 64) Chandler, Arizona, United States |
| Genres | Country, outlaw country, country rock, progressive country |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass, piano, mandolin |
| Years active | 1958–2002 |
| Labels | RCA Victor, MCA, Epic |
| Associated acts | Jessi Colter, Willie Nelson, The Highwaymen, Buddy Holly |
| Website | www.waylonjennings.com |
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Waylon Arnold Jennings (pronounced /welən dʒɛnɪŋz/; June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing guitar at eight and began performing at twelve on KVOW radio. He formed a band, The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV, KYTI and KLLL. In 1958, Buddy Holly arranged Jennings' first recording session, of "Jolie Blon" and "When Sin Stops (Love Begins)". Holly hired him to play bass. During the Winter Dance Party Tour, in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered a plane to arrive to the next venue. Jennings gave up his seat in the plane to J. P. Richardson, who was suffering from a cold. The flight that carried Holly, Richardson and Ritchie Valens crashed, on the day later known as The Day the Music Died. Following the accident, Jennings worked as a D.J in Coolidge, Arizona and Phoenix. He formed a rockabilly club band, The Waylors. He recorded for independent label Trend Records, A&M Records before succeeding with RCA Victor after achieving creative control of his records.
During the 1970s, Jennings joined the Outlaw movement. He released critically acclaimed albums Lonesome, On'ry and Mean and Honky Tonk Heroes, followed by hit albums Dreaming My Dreams and Are You Ready for the Country. In 1976 he released the album Wanted! The Outlaws with Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser and Jessie Colter, the first platinum country music album. The success of the album was followed by Ol' Waylon, and the hit song "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)". By the early 1980s, Jennings was struggling with a cocaine addiction, which he quit in 1984. Later he joined the country supergroup The Highwaymen with Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and Johnny Cash. During that period, Jennings released the successful album, Will the Wolf Survive. He toured less after 1997, to spend more time with his family. Between 1999 and 2001, his appearances were limited by health problems. On February 13, 2002, Jennings died from complications of diabetes.
Jennings also appeared in movies and television series. He was the narrator for The Dukes of Hazzard. In 2001 he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, which he chose not to attend until later on. In 2007 he was posthumously awarded the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award by the Academy of Country Music.
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Early life[link]
Waylon Jennings was born in Littlefield, Texas, the seat of Lamb County, the son of Lorene Beatrice (née Shipley) and William Albert Jennings.[1] His original birth name was Wayland, meaning land by the highway, but it was changed after a Baptist preacher visited Jennings' parents and congratulated his mother for naming him after the Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas. Lorene Jennings, who had been unaware of the college, changed the spelling to Waylon. Jennings later expressed in his autobiography "I didn't like Waylon. It sounded corny and hillbilly, but it's been good to me, and I'm pretty well at peace with it right now."[2] When Jennings was eight, his mother taught him to play guitar with the tune "Thirty Pieces of Silver". Jennings used to practice with the guitars of his relatives, until his mother bought him a used Stella, and later ordered a Harmony Patrician.[3] Jennings never learned to read music, but he practiced to seek a career in music and avoid a possible future picking cotton and other temporary jobs.[4][5]
Music career[link]
Beginnings in music[link]
The twelve-year-old Jennings auditioned for a spot on KVOW in Littlefield, Texas. Owner J.B. McShan, along with Emil Macha, recorded Jennings' performance. McShan liked his style, and hired him for a weekly thirty-minute program. Following this successful introduction, Jennings formed his own band. He asked Macha to play bass for him, and gathered other friends and acquaintances to form The Texas Longhorns. The style of the band, a mixture of country & western and bluegrass, often was not well received. At seventeen, Jennings and band recorded a demo of the songs "Stranger in My Home" and "There'll Be a New Day" at KFYO radio in Lubbock, Texas.[6] In addition to performing on air for KVOW, Jennings later worked as a D.J for the station.[7] Jennings dropped out of high school in tenth grade to pursue music. His early influences were Bob Wills, Floyd Tillman, Ernest Tubb, Hank Williams, Carl Smith and Elvis Presley.[8][9][10][11] He moved to Lubbock, where he initially worked for KDAV, and later for KLLL, Jennings' show was successful in both venues.[7]
While working in KDAV, Jennings met Buddy Holly, during the broadcasts of Sunday Party. Holly, who wanted to start in record production, arranged a session for Jennings. On September 10, Jennings recorded the songs "Jolie Blon" and "When Sin Stops (Love Begins)", with Holly and Tommy Allsup on guitars with saxophonist King Curtis. The single was released on Brunswick in 1959 with limited success. Holly then hired Jennings to play electric bass for him during his "Winter Dance Party Tour".[7]
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During his first recording session in 1958, Jennings was accompanied by Buddy Holly on the guitar and King Curtis on the saxophone
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After a show in Clear Lake, Iowa, Holly chartered a plane for himself, Allsup and Jennings to avoid a long bus trip to Fargo, North Dakota. Allsup lost a coin toss to Ritchie Valens for his seat on the plane, while Jennings gave up his seat to J. P. Richardson, who was suffering from a cold and complaining about how uncomfortable a long bus trip was for a man of his size.[12] Holly jokingly told Jennings, "I hope your ol' bus freezes up!". Jennings replied, "Well, I hope your ol' plane crashes!" During the early morning hours of February 3, 1959, later known as The Day the Music Died, the charter crashed outside Clear Lake, killing all on board.[13] Jennings and Allsup continued the tour for two more weeks, featuring Jennings as the lead singer.[7] Jennings later admitted that he felt severe guilt and responsibility for the crash, and that his words would haunt him for the rest of his life.[13]
He later returned to KLLL and performed regionally.[8] He released recordings under Trend Records, and experienced moderate success with his single "Another Blue Day".[14]
Phoenix and the Nashville Sound[link]
In 1961, Jennings lived briefly in Coolidge, Arizona working in radio, before moving to Phoenix, where he formed a rockabilly band, The Waylors. Jennings and his band performed at a newly opened nightspot called JD's. The band earned a small fan base, eventually signing with the independent label Trend Records. The recordings were not successful and Jennings began working as a record producer. In 1963, he moved to Los Angeles, California where he signed a contract with Herb Alpert of A&M Records.[14][15]
His records had little success, because A&M's main releases were folk music rather than country.[16] He had a few hits on local radio in Phoenix, including Ian Tyson's "Four Strong Winds" and "Just To Satisfy You" (co-written with Don Bowman). He also recorded an album on BAT called JD's. After 500 copies were sold at the club, another 500 copies were pressed by the Sounds label.[17] He also played lead guitar for Patsy Montana on a 1964 album.[18] Alpert tried to shift Jennings' style from country to pop, but Jennings refused. After his only single, "Sing the Girl a Song, Bill", Alpert released Jennings.[15]
Singer Bobby Bare, who covered Jennings' songs "Four Strong Winds" and "Just To Satisfy You", recommended Jennings to producer Chet Atkins, who signed Jennings to RCA Victor in 1965.[16]
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In 1966, Jennings released his debut album for RCA Folk-Country, followed by Leavin' Town, and Nashville Rebel.[19][20] Nashville rebel was the soundtrack to an independent film of the same name, starring Jennings.[21] In 1967, Jennings released a hit single, "Just to Satisfy You". During an interview, Jennings remarked that the song was a "pretty good example" of the influence of his work with Buddy Holly and rockabilly music.[22] During the next years, Jennings produced mid-chart albums that sold well, including Just to Satisfy You, that included the same-named hit single of 1967.[19]
In 1972, Jennings released Ladies Love Outlaws. The single that headlined the album became a hit for Jennings, and was his first approach to Outlaw Country.[23] Jennings was accustomed to performing and recording with his own band, The Waylors; a practice that was not encouraged by powerful Nashville producers. Over time, however, Jennings felt limited by the Nashville sound's lack of artistic freedom.[24] The music style publicized as "Countrypolitan" was characterized by orchestral arrangements, and the absence of traditional country music instruments. The producers did not let Jennings play his own guitar, or select material to record.[14]
Outlaw Country[link]
In an interview Jennings recalled the restrictions of the Nashville establishment, "They wouldn't let you do anything. You had to dress a certain way: you had to do everything a certain way [...] They kept trying to destroy me.... I just went about my business and did things my way [...] You start messing with my music, I get mean"[25] In 1972, his recording contract was nearing an end. Hepatitis-afflicted Jennings accepted an offer from Neil Reshen to renegotiate his recording and touring contracts. At a meeting in a Nashville airport, Jennings introduced Reshen to Willie Nelson. By the end of the meeting, Reshen had become manager to both singers. Jennings' new deal gained him a $75,000 advance and artistic control.[26][27] Reshen advised Jennings to keep the beard that he had grown in the hospital, in order to match the image of outlaw country.[28][29][30]
By 1973, Nelson had returned to music, finding success with Atlantic Records. Now based in Austin, Texas, Nelson had made inroads into the rock and roll press by attracting a diverse fan base that included the rock music audience.[31][32] Atlantic Records was now attempting to sign Jennings, but Nelson's rise to popularity persuaded RCA to renegotiate with Jennings before losing another potential success.[33]
He followed with Lonesome, On'ry and Mean and Honky Tonk Heroes in 1973, the first albums recorded and released under his creative control. The albums were commercial and critical successes. More hit albums followed, with The Ramblin' Man and This Time, in 1974, and Dreaming My Dreams, in 1975.[34][35] In 1976, Jennings released Are You Ready for the Country, Jennings wanted the record to be produced by Los Angeles producer Ken Mansfield. Although RCA denied the request, Jennings and The Waylors went to Los Angeles and recorded with Mansfield at his expense. After a month, Jennings presented the master tape to Chet Atkins who decided to release it. The album hit number one on Billboard's country albums three times the same year, topping the charts for ten weeks. It was named country album of the year in 1976 by Record World Magazine and it was certified gold by the RIAA.[36]
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In 1976 Jennings released the album Wanted! The Outlaws, recorded with Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser and Jessie Colter for RCA. The album was the first country music album certified platinum.[14] The following year, RCA issued Ol' Waylon, an album that produced a hit duet with Nelson, "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)."[37] The album Waylon and Willie followed in 1978, producing the hit single, "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys".[38] Jennings released I've Always Been Crazy, also in 1978.[39] The same year, at the peak of his success, Jennings began to feel limited by the outlaw movement. The "outlaw image" restricted the repertoire he could record, as well as the material that audiences expected from him.[40] Jennings referred to the over-exploitation of the image in the song "Don't You Think This Outlaw Has Gone a Bit Out of Hand?", denouncing that the movement had become a "self-fulfilling prophecy".[40][41] In 1979 he released Greatest Hits,[39] which was certified gold the same year, and in 2002 was certified quintuple platinum.[42]
Later years[link]
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In the mid-1980s, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Nelson and Jennings formed a successful group called The Highwaymen.[43] Aside from his work with The Highwaymen, Jennings' released a gold album WWII (1982) with Willie Nelson.[38]
In 1985 Jennings joined with USA for Africa to record "We Are the World", but he left the studio due to a dispute over the song's lyrics that were sung in Swahili.[44][45] By this time, his sales decreased. After the release of Sweet Mother Texas, Jennings signed with Music Corporation of America.[15] The debut release with the label, Will the Wolf Survive (1985), peaked at number one in Billboard's Country albums in 1986.[46] Jennings' initial success tailed off, and in 1990, he signed with Epic Records. His first release, The Eagle, became his final top ten album.[15][47] In 1993, in collaboration with Rincom Children's Entertainment, Jennings recorded an album of children's songs, Cowboys, Sisters, Rascals & Dirt, which included "Shooter's Theme", a tribute to his 14-year-old with the theme of "a friend of mine".[48]
Despite low record sales, Jennings attracted large audiences in live appearances.[15] In 1997, after the Lollapalooza tour, he decreased his tour schedule and became centered on his family.[49]
In 1998, Jennings teamed up with Bare, Jerry Reed and Mel Tillis to form The Old Dogs. The group recorded a double album of songs penned entirely by Shel Silverstein.[50] In mid 1999, Jennings assembled what he referred to as his "hand-picked dream team" – and formed Waylon & The Waymore Blues Band. Consisting primarily of former Waylors, the thirteen-member group performed a limited number of concerts from 1999 to 2001.[51] In January 2000, Jennings recorded what would become his final album at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium, Never Say Die: Live.[52]
Music style and image[link]
Jennings was characterized by his "powerful" singing voice, noted by his "rough-edged quality", as well as his phrasing and texture.[53][54] Accompanying his vocals, he played guitar. He was recognized for his "spanky-twang" playing. To create his sound, he used a mixture of thumb and fingers during the rhythmic parts, while using picks for the lead runs. He combined hammer-on and pull-off riffs, with eventual upper-fret double stops and modulation effects.[55] Jennings played a 1953 Fender Telecaster, which was purchased used by The Waylors. Jennings' bandmates adorned his guitar with a distinctive leather cover, that featured a black background with a white floral work.[56][57] Jennings did further customizing work on the guitar, by filing down the frets to lower the strings on the neck to obtain the slapping sound.[58][59] His signature image was characterized by his long hair and beard, as well as his black hat and the black leather vest he wore during his appareances.[60][61]
Movies and television[link]
In 1966, Jennings starred in the movie Nashville Rebel, an independent production shot in Nashville. Jennings portrayed Alvin Grove, a local singer on his way to stardom.[21] Jennings next appeared in the movies All American Cowboy, and The Oklahoma City Dolls.[62] Outside the music industry, Jennings was known as the primary voice of the narrator/balladeer on the television series The Dukes of Hazzard and its predecessor, the 1975 film, Moonrunners.[63] The theme song, "Good Ol' Boys", an original Jennings composition, became one of the most well-known television theme songs in American television history.[64] In 1986 he appeared in the movie Stagecoach, portraying Hatfield, alongside Cash, Nelson and Kristofferson.[65]
Jennings made an appearance on Xuxa, Married... with Children,[66] and played a truck driver in the 1985 film, Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird. Jennings sang "Ain't No Road Too Long" in the movie with Big Bird and the other Sesame Street characters.[67] In 2000, he provided the voice of Judge Thatcher in the animated adaptation of Tom Sawyer.[68] In an episode of The Angry Beavers entitled The Legend of Kid Friendly that aired in April 1999, Jennings provided the voice for the narrator/singer.[69] In 2001, Jennings voiced a character in an episode of Family Guy for a Dukes of Hazzard parody (his last televised appearance). The episode was entitled "To Love and Die in Dixie". The episode originally aired that November. He also narrated a watch fight in an earlier episode, "Chitty Chitty Death Bang".[69]
Personal life[link]
Jennings was married four times, and had six children. He was first married to Maxine Caroll Lawrence in 1956 at age 18, with whom he had four children Terry Vance Jennings (born January 21, 1957), Julie Rae Jennings (born August 12, 1958), Buddy Dean Jennings (born March 21, 1960), and Deana Jennings.[70] Jennings married again on December 10, 1962 to Lynne Jones, adopting a child Tomi Lynne. They divorced in 1967.[71] He next married Barbara Rood. He composed the song "This Time" about the trials and tribulations of his marriages and divorces.[72] He married for the fourth and final time in Phoenix, Arizona, on October 26, 1969 to Jessi Colter.[73][74] Colter and Jennings had one son, Waylon Albright "Shooter" Jennings (born May 19, 1979). Colter had one daughter, Jennifer, from her previous marriage.[75] Jennings' grandson, William "Struggle" Harness, became a rap/hip hop artist, based out of Nashville.[76]
In 1997, he stopped touring to be close to his family. To set an example about the importance of education to his son Waylon Albright, Jennings earned a GED.[67][77]
Addiction and recovery[link]
Jennings started to consume amphetamines at the time he lived with Johnny Cash during the mid-1960s. Jennings later stated, "Pills were the artificial energy on which Nashville ran around the clock".[8] In 1977, Jennings was arrested by federal agents for conspiracy and 'possession of cocaine with intent to distribute'. A private courier warned the Drug Enforcement Administration about the package sent to Jennings by a New York colleague that contained twenty-seven grams of cocaine. The DEA and the police went to Jennings' recording studio. They found no evidence, because while they were waiting for a search warrant, Jennings flushed the cocaine. The charges were later dropped and Jennings was released.[78] The episode was recounted in Jennings' song "Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Outta Hand?"[79]
During the early 1980s, his cocaine addiction intensified. Jennings claimed to have spent US$1500 daily to satisfy his addiction, draining his personal finances and leaving him bankrupt with debt of up to US$2.5 million.[74] Though he insisted on repaying the debt and did additional tours to earn the funds, his work became less focused and his tours deteriorated.[79] Jennings decided to quit his addictions, leased a home in the Phoenix, Arizona area and spent a month detoxing himself, intending to start using cocaine again in a more controlled fashion afterward. In 1984 he quit cocaine. By Jennings' own admission in interviews, his son, Shooter Jennings, was the main inspiration to quit permanently.[80]
Illness and death[link]
Jennings' health had been bad for years prior to his death. Jennings quit cocaine, and his habit of smoking six packs of cigarettes daily. In 1988 he underwent heart bypass surgery.[74] By 2000 his diabetes worsened, and the pain reduced his mobility, forcing Jennings to end most touring.[67] Later the same year he went under surgery to improve his leg circulation.[8] In December 2001 his left foot was amputated at a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. On February 13, 2002, Jennings died in his sleep of diabetic complications in Chandler, Arizona. Jennings was buried in the Mesa City Cemetery, in Mesa, Arizona. At the funeral ceremony, on February 15, Colter sang "Storms Never Last" for the attendees, who included Jennings' close friends and fellow musicians.[67][74]
Legacy[link]
Between 1966 and 1995, 54 Jennings' albums charted, with 11 reaching number one. Meanwhile between 1965 and 1991, 96 singles charted, with 16 number ones.[81] In October 2001, Jennings was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In one final act of defiance, he did not attend the ceremony and opted instead to send son Buddy Dean Jennings.[67] On July 6, 2006, Jennings was inducted to Hollywood's Rock Wall in Hollywood, California.[82] On June 20, 2007, Jennings was posthumously awarded the Cliffie Stone Pioneer Award by the Academy of Country Music.[83]
Discography[link]
Main article: Waylon Jennings discography
Awards[link]
See also[link]
- Outlaw country
- Academy of Country Music
- List of country musicians
- Country Music Association
- List of best-selling music artists
- Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame
References[link]
- ^ Jennings & Kaye 1996, p. 4.
- ^ Jennings & Kaye 1996, p. 6.
- ^ Jennings & Kaye 1996, p. 22.
- ^ Jennings & Kaye 1996, p. 8.
- ^ Jennings & Kaye 1996, p. 33.
- ^ Carr & Munde 1997, p. 154.
- ^ a b c d Carr & Munde 1997, p. 155.
- ^ a b c d Dansby, Andrew (February 14, 2002). "Waylon Jennings Dead at Sixty-four". Rolling Stone (Wenner Media LLC). http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/waylon-jennings-dead-at-sixty-four-20020214. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
- ^ Wishart 2004, p. 540.
- ^ Jennings, Waylon; Kaye, Lenny 1999, p. 271.
- ^ Jennings, Waylon; Kaye, Lenny 1999, p. 34.
- ^ Texas Monthly, January 1988; p.108
- ^ a b VH1's Behind the Music "The Day the Music Died" interview with Waylon Jennings
- ^ a b c d Carr & Munde 1997, p. 156.
- ^ a b c d e Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Waylon Jennings - Biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://allmusic.com/artist/waylon-jennings-p1663/biography.
- ^ a b Wolff & Duane 2000, p. 360.
- ^ Country Music Foundation; p.53
- ^ Bluegrass Unlimited; p.44
- ^ a b Cramer, Alfred 2009, p. 715.
- ^ Thompson, Clifford 2002, p. 622.
- ^ a b The Southern Quarterly; p.118
- ^ Country Song Roundup, issue 102
- ^ Larkin 1995, p. 3005.
- ^ Petrusich 2008, p. 105.
- ^ Ashby, LeRoy; p.418
- ^ Jennings & Kaye 1996, pp. 187-192.
- ^ Petrusich 2008, p. 106.
- ^ Larkin 1995, p. 2159.
- ^ Lewis 1993.
- ^ Jennings & Kaye 1996, p. 266.
- ^ Reid, Jan; Sahm, Shawn; p. 79
- ^ Reid, Jan; p. 224
- ^ Petrusich 2008, p. 106.
- ^ Wolff & Duane 2000, p. 340.
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Ramblin' Man - Overview". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-ramblin-man-r107198/review. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ^ Mansfield, Ken; p.171, 172
- ^ Huang, Hao; p.325
- ^ a b Wishart 2004, p. 54.
- ^ a b Kingsbury2004, p. 612.
- ^ a b lewis, p. 169.
- ^ Schäfer, p. 60.
- ^ "RIAA Searchable Database". RIAA.com. The Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=Waylon%20Jennings&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
- ^ Seal 2011, p. 141 View page
- ^ Breskin 2004, p. 6.
- ^ Cagle, Jess (January 24, 1992). "They Were the World". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,309280,00.html. Retrieved July 11, 2009.
- ^ "Will the Wolf Survie?". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://allmusic.com/album/will-the-wolf-survive-r92722/charts-awards. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- ^ Clarke 1998, p. 648.
- ^ Jennings & Kaye 1996, p. 370.
- ^ Birk, Carl; p.71
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Old Dogs". Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p352588. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- ^ George-Warren, Romanowski & Pareles 2001, p. 492.
- ^ D'Angelo, Joe (February 13, 2002). "Country Music Outlaw Waylon Jennings Dies At 64". MTV News (MTV Networks). http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1452290/country-legend-waylon-jennings-dies-at-64.jhtml. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- ^ Brown 1986, p. 132.
- ^ Ward 2012, p. 308.
- ^ Hunter, p. 124.
- ^ Hunter, p. 125.
- ^ Jennings & Kaye 1996, p. 105.
- ^ "Waylon Jennings guitar". Country Guitar (Country Guitar Magazine). February 1995.
- ^ "Interview: Waylon Jennings". Guitar player (Miller Freeman Publications) 7. 1973.
- ^ Valence, Ritchie (February 14, 2002). "Country great Waylon Jennings dies at 64". CNN (Turner Broadcasting System, Inc). http://articles.cnn.com/2002-02-14/entertainment/obit.waylon.jennings_1_country-music-first-country-album-winter-dance-party?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ.
- ^ de Rubio, Dave Gil (April 13th, 2012). "Willie Nelson: Live! At the US Festival 1983". American Songwriter (American Songwriter, LLC). http://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/04/willie-nelson-live-at-the-us-festival-1983/.
- ^ Kaplan 1989, p. 407.
- ^ Jensen 2003, p. 18.
- ^ Oerman 1999, p. 272.
- ^ Parish & Pitts 2003, p. 140.
- ^ Pendergast & Pendergast 2000, p. 541.
- ^ a b c d e Birk, Carl; He appearalsoid=db7uwE2_lJ8C&lpg=PA72&dq=Cowboys%2C%20Sisters%2C%20Rascals%20and%20Dirt%20waylon%20jennings&pg=PA72#v=onepage&q&f=false p.72
- ^ Billboard, March 18, 2000; p.35
- ^ a b Ratiner 2009, p. 93.
- ^ Jennings & Kaye 1996, pp. 37-39.
- ^ Jennings & Kaye 1996, p. 85, 100.
- ^ Jennings & Kaye 1996, p. 101.
- ^ Jennings & Kaye 1996, p. 176.
- ^ a b c d Laufenberg, Norbert; p.798
- ^ Jennings & Kaye 1996, p. 235.
- ^ Raymer, Miles (November 4, 2011). "Today in Celebrity Spawn Rap Projects". Chicago Reader (CL Chicago, Inc). http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2011/11/04/today-in-celebrity-spawn-rap-projects. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
- ^ Kingsbury2004, p. 264.
- ^ Hart 2007, p. 184.
- ^ a b Jennings & Kaye 1996, pp. 322-325.
- ^ Weatherby, Gregg; p.46
- ^ Billboard, February 23, 2002; p.8
- ^ "Guitar Center's Hollywood Rock Wall". Rockwall.com. Guitar Center, Inc. http://www.rockwalk.com/inductees/inductee.cfm?id=168. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
- ^ "Pioneer Award". ACM Awards. Academy of Country Music. http://www.acmcountry.com/award/awardsSearch.php?queryStr=pioneer%20award. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
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- Breskin, David (2004). We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song booklet. (Album notes). Image Entertainment, Inc..
- Brown, Charles (1986). Music U.S.A.: America's Country & Western Tradition. Prentice-Hall.
- Carr, Joseph; Munde, Alan (1997). Prairie Nights to Neon Lights: The Story of Country Music in West Texas. Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 978-0-89672-365-8.
- Cramer, Alfred (2009). Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century-Volume 2. Salem Press. ISBN 978-1-58765-514-2.
- Thompson, Clifford (2002). Current Biography Yearbook 2002. H.W. Wilson. pp. 622. ISBN 978-0-8242-1026-7.
- Clarke, Donald (1998). The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-051370-7.
- Ward, Robert (2012). Renegades: My Wild Trip from Professor to New Journalist With Outrageous Visits from Clint Eastwood, Reggie Jackson, Larry Flynt, and Other American Icons. Adams Media. ISBN 978-144053314-3.
- George-Warren, Holly; Romanowski, Patricia; Pareles, Jon (2001). The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. Fireside. ISBN 978-0-7432-0120-9.
- Hart, Kylo-Patrick (2007). Mediated Deviance and Social Otherness: Interrogating Influential Representations. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84718-245-6.
- Huang, Hao (1999). Music in the 20th Century. 2. M.E. Sharp. ISBN 978-0-7656-8012-9.
- Hunter, David (2010). Star Guitars: 101 Guitars That Rocked the World. Voyageur Press. ISBN 978-076033821-6.
- Jennings, Waylon; Kaye, Lenny (1996). Waylon: An Autobiography. Warner Books. ISBN 978-0-446-51865-9.
- Jensen, Richard (2003). Trespass in Hazzard County: My Life as an Insider on the Dukes of Hazzard. iUniverse. ISBN 978-0-595-28220-3.
- Kaplan, Mike (1989). Variety's Who's Who in Show Business. R.R. Bowker.
- Kingsbury, Paul (2004). The Encyclopedia of Country Music: The Ultimate Guide to the Music. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-517608-7.
- Larkin, Colin (1995). Guinness Encyclopedia Of Popular Music. 3 (2nd ed.). Guinness Publishing. ISBN 978-1-56159-176-3.
- LeRoy, Ashby (2006). With Amusement for All: a History of American Popular Culture Since 1830. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-2397-4.
- Lewis, George (1993). All That Glitters: Country Music in America. Popular Press. ISBN 978-0-87972-574-7.
- Oerman, Robert (1999). A Century of Country: an Illustrated History of Country Music. TV Books. ISBN 978-1-57500-083-1.
- Parish, James Robert; Pitts, Michael (2003). Hollywood Songsters: Allyson to Funicello. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-94332-1.
- Pendergast, Tom; Pendergast, Sara (2000). St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. 2. St. James Press. ISBN 978-1-55862-400-9.
- Petrusich, Amanda (2008). It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-86547-950-0.
- Ratiner, Tracie (2009). Contemporary Musicians. 65. Gale. ISSN 9780787696153.
- Seal, Graham (2011). Outlaw Heroes in Myth and History. Anthem Press. ISBN 978-0-85728-792-2.
- "Cashville" - Dilution of Original Country Music Identity Through Increasing Commercialization. Diplomica Verlag. 2012. ISBN 9783842878457.
- Wishart, David (2004). Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-4787-1.
- Wolff, Kurt; Duane, Orla (2000). Country Music: The Rough Guide. Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-85828-534-4.
Journals[link]
- Denberg, Jody (January 1988). "Chantilly Lace and Jolly Face". Texas Monthly 16 (1). ISSN 0148-7736.
- Jessen, Wade; Evans Price, Deborah; Stark, Phyllis (February 23, 2002). "Waylon Jennings Remembered as Country Music Legend". Billboard 114 (8). ISSN 0006-2510.
- Billboard 112 (12). March 18, 2000. ISSN 0006-2510.
- "Patsy Montana Early Country Favorites". Bluegrass Unlimited (Bluegrass Unlimited) 18 (1-6). 1983. ISSN 0006-5137.
- Country song roundup. Country Song Roundup. 1967. p. 15.
- The Journal of country music (The Country Music Foundation) 6 (3). Fall 1975.
- The Southern Quarterly (University of Southern Mississippi) 22. 1983. ISSN 0038-4496.
Further reading[link]
- Denisoff, R. Serge. Waylon: A Biography (1983). Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. ISBN 0-87049-387-6.
- Smith, John L. (compiled by) The Waylon Jennings Discography (1995). Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-29745-2.
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| Name | Jennings, Waylon Arnold |
| Alternative names | Hoss |
| Short description | Country music artist |
| Date of birth | June 15, 1937 |
| Place of birth | Littlefield, Texas, United States of America |
| Date of death | February 13, 2002 |
| Place of death | Chandler, Arizona, United States of America |
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| Birth name | Willie Hugh Nelson |
| Also known as | Red Headed Stranger |
| Born | (1933-04-30) April 30, 1933 (age 79) Abbott, Texas, United States[1] |
| Genres | Country, country rock, outlaw country, alternative country |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter, producer, actor, activist |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1956–present |
| Labels | Liberty, RCA, Atlantic, Columbia, Island, Justice Records, Lost Highway |
| Associated acts | Waylon Jennings, The Highwaymen, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson |
| Website | www.willienelson.com |
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Willie Hugh Nelson (pronounced /wɪli nɛlsən /; born April 30, 1933)[1] is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed at the end of the 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana.
Born during the Great Depression, and raised by his grandparents, Nelson wrote his first song at age seven and joined his first band at ten. During high school, he toured locally with the Bohemian Polka as their lead singer and guitar player. After graduating from high school in 1950, he joined the Air Force but was later discharged due to back problems. After his return, Nelson attended Baylor University for two years but dropped out because he was succeeding in music. During this time, he worked as a disc jockey in Texas radio stations and a singer in honky tonks. Nelson moved to Vancouver, Washington, where he wrote "Family Bible" and recorded the song "Lumberjack" in 1956. In 1960, he signed a publishing contract with Pamper Music which allowed him to join Ray Price's band as a bassist. During that time, he wrote songs that would become country standards, including "Funny How Time Slips Away", "Hello Walls", "Pretty Paper", and "Crazy". In 1962, he recorded his first album, And Then I Wrote. Due to this success, Nelson signed in 1964 with RCA Victor and joined the Grand Ole Opry the following year. After mid-chart hits during the end of 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s, and the failure to succeed in music, Nelson retired in 1972 and moved to Austin, Texas. The rise of the popularity of Hippie music in Austin motivated Nelson to return from retirement, performing frequently at the Armadillo World Headquarters.
In 1973, after signing with Atlantic Records, Nelson turned to outlaw country, including albums such as Shotgun Willie and Phases and Stages. In 1975, he switched to Columbia Records, where he recorded the critically acclaimed album, Red Headed Stranger. The same year, he recorded another outlaw country album, Wanted! The Outlaws, along with Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser. During the mid 1980s, while creating hit albums like Honeysuckle Rose and recording hit songs like "On the Road Again", "To All the Girls I've Loved Before", and "Pancho & Lefty", he joined the country supergroup The Highwaymen, along with fellow singers, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, and Kris Kristofferson. During 1990 Nelson's assets were seized by the Internal Revenue Service, that claimed that he owed US $32,000,000. It was later discovered that his accountants, Price Waterhouse did not pay Nelson's taxes for years. The impossibility of Nelson to pay his outstanding debt was aggravated by weak investments made by him during the 1980s. Nelson released in 1991 The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories?, the profits of the double album, destined to the IRS and the auction of Nelson's assets cleared his debt by 1993. During the 1990s and 2000s, Nelson continued touring extensively, and released albums every year. Reviews ranged from positive to mixed. Nelson explored genres such as reggae, blues, jazz, and folk. Nelson made his first movie appearance in the 1979 film, The Electric Horseman, followed by other appearances in movies and on television.
Nelson is a major liberal activist and the co-chair of the advisory board of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, which is in favor of marijuana legalization. On the environmental front, Nelson owns the bio-diesel brand Willie Nelson Biodiesel, which is made from vegetable oil. Nelson is also the honorary chairman of the Advisory Board of the Texas Music Project, the official music charity of the state of Texas.
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Early life[link]
Willie Nelson was born in Abbott, Texas, during the Great Depression on April 30, 1933, to Myrle Marie (née Greenhaw) and Ira Doyle Nelson.[2] Nelson's ancestors were on his father's side English and Irish, while his mother's forebears were Irish and Cherokee.[3][4] The Nelson family had moved from Arkansas in 1929, looking for work. Nelson's grandfather, William, worked as a blacksmith, while his father worked as a mechanic.[5] His mother left soon after he was born,[6] and his father remarried and moved away, leaving the grandparents to bring up Nelson and his sister Bobbie. The Nelson's, who taught singing in schools while living in Arkansas, initiated their grandchildren in music.[7][8] Nelson's grandfather bought him a guitar when he was six, and taught him a few chords;[5] and with his sister Bobbie he sang gospel songs in the local church.[9] He wrote his first song when he was seven,[10] and played the guitar for the local band Bohemian Polka at age nine.[11] During the summer, like most of Abbott's inhabitants, the family picked cotton.[12] As Nelson didn't like picking cotton, starting at age thirteen and continuing through high school, he earned money by singing in local dance halls, taverns, and honky tonks.[13] Nelson was influenced musically during his childhood by Hank Williams, Bob Wills, Lefty Frizzell, Ray Price, Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow , Django Reinhardt, Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong .[14][15]
Nelson attended Abbott High School where, as well as raising pigs for the Future Farmers of America organization,[2] he was a halfback in the school football team, and also played basketball as a guard, and as a shortstop in baseball.[16] While still at school he sang and played guitar in The Texans, a band formed by his sister's husband, Bud Fletcher.[11] After leaving school in 1950 he joined the United States Air Force for eight to nine months,[17] then worked as a disc jockey at local radio stations.[18] He had short stints with KHBR in Hillsboro, Texas and later with KBOP in Pleasanton, Texas.[19][20] In 1952, he married Martha Matthews, and from 1954 to 1956 studied agriculture at Baylor University.[21] Nelson joined the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, but dropped out to pursue a future in music.[22][23] Meanwhile, he held jobs as a tree-trimmer, saddle-maker, as well as selling door-to-door bibles, vacuum cleaners and encyclopedias.[24]
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Beginnings (1956–1972)[link]
In 1956, Nelson moved to Vancouver, Washington to begin his formal musical career. His first record, "No Place For Me" included Leon Payne's "Lumberjack" on the b-side,[25] but was not successful.[26] Nelson continued working as a radio announcer and singing in Vancouver clubs.[27] He sold the song "Family Bible" for US$50 to a guitar instructor, and the song turned into a hit for Claude Gray in 1960.[28] Nelson moved to Nashville in 1960, but no label signed him. Although most of his demos were rejected, thanks to his songwriting and Hank Cochran's help, he signed a publishing contract with Pamper Music. After Ray Price recorded Nelson's "Night Life", Nelson joined Price's touring band as a bass player. While playing with Price and the Cherokee Cowboys, Nelson's songs became hits for other artists, including "Funny How Time Slips Away" (Billy Walker), "Hello Walls" (Faron Young), "Pretty Paper" (Roy Orbison), and, most famously, "Crazy" (Patsy Cline),[27] which became the biggest jukebox hit of all time.[29]
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Written by Willie Nelson, Hello Walls, was a hit for Faron Young in 1961, and the song that gave Nelson national recognition as a songwriter. He recorded the song for his debut album And Then I Wrote.
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Nelson signed with Liberty Records and was recording by August 1961 at Quonset Hut Studio. His first two successful singles as an artist were released by the next year, including "Willingly" (which became his first charting single and first Top Ten at #10) and "Touch Me" (his second Top Ten, stalling at #7), a duet with his soon-to-be second wife, Shirley Collie.[30] He had not further hit singles. Nelson's tenure at Liberty yielded his first album entitled And Then I Wrote, released in September 1962.[31] Fred Foster of Monument Records signed Nelson in early 1964, but only one single was released, "I Never Cared For You".[32]
By the fall of 1964, Nelson had moved to RCA Victor Records at the behest of Chet Atkins, signing a contract for US $10,000 per year.[33] Country Willie – His Own Songs became Nelson's first RCA album, recorded in April 1965. That same year he joined the Grand Ole Opry[34]. During his first few years on RCA, Nelson had no significant hits, but from November 1966 through March 1969, his singles reached the Top 25 in a consistent manner. "One In a Row" (#19, 1966), "The Party's Over" (#24 during a 16-week chart run in 1967), and his cover of Morecambe & Wise's "Bring Me Sunshine" (#13, March 1969) were Nelson's best-selling records during his time with RCA.[26]
After recording his final RCA single – "Mountain Dew" (backed with "Phases, Stages, Circles, Cycles and Scenes") in late April 1972, RCA requested that Nelson renew his contract ahead of schedule, with the implication that RCA would not release his latest recordings if he did not.[35] Due to the failure of his albums to succeed, and particularly frustrated by the reception of Yesterday's Wine, although his contract was not over, Nelson decided to retire from music.[36] Nelson moved to Austin, Texas, where the burgeoning hippie music scene (see Armadillo World Headquarters) rejuvenated the singer. His popularity in Austin soared as he played his own brand of country music marked by country, folk and jazz influences.[37] In March, he performed on the final day of the Dripping Springs Reunion, a three-day country music festival aimed by its producers to be an annual event. Despite the failure to reach the expected attendance, the concept of the festival inspired Nelson to create the Fourth of July Picnic, his own annual event, starting the following year.[38] Nelson decided to return to the recording business, he signed Neil Rashen as his manager to negotiate with the RCA, who got the label to agree to end Nelson's contract upon repayment of US$14,000.[35] Rashen eventually signed Nelson to Atlantic Records for US$25,000 per year, becoming the label's first country artist.[33] By February 1973, Nelson was recording his acclaimed Shotgun Willie at Atlantic Studios in New York City.[39]
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Shotgun Willie, released in May 1973, earned excellent reviews but did not sell well. The album led Nelson to a new style, later stating that Shotgun Willie had "cleared his throat".[40] His next album, Phases and Stages, released in 1974, was a concept album about a couple's divorce, inspired by his own experience. Side one of the record is from the viewpoint of the man, while the other side is from the viewpoint of the woman.[41] The album included the hit single "Bloody Mary Morning." Nelson then moved to Columbia Records, where he signed a contract that gave him complete creative control, made possible by the critical and commercial success of his previous albums.[42] The result was the critically acclaimed, and massively popular 1975 concept album Red Headed Stranger. Although Columbia was reluctant to release an album with primarily a guitar and piano for accompaniment, Nelson and Waylon Jennings insisted. The album included a cover of Fred Rose's 1945 song "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain", that had been released as a single previous to the album, and became Nelson's first number one hit as a singer.[43]
As Jennings was also achieving success in country music in the early 1970s, the pair were combined into a genre called outlaw country, since it did not conform to Nashville standards.[44] The album Wanted! The Outlaws in 1976 with Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser cemented the pair's outlaw image and became country music's first platinum album.[44] Later that year Nelson released The Sound in Your Mind (certified gold in 1978 and platinum in 2001)[45] and his first gospel album Troublemaker[46] (certified gold in 1986).[47] In 1978, Nelson released two more platinum albums, Waylon & Willie, a collaboration with Jennings that included "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys", a hit single written and performed by Ed Bruce.[48] Though observers predicted that Stardust would ruin his career, it went platinum the same year.[49] Nelson continued to top the charts with hit songs during the late 1970s, including "Good Hearted Woman", "Remember Me",[50] "If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time", and "Uncloudy Day".[51]
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During the 1980s Nelson recorded a series of hit singles including "Midnight Rider", a 1980 cover of the Allman Brothers song which Nelson recorded for The Electric Horseman,[52] the soundtrack "On the Road Again" from the movie Honeysuckle Rose,[53] and a duet with Julio Iglesias titled "To All the Girls I've Loved Before". Pancho & Lefty, a duet album with Merle Haggard,[54] and WWII, with Jennings, came out in 1982,[55] while Take it to the Limit was released in 1983, also with Jennings.[56]
In the mid-1980s, Nelson, Jennings, Kristofferson, and Johnny Cash formed The Highwaymen,[57] who achieved platinum record sales and toured the world.[58] Meanwhile, he became more involved with charity work, such as singing on We are the World in 1984.[59] In 1985, Nelson had another success with Half Nelson, a compilation album of duets with a range of artists such as Ray Charles and Neil Young.[60] In 1980, Nelson performed on the south lawn of the White House. The September 13 concert featured First Lady Rosalynn Carter and Nelson in a duet of Ray Wylie Hubbard's "Up Against the Wall Redneck Mother".[61] Nelson frequently visited the White House according to his biography, Willie Nelson: An Epic Life, where he smoked marijuana on the White House roof.[62]
IRS and later career (1990–present)[link]
In 1990, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) seized most of Nelson's assets, claiming that he owed US$32,000,000. It was later discovered that his accountants, Price Waterhouse, had not been paying Nelson's taxes for years. In addition to the unpaid taxes, Nelson's situation was worsened by the weak investments he had made during the early 1980s.[63] His lawyer, Jay Goldberg, negotiated the sum to be lowered to US$16,000,000. Later, Nelson's attorney renegotiated a settlement with the IRS in which he paid US$6,000,000, although Nelson did not comply with the agreement.[64] Nelson released The IRS Tapes: Who'll Buy My Memories? as a double album, with all profits destined for the IRS. Many of his assets were auctioned and purchased by friends, who donated or rented his possessions to him for a nominal fee. He sued Price Waterhouse, contending that they put his money in illegal tax shelters.[65] The lawsuit was settled for an undisclosed amount and Nelson cleared his debts by 1993.[63][66]
During the 1990s and 2000s, Nelson toured continuously, recording several albums including 1998's critically acclaimed Teatro,[67] and performed and recorded with other acts including Phish,[68] Johnny Cash,[69] and Toby Keith. His duet with Keith, "Beer for My Horses", was released as a single and topped the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts for six consecutive weeks in 2003,[70] while the accompanying video won an award for "Best Video" at the 2004 Academy of Country Music Awards.[71] A USA Network television special celebrated Nelson's 70th birthday,[72] and Nelson released The Essential Willie Nelson as part of the celebration.[73] Nelson also appeared on Ringo Starr's 2003 album, Ringo Rama, as a guest vocal on "Write One for Me."
Nelson headlined the 2005 Tsunami Relief Austin to Asia concert to benefit the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, which raised an estimated US$75,000 for UNICEF.[74] Also in 2005, a live performance of the Johnny Cash song "Busted" with Ray Charles was released on Charles' duets album Genius & Friends. Nelson's 2007 performance with jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis at the Lincoln Center,[75] was released as the live album Two Men with the Blues in 2008; reaching number one in Billboard's Top Jazz Albums and number twenty on the Billboard 200.[76] In 2009 Nelson and Marsalis joined with Norah Jones in a tribute concert to Ray Charles, which resulted in the Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles album, released in 2011.[77] In 2010, Nelson released Country Music, a compilation of standards produced by T-Bone Burnett.[78] The album peaked number four in Billboard's Top Country Albums, and twenty on the Billboard 200.[79] It was nominated for Best Americana Album in the 2011 Grammy Awards.[80] In 2011 Nelson participated in the concert Kokua For Japan, a fundraising event for the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan which raised US$1.6 million.[81] On February 2012, Legacy Recordings signed a deal with Nelson that included the release of new material, as well as past releases that would be selected and complemented with outtakes and other material selected by Nelson.[82]
Other ventures[link]
Nelson's acting debut was in the 1979 movie, The Electric Horseman, followed by appearances in Honeysuckle Rose, Thief, and Barbarosa.[83] He played the role of Red Loon in Coming Out of the Ice in 1982 and starred in Songwriter two years later.[84] He portrayed the lead role in the 1986 film version of his concept album Red Headed Stranger. Other movies that Nelson acted in include Wag the Dog, Gone Fishin' (as Billy 'Catch' Pooler), the 1986 television movie Stagecoach (with Johnny Cash), Half Baked, Beerfest, The Dukes of Hazzard, Surfer, Dude and Swing Vote.[83] He has also made guest appearances on Miami Vice (1986's "El Viejo" episode), Delta, Nash Bridges, The Simpsons, Monk, Adventures in Wonderland, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, King of the Hill, The Colbert Report, Swing Vote and Space Ghost Coast to Coast.[85]
In 1988 his first book, Willie: An Autobiography, was published.[86] The Facts of Life: and Other Dirty Jokes, a personal recollection of tour and musical stories from his career, combined with song lyrics, followed in 2002.[87] In 2005 he co-authored Farm Aid: A Song for America, a commemorative book about the twentieth anniversary of the foundation of Farm Aid.[88] His third book, co-authored with long time friend Turk Pipkin, The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart, was published in 2006.[89] In 2007 a book advocating the use of bio-diesel and the reduction of gas emissions, On The Clean Road Again: Biodiesel and The Future of the Family Farm, was published.[90] His next book, A Tale Out of Luck, published in 2008 and co-authored by Mike Blakely, was Nelson's first fictional book.[91]
In 2002, Nelson became the official spokesman of the Texas Roadhouse, a chain of steakhouses. Nelson heavily promoted the chain and appeared on a special on Food Network. The chain installed Willie's Corner, a section dedicated to him and decked out with Willie memorabilia, at several locations.[92] In 2008, Nelson reopened Willie's place, a truckstop in Hillsboro, Texas. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court allowed Nelson to invest in it. The establishment currently has about 80 employees[93] and is used as a concert hall with a bar and a 1,000 square feet (93 m2) dance floor.[94]
Nelson has practised different styles of martial arts, beginning with Kung Fu during the 1980s, as well as Tae Kwon Do, in which he holds a Black belt degree.[95]
Music style[link]
Nelson uses a variety of music styles to create his own distinctive blend of country music – a hybrid of jazz, pop, blues, rock and folk.[96] His "unique sound", which uses a "relaxed, behind-the-beat singing style and gut-string guitar",[97] and his "nasal voice and jazzy, off-center phrasing",[96] has been responsible for his wide appeal, and has made him a "vital icon in country music",[96] influencing the "new country, new traditionalist, and alternative country movements of the '80s and '90s".[96]
Guitars[link]
In 1969, the Baldwin company gave Nelson an amplifier and a three-cord pickup electric guitar. During a show in Helotes, Texas, Nelson left the guitar on the floor of the stage, that was later stepped on by a drunk man.[98] He sent it to be repaired in Nashville by Shot Jackson, who told Nelson that the damage was too great. Jackson offered him a Martin N-20 Classical guitar, and, at Nelson's request, moved the pickup to the Martin. Nelson purchased the guitar unseen for US$750 and named it after Roy Rogers' horse "Trigger".[99] The next year Nelson rescued the guitar from his burning ranch.[100][101][102]
Constant strumming with a guitar pick over the decades has worn a large sweeping hole into the guitar's body near the sound hole—the N-20 has no pick-guard since classical guitars are meant to be played fingerstyle instead of with picks.[29] Its soundboard has been signed by over a hundred of Nelson's friends and associates, ranging from fellow musicians to lawyers and football coaches.[99] The first signature on the guitar was Leon Russell's, who asked Nelson initially to sign his guitar. When Nelson was about to sign it with a marker, Russell requested him to scratch it instead, explaining that the guitar would be more valuable in the future. Interested in the concept, Nelson requested Russell also to also sign his guitar.[98] In 1991, during his process with the IRS, Nelson was worried that Trigger could be auctioned off, stating: "When Trigger goes, I'll quit". He asked his daughter, Lana, to take the guitar from the studio before any IRS agent got there, and bring it to him on Maui.[101] Nelson then hid the guitar in his manager's house until his debt was paid in 1993.[99]
In his book, The Tao of Willie: A Guide to Happiness in Your Heart, Nelson described the influence of the guitar in his style: "One of the secrets to my sound is almost beyond explanation. My battered old Martin guitar, Trigger, has the greatest tone I’ve ever heard from a guitar [...] If I picked up the finest guitar made this year and tried to play my solos exactly the way you heard them on the radio or even at last night’s show, I’d always be a copy of myself and we’d all end up bored. But if I play an instrument that is now a part of me, and do it according to the way that feels right for me [...] I’ll always be an original".[103]
Activism[link]
Nelson is active in a number of issues. Along with Neil Young and John Mellencamp, he set up Farm Aid in 1985 to assist and increase awareness of the importance of family farms,[104] after Bob Dylan's comments during the Live Aid concert that he hoped some of the money would help American farmers in danger of losing their farms through mortgage debt.[105] The first concert included Bob Dylan, Billy Joel, B.B. King, Roy Orbison, and Neil Young among many others,[106] and raised over $9 million for America's family farmers.[107] Besides organizing and performing in the annual concerts, Nelson is the president of the board of Farm Aid.[108]
Nelson is a co-chair of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) advisory board.[109] He has worked with NORML for years, fighting for marijuana legalization. In 2005 Nelson and his family hosted the first annual "Willie Nelson & NORML Benefit Golf Tournament", leading to a cover appearance and inside interview in the January 2008 issue of High Times magazine.[110] After his arrest for possession of marijuana in 2010, Nelson created the TeaPot party under the motto "Tax it, regulate it and legalize it!".[111][112]
Nelson supported Dennis Kucinich's campaign in the 2004 Democratic presidential primaries. He raised money, appeared at events, and composed the song "Whatever Happened to Peace on Earth?", criticizing the war in Iraq.[113] He recorded a radio advertisement asking for support to put musician/author Kinky Friedman on the ballot as an independent candidate for the 2006 Texas gubernatorial election.[114] Friedman promised Nelson a job in Austin as the head of a new Texas Energy Commission due to his support of bio-fuels.[115] In January 2008, Nelson filed a suit against the Texas Democratic Party, alleging that the party violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution by refusing to allow co-plaintiff Kucinich to appear on the primary ballot because he had scratched out part of the loyalty oath on his application.[116]
In 2004, he and his wife Annie became partners with Bob and Kelly King in the building of two Pacific Bio-diesel plants, one in Salem, Oregon and the other at Carl's Corner, Texas (the Texas plant was founded by Carl Cornelius, a longtime Nelson friend and the namesake for Carl's Corner).[117] In 2005, Nelson and several other business partners formed Willie Nelson Biodiesel[118] ("Bio-Willie"), a company that is marketing bio-diesel bio-fuel to truck stops. The fuel is made from vegetable oil (mainly soybean oil), and can be burned without modification in diesel engines.[119]
Nelson is an advocate for better treatment for horses and has been campaigning for the passage of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (H.R. 503/S. 311) alongside the Animal Welfare Institute.[120] He is on its Board of Directors and has adopted a number of horses from Habitat for Horses.[121] In 2008, Nelson signed on to warn consumers about the cruel and illegal living conditions for calves raised to produce milk for dairy products. He wrote letters to Land O'Lakes and Challenge Dairy, two of the major corporations that use milk from calves raised at California's Mendes Calf Ranch, which employs an intensive confinement practice that was the subject of a lawsuit and campaign brought by the Animal Legal Defense Fund.[122]
Personal life[link]
Nelson lives in Maui, Hawaii, in a largely self-sustaining community where all the homes use only solar power.[123] Neighbors include Kris Kristofferson, Woody Harrelson, and Owen Wilson.[124]
Willie Nelson has married four times and fathered seven children.[125] His first marriage was to Martha Matthews; it lasted from 1952 to 1962, and produced three children: Lana, Susie, and Billy. The last committed suicide in 1991.[126] The marriage was marked by violence, with Matthews assaulting Nelson several times.[127][34] Nelson's next marriage was to Shirley Collie in 1963.[128] The couple divorced in 1971, after Collie found a bill from the maternity ward of a Houston hospital charged to Nelson and Connie Koepke for the birth of Paula Carlene Nelson.[127] Koepke and Nelson married the same year and had two daughters, Paula Carlene and Amy Lee. Following a divorce in 1988, he married his current wife, Annie D'Angelo, in 1991. They have two sons, Lukas Autry and Jacob Micah.[129] Nelson traces his genealogy to the American Revolutionary War, in which his ancestor John Nelson served as a major.[130]
While swimming in Hawaii in 1981, Nelson's lung collapsed. All of his scheduled concerts were cancelled and he was taken to the Maui Memorial Hospital.[131] Nelson temporarily stopped smoking cigarettes each time his lungs became congested, and resumed when the congestion ended.[132] In 2008 he started to smoke with a carbon-free system to avoid the effects of smoke in his lungs.[102][133] In 2004 Nelson underwent surgery for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, as he had damaged his wrists by continuously playing the guitar.[134] On the recommendation of his doctor, he cancelled his scheduled concerts and only wrote songs during his recovery.[135]
Nelson has been arrested several times for marijuana possession. The first occasion was in 1974, in Dallas, Texas.[136] Twenty years later, in 1994, highway patrolmen found a marijuana cigarette in his car near Waco, Texas; the resulting court appearance caused him to cancel his appearance at the Grammy awards.[133] While travelling to Ann W. Richards' funeral in 2006, Nelson, along with his manager and his sister, Bobbi, were arrested in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana and charged with possession of marijuana and hallucinogenic mushrooms.[137] Nelson received six months probation.[138] On November 26, 2010, Nelson was arrested for possession of six ounces of marijuana found in his tour bus while travelling from Los Angeles to Texas. He was released after paying bail of US$2,500.[139] Prosecutor Kit Bramblett supported not sentencing Nelson to jail due to the amount of marijuana being small, but suggested instead a US$100 fine and told Nelson that he would have him sing "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" for the court. Judge Becky Dean-Walker stated that Nelson had to pay the fine but did not require him to perform the song, explaining that the prosecutor was joking.[140] Nelson's lawyer Joe Turner reached an agreement with the prosecutor. Nelson was set to pay a US$500 fine to avoid a two-year jail sentence with a 30-day review period, which in case of another incident would end the agreement.[141] The judge later rejected the agreement, claiming that Nelson was receiving preferential treatment for his celebrity status, when the offence normally carried a one-year jail sentence.[142]
Legacy[link]
Nelson is widely recognized as an American icon.[143][144] He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1993,[145] and he received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1998.[146][147] In 2011, Nelson was inducted to the National Agricultural Hall of Fame, for his labor in Farm Aid and other fund risers to benefit farmers.[148]
In 2003 Governor Perry signed bill #2582, introduced by State Representative Elizabeth Ames Jones and Senator Jeff Wentworth,[149] which funded the Texas Music Project, the state's official music charity. Nelson was named Honorary Chairman of the Advisory Board of the project.[150] In 2005, Democratic Texas Senator Gonzalo Barrientos introduced a bill to name 49 miles (79 km) of the Travis County section of State Highway 130 after Nelson, and at one point 23 of the 31 state Senators were co-sponsors of the bill.[151] The legislation was dropped after two Republican senators, Florence Shapiro and Wentworth, objected, citing Nelson's lack of connection to the highway, his fundraisers for Democrats, his drinking, and his marijuana advocacy.[152]
An important collection of Willie Nelson materials (1975–1994) became part of the Wittliff collections of Southwestern Writers, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas. The collection contains lyrics, screenplays, letters, concert programs, tour itineraries, posters, articles, clippings, personal effects, promotional items, souvenirs, and documents. It documents Nelson's IRS troubles and how Farm Aid contributions were used. Most of the material was collected by Nelson's friend Bill Wittliff, who wrote or co-wrote Honeysuckle Rose, Barbarosa and Red Headed Stranger.[153]
In April 2010, Nelson received the "Feed the Peace" award from The Nobelity Project for his extensive work with Farm Aid and overall contributions to world peace.[154] On June 23, 2010 he was inducted into the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry.[155][156] Nelson is an honorary trustee of the Dayton International Peace Museum.[157] In 2010, Austin, Texas renamed Second Street to Willie Nelson Boulevard. The city also unveiled a life-size statue to honor him, placed at the entrance of Austin City Limits' new studio.[158] The non-profit organization Capital Area Statues commissioned sculptor Clete Shields to execute the project.[159] The statue was unveiled on April 20, 2012.[160] The date selected by the city of Austin unintentionally coincided with the number 4/20, associated with cannabis culture. In spite of the coincidence and Nelson's advocacy for the legalization of marijuana, the ceremony was scheduled also for 4:20 pm. During the ceremony, Nelson performed the song "Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die".[161]
For many years, Nelson's image was marked by his red hair, often divided into two long braids partially concealed under a bandanna. In the April 2007 issue of Stuff Magazine Nelson was interviewed about his long locks.[162] "I started braiding my hair when it started getting too long, and that was, I don't know, probably in the 70's." On May 26, 2010, the Associated Press reported that Nelson had cut his hair,[163] and Nashville music journalist Jimmy Carter published a photograph of the pigtail-free Nelson on his website.[164] Reportedly, he wanted a more maintainable hairstyle, as well helping him stay cool more easily at his Maui home.[165]
Nelson's touring and recording group, the Family, is full of longstanding members. The original lineup included his sister Bobbie Nelson, drummer Paul English, harmonicist Mickey Raphael, bassist Bee Spears, Billy English (Paul's younger brother), and Jody Payne.[166] The current lineup includes all the members but Jody Payne, who retired, and Bee Spears, who died in 2011.[167] Willie & Family tours North America in the bio-diesel bus Honeysuckle Rose IV, which is fueled by Bio-Willie.[168]
Discography and other works[link]
As well as recording over sixty studio albums, Nelson has appeared in over thirty films and TV shows. His acting debut was in the 1979 movie, The Electric Horseman, followed by appearances in Honeysuckle Rose, Thief, and Barbarosa.[83]
- Recordings
Further information: Willie Nelson albums discography and Willie Nelson singles discography
- Films
Further information: Willie Nelson filmography
- Books
- Willie: An Autobiography, Simon & Schuster, 1988, with Bud Shrake
- The Facts of Life and Other Dirty Jokes, Random House, 2002
- The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart, Gotham, 2006, with Turk Pipkin
- A Tale Out of Luck (a novel), Center Street, 2008, with Mike Blakely
- On The Clean Road Again: Biodiesel and The Future of the Family Farm, Fulcrum Publishing, 2007
- Farm Aid: A Song for America, 2005, Rodale Books, foreword by Willie Nelson
See also[link]
- Inductees of the Country Music Hall of Fame
- List of country musicians
- Music of Austin
- List of best-selling music artists
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- Further reading
- The Encyclopedia of Country Music ed. Paul Kingsbury, pp. 374–76 "Willie Nelson", Bob Allen, New York: Oxford University Press, 1998
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| Birth name | John R. Cash |
| Born | (1932-02-26)February 26, 1932 Kingsland, Arkansas, United States |
| Origin | Kingsland, Arkansas, United States |
| Died | September 12, 2003(2003-09-12) (aged 71) Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| Genres | Country, rock and roll, folk, americana, gospel, blues, rockabilly |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, musician, actor |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, harmonica, mandolin |
| Years active | 1955–2003 |
| Labels | Sun, Columbia, Mercury, American, House of Cash, Legacy Recordings |
| Associated acts | The Tennessee Three, The Highwaymen, June Carter Cash, The Statler Brothers, The Carter Family, The Oak Ridge Boys, Area Code 615, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers |
| Website | johnnycash.com |
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John R. "Johnny" Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003), was an American singer-songwriter, actor,[2] and author,[2] who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.[3] Although he is primarily remembered as a country music icon, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll—especially early in his career—as well as blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal led to Cash being inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
Cash was known for his deep, distinctive bass-baritone voice;[4][5][6] for the "boom-chicka-boom" sound of his Tennessee Three backing band; for his rebelliousness,[7][8] coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor;[4] for providing free concerts inside prison walls;[9][10] and for his dark performance clothing, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black".[11] He traditionally started his concerts by saying, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash."[12][13] and usually following it up with his standard "Folsom Prison Blues".
Much of Cash's music, especially that of his later career, echoed themes of sorrow, moral tribulation and redemption.[4][14] His signature songs include "I Walk the Line", "Folsom Prison Blues", "Ring of Fire", "Get Rhythm" and "Man in Black". He also recorded humorous numbers, including "One Piece at a Time" and "A Boy Named Sue"; a duet with his future wife, June Carter, called "Jackson"; as well as railroad songs including "Hey, Porter" and "Rock Island Line".[15] Late in his career, Cash covered songs by several rock artists, most notably "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails - the resulting music video was voted one of the best of all time and is sometimes seen as Cash's epitaph.
Cash, a troubled but devout Christian,[16][17] has been characterized as a "lens through which to view American contradictions and challenges."[18][19][20] A Biblical scholar,[2][21][22] he penned a Christian novel titled Man in White,[23][24] and he made a spoken word recording of the entire New King James Version of the New Testament.[25][26] Even so, Cash declared that he was "the biggest sinner of them all", and viewed himself overall as a complicated and contradictory man.[27][28] Accordingly,[29] Cash is said to have "contained multitudes", and has been deemed "the philosopher-prince of American country music".[30][31]
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Personal life[link]
Early life[link]
Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland, Arkansas,[32] the fourth of seven children to Ray Cash (May 13, 1897, Kingsland, Arkansas – December 23, 1985, Hendersonville, Tennessee)[33] and Carrie Cloveree Rivers (March 13, 1904, Rison, Arkansas – March 11, 1991, Hendersonville, Tennessee).[34][35] Cash was named John R. Cash because his parents couldn't think of a name, but he went by J. R. all throughout his childhood as a shortened version of his real name. When Cash enlisted in the Air Force, they wouldn't let him use initials as his name, so he began to use his legal name of John R. Cash. In 1955, when signing with Sun Records, he took Johnny Cash as his stage name.[36]
The Cash children were, in order: Roy, Margaret Louise, Jack, J. R., Reba, Joanne and Tommy.[37][38] His younger brother, Tommy Cash, also became a successful country artist.
In March 1935, when Cash was three years old, the family settled in Dyess, Arkansas. He started working in cotton fields at age five, singing along with his family simultaneously while working. The family farm was flooded on at least two occasions, which later inspired him to write the song "Five Feet High and Rising".[39] His family's economic and personal struggles during the Great Depression inspired many of his songs, especially those about other people facing similar difficulties.
Cash was very close to his older brother, Jack.[40] In May 1944, Jack was pulled into a whirling head saw in the mill where he worked and was almost cut in two. He suffered for over a week before he died on May 20, 1944, at age 15.[39] Cash often spoke of the horrible guilt he felt over this incident. According to Cash: The Autobiography, his father was away that morning, but he and his mother, and Jack himself, all had premonitions or a sense of foreboding about that day, causing his mother to urge Jack to skip work and go fishing with his brother. Jack insisted on working, as the family needed the money. On his deathbed, Jack said he had visions of heaven and angels. Decades later, Cash spoke of looking forward to meeting his brother in heaven.
Cash's early memories were dominated by gospel music and radio. Taught by his mother and a childhood friend, Cash began playing guitar and writing songs as a young boy. In high school he sang on a local radio station; decades later he released an album of traditional gospel songs, called My Mother's Hymn Book. He was also significantly influenced by traditional Irish music that he heard performed weekly by Dennis Day on the Jack Benny radio program.[41]
Cash enlisted in the United States Air Force on July 7, 1950.[42] After basic training at Lackland Air Force Base and technical training at Brooks Air Force Base, both in San Antonio, Texas, Cash was assigned to a U.S. Air Force Security Service unit, assigned as a Morse Code Intercept Operator for Soviet Army transmissions at Landsberg, Germany "where he created his first band named The Landsberg Barbarians."[43] He was the first radio operator to pick up the news of the death of Joseph Stalin.[44] After he was honorably discharged as a Staff Sergeant on July 3, 1954, he returned to Texas.[45]
Marriages and family[link]
On July 18, 1951, while in Air Force training, Cash met 17-year-old Vivian Liberto at a roller skating rink in her native San Antonio. They dated for three weeks, until Cash was deployed to Germany for a three year tour. During that time, the couple exchanged hundreds of pages of love letters.[46] On August 7, 1954, one month after his discharge, they were married at St. Anne's Catholic church in San Antonio. The ceremony was performed by her uncle, Father Vincent Liberto. They had four daughters: Rosanne, Kathy, Cindy and Tara. Cash's drug and alcohol abuse, constant touring, and affairs with other women, and his close relationship with future wife June Carter, led Liberto to file for divorce in 1966.[47]
In 1968, 13 years after they first met backstage at the Grand Ole Opry, Cash proposed to June Carter, an established country singer, during a live performance in London, Ontario,[48] marrying on March 1, 1968, in Franklin, Kentucky. They had one child together, John Carter Cash (born March 3, 1970). They continued to work together and tour for 35 years, until June Carter died in 2003. Cash died just four months later. Carter co-wrote one of Cash's biggest hits, "Ring of Fire," with singer Merle Kilgore. She and Cash won two Grammy awards for their duets.
Vivian Liberto claims a different version of the origins of "Ring of Fire" in I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny, stating that Cash gave Carter the credit for monetary reasons.[49]
Heritage[link]
Cash's heritage was a British Isles mix. He learned upon researching his heritage that he was of Scottish royal descent on his father's side, traced back to Malcolm I of Scotland.[50][51][52] After meeting with now-dead laird Major Michael Crichton-Stuart of Falkland, Fife, Scotland, Johnny traced the Cash family tree to eleventh-century Fife;[53][54][55] Cash Loch and other locations in Fife bear the name of his family.[53]
Cash also had English and Scots-Irish ancestry. Though he did not have American Indian ancestry, his empathy and compassion for Native American Indians were unabated. These feelings were expressed in several of his songs, including "Apache Tears" and "The Ballad of Ira Hayes", and on his album, Bitter Tears: Ballads of the American Indian. Through his maternal grandmother, Rosanna Lee (Hurst) Rivers, Cash is distantly related to millionaire William Randolph Hearst and socialite Patty Hearst.[citation needed]
Friends[link]
Cash was a long time friend of Woody Hayes (ex Ohio State Buckeyes football coach). The lyrics "I braided Twigs of Willows Made a String of Buckeye Beads" from the song Flesh and Blood was for Woody.[citation needed]
Career[link]
Early career[link]
In 1954, Cash and Vivian moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where he sold appliances while studying to be a radio announcer. At night he played with guitarist Luther Perkins and bassist Marshall Grant. Perkins and Grant were known as the Tennessee Two. Cash worked up the courage to visit the Sun Records studio, hoping to get a recording contract. After auditioning for Sam Phillips, singing mostly gospel songs, Phillips told him that he didn't record gospel music any longer. It was once rumored that Phillips told Cash to "go home and sin, then come back with a song I can sell," though in a 2002 interview Cash denied that Phillips made any such comment.[56] Cash eventually won over the producer with new songs delivered in his early rock'a'billy style. In 1955 Cash made his first recordings at Sun, "Hey Porter" and "Cry! Cry! Cry!", which were released in late June and met with reasonable success on the country hit parade.
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Cash (standing at right) with Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis. Cash wrote in his book, Cash: the Autobiography, that he sang the songs on the recordings, but was the one who was the farthest from the microphone and was singing the songs in a higher pitch to blend in with Elvis.
On December 4, 1956, Elvis Presley dropped in on studio owner Sam Phillips to pay a social visit while Carl Perkins was in the studio cutting new tracks, with Jerry Lee Lewis backing him on piano. Cash was also in the studio and the four started an impromptu jam session. Phillips left the tapes running and the recordings, almost half of which were gospel songs, survived and have since been released under the title Million Dollar Quartet.
Cash's next record, "Folsom Prison Blues", made the country Top 5, and "I Walk the Line" became No. 1 on the country charts and entered the pop charts Top 20. "Home of the Blues" followed, recorded in July 1957. That same year Cash became the first Sun artist to release a long-playing album. Although he was Sun's most consistently selling and prolific artist at that time, Cash felt constrained by his contract with the small label partly due to the fact that Phillips wasn't keen on Johnny recording gospel, and he was only getting a 3% royalty as opposed to the standard rate of 5%. Presley had already left Sun, and Phillips was focusing most of his attention and promotion on Lewis. The following year Cash left the label to sign a lucrative offer with Columbia Records, where his single "Don't Take Your Guns to Town" became one of his biggest hits.
In the early 1960s, Cash toured with the Carter Family, which by this time regularly included Mother Maybelle's daughters, Anita, June and Helen. June, whom Cash would eventually marry, later recalled admiring him from afar during these tours. In the 1960s he appeared on Pete Seeger's short lived Rainbow Quest.[57]
He also acted in a 1961 film entitled Five Minutes to Live, later re-released as Door-to-door Maniac. He also wrote and sang the opening theme.
Outlaw image[link]
As his career was taking off in the late 1950s, Cash started drinking heavily and became addicted to amphetamines and barbiturates. For a brief time, he shared an apartment in Nashville with Waylon Jennings, who was heavily addicted to amphetamines. Cash used the uppers to stay awake during tours. Friends joked about his "nervousness" and erratic behavior, many ignoring the warning signs of his worsening drug addiction. In a behind-the-scenes look at The Johnny Cash Show, Cash claims to have "tried every drug there was to try."
Although in many ways spiraling out of control, Cash's frenetic creativity was still delivering hits. His rendition of "Ring of Fire" was a crossover hit, reaching No. 1 on the country charts and entering the Top 20 on the pop charts. The song was written by June Carter and Merle Kilgore. The song was originally performed by June's sister, but the signature mariachi-style horn arrangement was provided by Cash, who said that it had come to him in a dream.
In June 1965, his truck caught fire due to an overheated wheel bearing, triggering a forest fire that burnt several hundred acres in Los Padres National Forest in California.[58][59] When the judge asked Cash why he did it, Cash said, "I didn't do it, my truck did, and it's dead, so you can't question it."[39] The fire destroyed 508 acres (206 ha), burning the foliage off three mountains and killing 49 of the refuge's 53 endangered condors. Cash was unrepentant: "I don't care about your damn yellow buzzards." The federal government sued him and was awarded $125,172 ($923,127 today). Cash eventually settled the case and paid $82,001.[60] He said he was the only person ever sued by the government for starting a forest fire.[39]
Although Cash carefully cultivated a romantic outlaw image, he never served a prison sentence. Despite landing in jail seven times for misdemeanors, each stay lasted only a single night. His most infamous run-in with the law occurred while on tour in 1965, when he was arrested October 4 by a narcotics squad in El Paso, Texas. The officers suspected that he was smuggling heroin from Mexico, but it was 688 Dexedrine capsules and 475 Equanil tablets that the singer had hidden inside his guitar case. Because they were prescription drugs rather than illegal narcotics, he received a suspended sentence.
Cash was later arrested on May 11, 1965, in Starkville, Mississippi, for trespassing late at night onto private property to pick flowers. (This incident gave the spark for the song "Starkville City Jail", which he spoke about on his live At San Quentin prison album.)
In the mid 1960s, Cash released a number of concept albums, including Ballads Of the True West (1965), an experimental double record mixing authentic frontier songs with Cash's spoken narration, and Bitter Tears (1964), with songs highlighting the plight of the Native Americans. His drug addiction was at its worst at this point, and his destructive behavior led to a divorce from his first wife and canceled performances.
In 1967, Cash's duet with June Carter, "Jackson", won a Grammy Award.
Johnny Cash's final arrest was in Walker County, Georgia where he was taken in after being involved in a car accident while carrying a bag of prescription pills. Cash attempted to bribe a local deputy, who turned the money down, and then spent the night in a LaFayette, Georgia jail. The singer was released after a long talk with Sheriff Ralph Jones, who warned him of his dangerous behavior and wasted potential. Johnny credited that experience for saving his life, and he later came back to LaFayette to play a benefit concert that attracted 12,000 people (the city population was less than 9,000 at the time) and raised $75,000 for the high school.[61]
Cash curtailed his use of drugs for several years in 1968, after a spiritual epiphany in the Nickajack Cave, when he attempted to commit suicide while under the heavy influence of drugs. He descended deeper into the cave, trying to lose himself and "just die", when he passed out on the floor. He reported to be exhausted and feeling at the end of his rope when he felt God's presence in his heart and managed to struggle out of the cave (despite the exhaustion) by following a faint light and slight breeze. To him, it was his own rebirth. June, Maybelle, and Ezra Carter moved into Cash's mansion for a month to help him conquer his addiction. Cash proposed onstage to June at a concert at the London Gardens in London, Ontario on February 22, 1968; the couple married a week later (on March 1) in Franklin, Kentucky. June had agreed to marry Cash after he had "cleaned up".[62] He rediscovered his Christian faith, taking an "altar call" in Evangel Temple, a small church in the Nashville area, pastored by Rev. Jimmie Rodgers Snow, son of country music legend Hank Snow.
According to longtime friend Marshall Grant, Cash's 1968 rebirth experience did not result in his completely stopping use of amphetamines. However, in 1970, Cash ended all drug use for a period of seven years. Grant claims that the birth of Cash's son, John Carter Cash, inspired Cash to end his dependence. Cash began using amphetamines again in 1977. By 1983, he was once again addicted, and entered the Betty Ford Clinic in Rancho Mirage, California for rehabilitation. Cash managed to stay off drugs for several years, but by 1989, he was dependent again and entered Nashville's Cumberland Heights Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center. In 1992, he entered the Loma Linda Behavioural Medicine Centre in Loma Linda, California for his final rehabilitation (several months later, his son followed him into this facility for treatment).[63][64][65]
Folsom Prison Blues[link]
Cash felt great compassion for prisoners. He began performing concerts at various prisons starting in the late 1950s. His first ever prison concert was held on January 1, 1958 at San Quentin State Prison.[66] These performances led to a pair of highly successful live albums, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (1968) and Johnny Cash at San Quentin (1969).
The Folsom Prison record was introduced by a rendition of his classic "Folsom Prison Blues", while the San Quentin record included the crossover hit single "A Boy Named Sue", a Shel Silverstein-penned novelty song that reached No. 1 on the country charts and No. 2 on the U.S. Top Ten pop charts. The AM versions of the latter contained a couple of profanities which were edited out. The modern CD versions are unedited and uncensored and thus also longer than the original vinyl albums, though they still retain the audience reaction overdubs of the originals.
In addition to his performances at U.S. prisons, Cash also performed at the Österåker Prison in Sweden in 1972. The live album På Österåker ("At Österåker") was released in 1973. Between the songs, Cash can be heard speaking Swedish, which was greatly appreciated by the inmates.
"The Man in Black"[link]
From 1969 to 1971, Cash starred in his own television show, The Johnny Cash Show, on the ABC network. The Statler Brothers opened up for him in every episode; the Carter Family and rockabilly legend Carl Perkins were also part of the regular show entourage. However, Cash also enjoyed booking more mainstream performers as guests; such notables included Neil Young, Louis Armstrong, Kenny Rogers and The First Edition (who appeared a record four times on his show), James Taylor, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton (then leading Derek and the Dominos), and Bob Dylan. During the same period, he contributed the title song and other songs to the film Little Fauss and Big Halsey, which starred Robert Redford, Michael J. Pollard, and Lauren Hutton. The title song, The Ballad of Little Fauss and Big Halsey, written by Carl Perkins, was nominated for a Golden Globe award.
Cash had met with Dylan in the mid 1960s and became closer friends when they were neighbors in the late 1960s in Woodstock, New York. Cash was enthusiastic about reintroducing the reclusive Dylan to his audience. Cash sang a duet with Dylan on Dylan's country album Nashville Skyline and also wrote the album's Grammy-winning liner notes.
Another artist who received a major career boost from The Johnny Cash Show was songwriter Kris Kristofferson, who was beginning to make a name for himself as a singer/songwriter. During a live performance of Kristofferson's "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", Cash refused to change the lyrics to suit network executives, singing the song with its references to marijuana intact: "On a Sunday morning sidewalk / I'm wishin', Lord, that I was stoned."[67]
By the early 1970s, he had crystallized his public image as "The Man in Black". He regularly performed dressed all in black, wearing a long black knee-length coat. This outfit stood in contrast to the costumes worn by most of the major country acts in his day: rhinestone suit and cowboy boots. In 1971, Cash wrote the song "Man in Black", to help explain his dress code: "We're doing mighty fine I do suppose / In our streak of lightning cars and fancy clothes / But just so we're reminded of the ones who are held back / Up front there ought to be a man in black."
He wore black on behalf of the poor and hungry, on behalf of "the prisoner who has long paid for his crime",[68] and on behalf of those who have been betrayed by age or drugs.[68] "And," Cash added, "with the Vietnam War as painful in my mind as it was in most other Americans', I wore it 'in mournin' for the lives that could have been.' ... Apart from the Vietnam War being over, I don't see much reason to change my position ... The old are still neglected, the poor are still poor, the young are still dying before their time, and we're not making many moves to make things right. There's still plenty of darkness to carry off."[68]
He and his band had initially worn black shirts because that was the only matching color they had among their various outfits.[39] He wore other colors on stage early in his career, but he claimed to like wearing black both on and off stage. He stated that, political reasons aside, he simply liked black as his on-stage color.[39] To this day, the US Navy's winter blue uniform is referred to by sailors as "Johnny Cashes", as the uniform's shirt, tie, and trousers are solid black.[69]
In the mid 1970s, Cash's popularity and number of hit songs began to decline. He made commercials for Amoco, an unpopular enterprise in an era in which oil companies made high profits while consumers suffered through high gasoline prices and shortages. However, his autobiography (the first of two), titled Man in Black, was published in 1975 and sold 1.3 million copies. A second, Cash: The Autobiography, appeared in 1997. His friendship with Billy Graham led to the production of a film about the life of Jesus, The Gospel Road, which Cash co-wrote and narrated.
He also continued to appear on television, hosting an annual Christmas special on CBS throughout the 1970s. Later television appearances included a role in an episode of Columbo (Swan Song). He also appeared with his wife on an episode of Little House on the Prairie entitled "The Collection" and gave a performance as John Brown in the 1985 American Civil War television mini-series North and South. Johnny and June also appeared in Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman (TV series) as a recurring couple. Cash also had a starring role in a Columbo film.
He was friendly with every US President starting with Richard Nixon. He was closest to Jimmy Carter, with whom he became close friends.[39] He stated that he found all of them personally charming, noting that this was probably essential to getting oneself elected.[39]
When invited to perform at the White House for the first time in 1970,[70] Richard Nixon's office requested that he play "Okie from Muskogee" (a satirical Merle Haggard song about people who despised youthful drug users and war protesters) and "Welfare Cadillac" (a Guy Drake song which denies the integrity of welfare recipients). Cash declined to play either and instead selected other songs, including "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" (about a brave Native American World War II veteran who was mistreated upon his return to Arizona), and his own compositions, "What Is Truth" and "Man in Black". Cash wrote that the reasons for denying Nixon's song choices were not knowing them and having fairly short notice to rehearse them, rather than any political reason.[39] However, Cash added, even if Nixon's office had given Cash enough time to learn and rehearse the songs, their choice of pieces that conveyed "antihippie and antiblack" sentiments might have backfired.[71]
Highwaymen[link]
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From left to right Kris Kristofferson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, who formed the country music supergroup, The Highwaymen
In 1980, Cash became the Country Music Hall of Fame's youngest living inductee at age 48, but during the 1980s his records failed to make a major impact on the country charts, although he continued to tour successfully. In the mid 1980s, he recorded and toured with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson as The Highwaymen, making three hit albums which were released beginning with the originally titled "Highwaymen" in 1985, followed by "Highwaymen 2" in 1990, and concluding with "Highwaymen - The Road Goes on forever" in 1995.
During that period, Cash appeared in a number of television films. In 1981, he starred in The Pride of Jesse Hallam, winning fine reviews for a film that called attention to adult illiteracy. In the same year, Cash appeared as a "very special guest star" in an episode of the Muppet Show. In 1983, he appeared as a heroic sheriff in Murder in Coweta County, based on a real-life Georgia murder case, which co-starred Andy Griffith as his nemesis. Cash had tried for years to make the film, for which he won acclaim.
Cash relapsed into addiction after being administered painkillers for a serious abdominal injury in 1983 caused by an unusual incident in which he was kicked and wounded by an ostrich he kept on his farm.[72]
At a hospital visit in 1988, this time to watch over Waylon Jennings (who was recovering from a heart attack), Jennings suggested that Cash have himself checked into the hospital for his own heart condition. Doctors recommended preventive heart surgery, and Cash underwent double bypass surgery in the same hospital. Both recovered, although Cash refused to use any prescription painkillers, fearing a relapse into dependency. Cash later claimed that during his operation, he had what is called a "near death experience". He said he had visions of Heaven that were so beautiful that he was angry when he woke up alive.[citation needed]
Cash's recording career and his general relationship with the Nashville establishment were at an all-time low in the 1980s. He realized that his record label of nearly 30 years, Columbia, was growing indifferent to him and was not properly marketing him (he was "invisible" during that time, as he said in his autobiography). Cash recorded an intentionally awful song to protest, a self-parody.[citation needed] "Chicken in Black" was about Cash's brain being transplanted into a chicken. Ironically, the song turned out to be a larger commercial success than any of his other recent material. Nevertheless, he was hoping to kill the relationship with the label before they did, and it was not long after "Chicken in Black" that Columbia and Cash parted ways.
In 1986, Cash returned to Sun Studios in Memphis to team up with Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins to create the album Class of '55. Also in 1986, Cash published his only novel, Man in White, a book about Saul and his conversion to become the Apostle Paul. He also recorded Johnny Cash Reads The Complete New Testament in 1990.
American Recordings[link]
After Columbia Records dropped Cash from his recording contract, he had a short and unsuccessful stint with Mercury Records from 1987 to 1991 (see Johnny Cash discography).
His career was rejuvenated in the 1990s, leading to popularity with an audience not traditionally interested in country music. In 1991, he sang a version of "Man in Black" for the Christian punk band One Bad Pig's album I Scream Sunday. In 1993, he sang "The Wanderer" on U2's album Zooropa. Although no longer sought after by major labels, he was offered a contract with producer Rick Rubin's American Recordings label, better known for rap and hard rock.
Under Rubin's supervision, he recorded American Recordings (1994) in his living room, accompanied only by his Martin Dreadnought guitar – one of many Cash played throughout his career.[73] The album featured covers of contemporary artists selected by Rubin and had much critical and commercial success, winning a Grammy for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Cash wrote that his reception at the 1994 Glastonbury Festival was one of the highlights of his career. This was the beginning of a decade of music industry accolades and commercial success. Cash teamed up with Brooks & Dunn to contribute "Folsom Prison Blues" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Country produced by the Red Hot Organization. On the same album, he performed the Bob Dylan favorite "Forever Young".
Cash and his wife appeared on a number of episodes of the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman starring Jane Seymour. The actress thought so highly of Cash that she later named one of her twin sons after him. He lent his voice for a cameo role in The Simpsons episode "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)," as the "Space Coyote" that guides Homer Simpson on a spiritual quest. In 1996, Cash enlisted the accompaniment of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and released Unchained, which won the Best Country Album Grammy. Believing he did not explain enough of himself in his 1975 autobiography Man in Black, he wrote Cash: The Autobiography in 1997.
Last years[link]
In 1997, Cash was diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease Shy-Drager syndrome, a form of multiple system atrophy. The diagnosis was later altered to autonomic neuropathy associated with diabetes. This illness forced Cash to curtail his touring. He was hospitalized in 1998 with severe pneumonia, which damaged his lungs. The albums American III: Solitary Man (2000) and American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002) contained Cash's response to his illness in the form of songs of a slightly more somber tone than the first two American albums. The video that was released for "Hurt", a cover of the song by Nine Inch Nails, fits Cash's view of his past and feelings of regret. The video for the song, from American IV, is now generally recognized as "his epitaph,"[74] and received particular critical and popular acclaim.
June Carter Cash died on May 15, 2003, at the age of 73. June had told Cash to keep working, so he continued to record, completing 60 more songs in the last four months of his life, and even performed a couple of surprise shows at the Carter Family Fold outside Bristol, Virginia. At the July 5, 2003, concert (his last public performance), before singing "Ring of Fire", Cash read a statement about his late wife that he had written shortly before taking the stage:
The spirit of June Carter overshadows me tonight with the love she had for me and the love I have for her. We connect somewhere between here and heaven. She came down for a short visit, I guess, from heaven to visit with me tonight to give me courage and inspiration like she always has.
Death[link]
Cash died of complications from diabetes at approximately 2:00 a.m. CT on September 12, 2003, while hospitalized at Baptist Hospital in Nashville - less than four months after his wife. It was suggested that Johnny's health worsened due to a broken heart over June's death.[75][76] He was buried next to his wife in Hendersonville Memory Gardens near his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
On May 24, 2005, Vivian Liberto, Cash's first wife and the mother of Rosanne Cash and three other daughters, died from surgery to remove lung cancer at the age of 71. It was her daughter Rosanne's 50th birthday.[77]
In June 2005, Cash's lakeside home on Caudill Drive in Hendersonville was put up for sale by his estate. In January 2006, the house was sold to Bee Gees vocalist Barry Gibb and wife Linda and titled in their Florida limited liability company for $2.3 million. The listing agent was Cash's younger brother, Tommy Cash. During a major restoration of the property by the new owner, Cash's home was accidentally destroyed by workers using linseed oil products in a spontaneous combustion-ignited fire on April 10, 2007.[78]
One of Cash's final collaborations with producer Rick Rubin, entitled American V: A Hundred Highways, was released posthumously on July 4, 2006. The album debuted in the No.1 position on the Billboard Top 200 album chart for the week ending July 22, 2006.
On February 23, 2010, three days before what would have been Cash's 78th birthday, the Cash Family, Rick Rubin, and Lost Highway Records released his second posthumous record, titled American VI: Ain't No Grave.
Legacy[link]
From his early days as a pioneer of rockabilly and rock and roll in the 1950s, to his decades as an international representative of country music, to his resurgence to fame in the 1990s as a living legend and an alternative country icon, Cash influenced countless artists and left a large body of work. Upon his death, Cash was revered by the greatest popular musicians of his time. His rebellious image and often anti-authoritarian stance influenced punk rock.[79][80]
Among Cash's children, his daughter Rosanne Cash (by first wife Vivian Liberto) and his son John Carter Cash (by June Carter Cash) are notable country-music musicians in their own right.
Cash nurtured and defended artists on the fringes of what was acceptable in country music even while serving as the country music establishment's most visible symbol. At an all-star concert which aired in 1999 on TNT, a diverse group of artists paid him tribute, including Bob Dylan, Chris Isaak, Wyclef Jean, Norah Jones, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Dom DeLuise and U2. Cash himself appeared at the end and performed for the first time in more than a year. Two tribute albums were released shortly before his death; Kindred Spirits contains works from established artists, while Dressed in Black contains works from many lesser-known artists.
In total, he wrote over 1,000 songs and released dozens of albums. A box set titled Unearthed was issued posthumously. It included four CDs of unreleased material recorded with Rubin as well as a Best of Cash on American retrospective CD.
In recognition of his lifelong support of SOS Children's Villages, his family invited friends and fans to donate to that charity in his memory. He had a personal link with the SOS village in Diessen, at the Ammersee Lake in Southern Germany, near where he was stationed as a GI, and also with the SOS village in Barrett Town, by Montego Bay, near his holiday home in Jamaica.[81] The Johnny Cash Memorial Fund was founded.[82]
In 1999, Cash received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Cash[83] No.31 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[84]
In a tribute to Cash after his death, country music singer Gary Allan included the song "Nickajack Cave (Johnny Cash's Redemption)" on his 2005 album entitled Tough All Over. The song chronicles Cash hitting rock bottom and subsequently resurrecting his life and career.
The main street in Hendersonville, Tennessee, Highway 31E, is known as "Johnny Cash Parkway"; the Johnny Cash Museum is located in the town.
On November 2–4, 2007, the Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival was held in Starkville, Mississippi. Starkville, where Cash was arrested over 40 years earlier and held overnight at the city jail on May 11, 1965, inspired Cash to write the song "Starkville City Jail". The festival, where he was offered a symbolic posthumous pardon, honored Cash's life and music, and was expected to become an annual event.[85]
JC Unit One, Johnny Cash's private tour bus from 1980 until 2003, was put on exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame + Museum in 2007. The Cleveland, Ohio museum offers public tours of the bus on a seasonal basis (it is stored during the winter months and not exhibited during those times).
WWE Superstar The Undertaker used Cash's song "Aint No Grave" (from American VI: Ain't No Grave) to announce his return following an absence in February, 2011, and as his entrance music for Wrestlemania XXVII. Independent circuit wrestlers Tyson Dux and Brodie Lee also use "God's Gonna Cut You Down" (from American V: A Hundred Highways) as entrance music. Other professional wrestlers who have used Cash's songs as entrance music include Austin Aries, who used his cover of the Depeche Mode's song "Personal Jesus" (from American IV: The Man Comes Around), and Necro Butcher, who used both "The Man Comes Around" and "Hurt". WWE also used "Hurt" in a special video package that was aired on Monday Night RAW in November 2005 as a tribute to Eddie Guerrero, a popular WWE Superstar who had died of heart failure while he was still contracted with the company. It is also noted that current WWE Superstar Ted DiBiase, Jr. is a huge fan of Cash, as is former WWE Diva and current TNA Knockout Mickie James.
The television show "The Deadliest Catch" is using the song "Ain't No Grave" as the theme song in many of their commercials.
One of Cash's greatest hits, "Hurt", was also used to advertise Prototype 2 in the trailer called "The Power Of Revenge".
Portrayals[link]
The Canada Trust company used his name and images for their Johnny Cash automatic bank machines during the late 80s and early 90s.
In 1998, country singer Mark Collie was the first to portray Cash, in the short film, I Still Miss Someone.
In November of 2005, Walk the Line, an Academy Award-winning biopic about Cash's life starring Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny (for which he was nominated for the 2005 Best Actor Oscar) and Reese Witherspoon as June (for which she won the 2005 Best Actress Oscar), was released in the United States on to considerable commercial success and critical acclaim. Both Phoenix and Witherspoon have won various other awards for their roles, including the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy and Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, respectively. They both performed their own vocals in the film, and Phoenix learned to play guitar for his role as Cash. Phoenix received the Grammy Award for his contributions to the soundtrack. John Carter Cash, the first child of Johnny and June, served as an executive producer on the film.
On March 12, 2006 Ring of Fire, a jukebox musical of the Cash oeuvre, debuted on Broadway at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, but closed due to harsh reviews and disappointing sales on April 30, 2006.
On April 11, 2010, Million Dollar Quartet, a musical portraying the early Sun recording sessions involving Cash, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins, debuted on Broadway. Actor Lance Guest portrayed Cash. The musical was nominated for three awards at the 2010 Tony Awards, and won one.
Discography[link]
Awards and honors[link]
- For detailed lists of music awards, see List of Johnny Cash awards.
Cash received multiple Country Music Association Awards, Grammys, and other awards, in categories ranging from vocal and spoken performances to album notes and videos.
In a career that spanned almost five decades during which he rose to recording industry icon status, Cash was the personification of country music to many people around the world. Cash was a musician who was not tied to a single genre. He recorded songs that could be considered rock and roll, blues, rockabilly, folk, and gospel, and exerted an influence on each of those genres. Moreover, he had the unique distinction among country artists of having "crossed over" late in his career to become popular with an unexpected audience, young indie and alternative rock fans. His diversity was evidenced by his presence in three major music halls of fame: the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), the Country Music Hall of Fame (1980), and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1992). Only thirteen performers are in both of the last two, and only Hank Williams Sr., Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills, and Bill Monroe share the honor with Cash of being in all three. However, only Cash was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the regular manner, unlike the other country members, who were inducted as "early influences." His pioneering contribution to the genre has also been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame.[86] He received the Kennedy Center Honors in 1996. Cash stated that his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame, in 1980, was his greatest professional achievement. In 2001, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts.[87] He was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for best cinematography for "Hurt" and was supposed to appear, but died during the night.
In 2007, Cash was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.[88]
Further reading[link]
- Graeme Thomson The Resurrection of Johnny Cash: Hurt, Redemption, and American Recordings Jawbone Press ISBN 978-1-906002-36-7
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- ^ a b c Last.fm (2010). Johnny Cash & June Carter. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- ^ Eugene Register-Guard (2003, September 13). The Man in Black: Legendary Johnny Cash dead at 71. Retrieved on October 20, 2009.
- ^ a b c Pareles J (1994). "Pop Review: Johnny Cash, austerely direct from deep within". The New York Times. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
- ^ Although Cash's voice type endured over the years, his timbre changed noticeably: "Through a recording career that stretche[d] back to 1955", Pareles writes, Cash's "bass-baritone voice [went] from gravelly to grave".
- ^ Urbanski D (2003). The man comes around: The spiritual journey of Johnny Cash. Lake Mary, FL: Relevant Media, p. xiv.
- ^ Dickie M (2002). "Hard talk from the God-fearin, pro-metal man in Black". In M Streissguth (Ed.), Ring of fire: The Johnny Cash reader. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo, pp. 201–205. Original work published 1987.
- ^ Streissguth M (2006). Johnny Cash: The biography. Philadelphia: Da Capo, p. 196.
- ^ Fox JA (October 17, 2005). "The Boston Herald: Hard time's never a 'circus'". Baylor University. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
- ^ Streissguth M (2005). Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: The making of a masterpiece. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo.
- ^ For Cash, black stage attire was a "symbol of rebellion—against a stagnant status quo, against ... hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' ideas"; Cash J; Carr P (2003). Cash: The Autobiography. San Francisco: HarperCollins, p. 64.
- ^ Schultz B (2000, July 1). "Classic Tracks: Johnny Cash's 'Folsom Prison Blues'". Mix. Retrieved March 22, 2010. Schultz refers to this phrase as Cash's "trademark greeting", and places his utterance of this line, on Cash's At Folsom Prison, album "among the most electrifying [seconds] in the history of concert recording."
- ^ For additional quotations by Johnny Cash, consult the Johnny Cash page at Wikiquote,
- ^ Mulligan J (2010, February 24). "Johnny Cash: American VI: Ain't No Grave". entertainment.ie. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
- ^ For discussion of, and lyrics to, Cash's songs, see Cusic D (Ed.) (2004). Johnny Cash: The songs. New York: Thunder's Mouth.
- ^ Clapp R (2008). Johnny Cash and the great American contradiction: Christianity and the battle for the soul of a nation. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, p. xvi.
- ^ Urbanski (2003).
- ^ Clapp (2008), p. xviii.
- ^ Other appraisals of Cash's iconic value have been even bolder. Clapp (2008) writes: "Very few figures in recent history are seen as more representative of American identity as Cash ... His has often been suggested as the face that should be added to the select pantheon on Mt. Rushmore", p. xvi.
- ^ See also Miller S (2003). Johnny Cash: The life of an American icon. London: Omnibus, p. 227.
- ^ Stoudt C (June 9, 2009). "Review: 'Ring of Fire' at La Mirada Theatre". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- ^ Public Radio Exchange (2010). "Johnny Cash: Amazing Grace" Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- ^ Cash J (2008). Man in white: A novel about the Apostle Paul. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
- ^ BBC News (2003). Obituary: Johnny Cash. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- ^ Rivkin D (Producer) (2007). Johnny Cash reading the complete New Testament (Deluxe Ed.). Audio recording. Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
- ^ Morris E (December 24, 2008). "Johnny Cash's reading of the New Testament now on DVD". Country Music Television. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
- ^ Urbanski (2003), pp. xx–xxi.
- ^ For example, Urbanski (2003, p. 39) notes that Cash's habit of performing in black attire began in a church. In the following paragraph, Urbanski (pp. 39–40) quotes Cash (cf. Cash & Carr, 2003, p. 64) as indicating that this habit was partially reflective of Cash's rebellion "against our hypocritical houses of God".
- ^ Urbanski D (2010). "Johnny Cash's complicated faith: Unwrapping the enigma of the Man in Black". Relevant Magazine. Retrieved March 22, 2010. According to Urbanski, Cash's self-perception was accurate: "He never intended to be categorized or pigeonholed", and indeed he amassed a "cluster of enigmas" which "was so impenetrably deep that even those closest to him never got to see every part of him".
- ^ Huss J; Werther D (Eds.) (2008). Johnny Cash and philosophy: The burning ring of truth. Chicago: Open Court.
- ^ Open Court Publishing Company (2007). Johnny Cash and Philosophy. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
- ^ Miller (2003), p. 341.
- ^ Ray Cash at findagrave.com
- ^ Carrie Cash at findagrave.com
- ^ Streissguth (2005), p. 11.
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- ^ Johnny Cash's Funeral. Johnny and June Carter Cash Memorial Website. Retrieved on January 16, 2009.
- ^ Reba Cash Hancock. Harpeth Family Funeral Services. Retrieved on January 16, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Cash, Johnny. Cash: The Autobiography.
- ^ Jack D. Cash at findagrave.com
- ^ Gross, Terry. All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists.
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- ^ Malone, Bill, and Judith McCulloh. Stars of Country Music. Chicago: 1975.
- ^ Miller (2003), p.40
- ^ Berkowitz, Kenny (June 2001). "No Regrets Johnny Cash, the man in black, is back at the top of his game". Acoustic Guitar (102). http://www.acousticguitar.com/issues/ag102/featureA102.shtml. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- ^ Turner, Steve. (2004) The Man Called Cash: The Life, Love, and Faith of an American Legend. W Publishing Group, pp. 43–44.
- ^ Turner, Steve. (2004) The Man Called Cash: The Life, Love, and Faith of an American Legend. W Publishing Group, pp. 116–117.
- ^ Sweeting, Adam (2003-09-12). Obituary: Johnny Cash. The Guardian. Retrieved on January 26, 2009.
- ^ Liberto, I Walked the Line: My Life with Johnny, p. 294.
- ^ Millar, Anna. June 4, 2006.Celtic connection as Cash walks the line in Fife. Scotland on Sunday. Scotsman.com. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
- ^ Cash, Roseanne (2010). Composed a memoir. Viking Press/Penguin Group. ISBN 978-1-101-45769-6.
- ^ Manzoor, Sarfraz (Sunday February 7, 2010).Scottish roots of Johnny Cash, the man in black tartan.Guardian.uk.co, The Observer. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
- ^ a b Miller, Stephen (2003). Johnny Cash: The Life of an American Icon. Omnibus. ISBN 0-7119-9626-1.
- ^ Dalton, Stephanie. January 15, 2006. "Walking the line back in time." Scotland on Sunday Scotsman.com. Retrieved June 28, 2007.
- ^ Cash, John R. with Patrick Carr. (1997) Johnny Cash, the Autobiography. Harper Collins. p. 3.
- ^ The Man in Black's Musical Journey Continues. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
- ^ "Pete Seeger's Rainbow Quest" http://www.richardandmimi.com/rainbowquest.html
- ^ "Major brush fire." Los Angeles Times, June 28, 1965, p. 1.
- ^ "Control of Brush Fire Near; 700 Acres Burned." Los Angeles Times, June 29, 1965, p. 27.
- ^ Williford, Stanley and Howard Hertel. "Singer Johnny Cash Pays $82,000 to U.S. in Fire Case." Los Angeles Times, Jul 3, 1969, p. A3.
- ^ Rome News Tribune, Aug 14, 1970
- ^ Zwonitzer, Mark (2002). Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone, The Carter Family and Their Legacy in American Music. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-684-85763-4.
- ^ Grant, Marshall (2005). I Was There When It Happened – My Life With Johnny Cash. Cumberland House. ISBN 1-58182-510-2.
- ^ Cash, John Carter (2007). Anchored In Love. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 0-8499-0187-1.
- ^ Cash In Treatment, Orlando Sentinel, November 26, 1989
- ^ "Inmate Merle Haggard hears Johnny Cash play San Quentin State Prison",
- ^ The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show 1969–1971, Disc 1 (of 2), Reverse Angle Production, 2007.
- ^ a b c Cash & Carr (1997), pp. 85–86.
- ^ The good, bad and ugly of proposed uniforms. Navy Times. October 4, 2004.
- ^ 17 April 1970: RN Welcomes The Man In Black to the White House Nixon Foundation blog. April 17, 2011.
- ^ Cash & Carr (2003), p. 212.
- ^ Johnny Cash: The Rebel Page 3.
- ^ Fretbase, The Guitars of Johnny Cash.
- ^ Rolling Stone Magazine, The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, 2004 (bibliographic information is needed for this reference).
- ^ December 30, 2011 (2003-11-24). "Death from a Broken Heart, on". Medicinenet.com. http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=52318. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
- ^ "Johnny Cash Dead at Age 71". Countrymusic.about.com. 2003-09-12. http://countrymusic.about.com/library/bljohnnycashobit.htm. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
- ^ Rosanne Cash, liner notes for Black Cadillac.
- ^ "Fire destroys Johnny Cash house". BBC News. April 11, 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6543503.stm. Retrieved September 29, 2010.
- ^ The original punk rocker BY JIM DeROGATIS Pop Music Critic, September 14, 2003. Retrieved February 9, 2010.
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References[link]
- D'Ambrosio, Antonino (2009). A Heartbeat and A Guitar: Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears. With Original Art by Shepard Fairey and Photos by Jim Marshall. Perseus Books/Nation Books ISBN 978-1-56858-407-2
- Gross, Terry (2006). All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists. Hyperion. ISBN 1-4013-0010-3.
- Millier, Bill. (retrieved September 7, 2004). Johnny Cash Awards. JohnnyCash.com.
- Miller, Stephen (2003). Johnny Cash: The Life of an American Icon. Omnibus. ISBN 0-7119-9626-1. http://books.google.ca/books?id=NZDEbEHKMPsC&lpg=PP1&dq=Johnny%20Cash%3A%20The%20Life%20of%20an%20American%20Icon&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=true.
- Streissguth, Michael. Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: The Making of a Masterpiece, Da Capo Press (2004). ISBN 0-306-81338-6.
- Urbanski, Dave. The Man Comes Around: The Spiritual Journey of Johnny Cash. New York: Relevant Books. ISBN 0-9729276-7-0.
- Cash, Johnny; Patrick Carr (1997). Cash: The Autobiography. Harper Collins. ISBN 0-06-101357-9.
- Cash, Johnny. May 18, 2010. [clarification needed]
- Turner, Steve. The Man Called Cash: The Life, Love, and Faith of an American Legend. Nashville, W Publishing Group, 2004. (The Authorized Biography).
- Thomson, Liz. Cash, Johnny. www.oxfordmusiconline.com. http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/05087?q=Johnny+Cash&hbutton_search.x=23&hbutton_search.y=8&hbutton_search=search&source=omo_t237&source=omo_gmo&source=omo_t114&search=quick&pos=1&_start=1#firsthit. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- Holmes, Cynthia S. (January, 2004), Remembering H. Dale Jackson, Connect: Newsletter of the CBF of Missouri, p. 2
Published works[link]
- Cash, Johnny. Man in Black: His Own Story in His Own Words. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1975. ISBN 99924-31-58-X.
- Cash, Johnny, with Patrick Carr. Cash: The Autobiography. New York: Harper Collins, 1997. ISBN 0-06-101357-9.
- Cash, Johnny, with June Carter Cash. Love liner notes. New York: Sony, 2000.
- Cash, Johnny, The Man in White, 1986.
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| Alternative names | Cash, John R.; Cash, J.R. |
| Short description | Singer and songwriter |
| Date of birth | (1930-02-26)February 26, 1930 |
| Place of birth | Kingsland, Arkansas |
| Date of death | September 12, 2003(2003-09-12) |
| Place of death | Nashville, Tennessee |
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| Birth name | Kristoffer Kristian Kristofferson |
| Born | (1936-06-22) June 22, 1936 (age 76) |
| Origin | Brownsville, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | Country, folk, rock, outlaw country |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, actor |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica |
| Years active | 1966–present |
| Labels | Monument, Mercury, Warner Bros., New West |
| Associated acts | The Highwaymen |
| Website | www.kriskristofferson.com |
Kristoffer Kristian "Kris" Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for such hits as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night". Kristofferson is the sole writer of most of his songs, and he has collaborated with various other figures of the Nashville scene such as Shel Silverstein.[1]
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Early life[link]
Kristoffer Kristofferson was born in Brownsville, Texas, to Mary Ann (née Ashbrook) and Lars Henry Kristofferson, a U.S. Army Air Corps officer (later a U.S. Air Force Major General).[2] His paternal grandparents immigrated from Sweden, and Kristofferson's paternal grandfather was an officer in the Swedish Army. When Kristofferson was a child, his father pushed him toward a military career.[3] Like most "military brats", Kristofferson moved around frequently as a youth, finally settling down in San Mateo, California, where he graduated from San Mateo High School. An aspiring writer, Kristofferson enrolled in Pomona College in 1954. He experienced his first dose of fame when he appeared in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd" for his achievements in collegiate rugby union, football, and track and field. He and fellow classmates revived the Claremont Colleges Rugby Club in 1958, which has remained a Southern California rugby dynasty.[clarification needed] Kristofferson became a member of Kappa Delta at Pomona College, graduating in 1958 with a BA, summa cum laude in Literature. In a 2004 interview with Pomona College Magazine Kristofferson mentioned philosophy professor Frederick Sontag as an important influence in his life.[4]
Kristofferson earned a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, where his college was Merton. While at Oxford he was awarded his blue for boxing and began writing songs. With the help of his manager, Larry Parnes, he recorded for Top Rank Records under the name Kris Carson. Parnes was working to sell Kris as "a Yank at Oxford" to the British public; Kristofferson was willing to accept that promotional approach if it helped his singing career, which he hoped would enable him to progress towards his goal of becoming a novelist.[5] This early phase of his music career was unsuccessful.[6]
In 1960, Kristofferson graduated with a BPhil in English literature and married an old girlfriend, Fran Beer. Kristofferson, under pressure from his family, ultimately joined the U.S. Army and achieved the rank of Captain. He became a helicopter pilot after receiving flight training at Fort Rucker, Alabama. He also completed Ranger School. During the early 1960s, he was stationed in West Germany as a member of the 8th Infantry Division.[7] It was during this time that he resumed his music career and formed a band. In 1965, when his tour of duty ended, Kristofferson was given an assignment to teach English Literacy at West Point.[8] Instead, he decided to leave the Army and pursue songwriting. His family disowned him because of this decision and they never reconciled with him. They saw it as a rejection of everything they stood for. Kristofferson has stated that he was greatly influenced by the poet William Blake while at Oxford, who had proclaimed that if one has a God-given creative talent then one should use it, or else reap sorrow and despair. Kristofferson sent some of his compositions to a friend's relative, Marijohn Wilkin, a successful Nashville, Tennessee, songwriter but when he arrived in the town to see Sam Phillips of Sun Records his shoes were, according to Philips, "falling off his feet."
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After being honorably discharged from the Army in 1965, Kristofferson moved to Nashville. He worked at a variety of odd jobs while struggling for success in music, burdened with medical expenses resulting from his son's defective esophagus. He and his wife soon divorced.
He got a job sweeping floors at Columbia Studios in Nashville. There he met Johnny Cash, who initially accepted some of Kristofferson's songs but chose not to use them. During Kristofferson's janitorial stint for Columbia, Bob Dylan recorded his landmark 1966 album Blonde on Blonde at the studio. Though he had the opportunity to watch some of Dylan's recording sessions, Kristofferson never met Dylan out of fear that he would be fired for approaching him.
He also worked as a commercial helicopter pilot at that time for a south Louisiana firm called Petroleum Helicopters International (PHI), based in Lafayette, Louisiana. Kristofferson recalled of his days as a pilot, "That was about the last three years before I started performing, before people started cutting my songs ... I would work a week down here [in south Louisiana] for PHI, sitting on an oil platform and flying helicopters. Then I'd go back to Nashville at the end of the week and spend a week up there trying to pitch the songs, then come back down and write songs for another week ... I can remember 'Help Me Make It Through The Night' I wrote sitting on top of an oil platform. I wrote 'Bobby McGee' down here, and a lot of them [in south Louisiana]."[9]
In 1966, Dave Dudley released a successful Kristofferson single, "Viet Nam Blues". In 1967, Kristofferson signed to Epic Records and released a single, "Golden Idol"/"Killing Time", but the song was not successful. Within the next few years, more Kristofferson originals hit the charts, performed by Roy Drusky ("Jody and the Kid"), Billy Walker & the Tennessee Walkers ("From the Bottle to the Bottom"), Ray Stevens ("Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"), Jerry Lee Lewis ("Once More with Feeling") Faron Young ("Your Time's Comin'") and Roger Miller ("Me and Bobby McGee", "Best of all Possible Worlds", "Darby's Castle"). He achieved some success as a performer himself, following Johnny Cash's introduction of Kristofferson at the Newport Folk Festival. Kristofferson had previously grabbed Cash's attention when he landed his helicopter in Cash's yard without prior arrangement and gave him some tapes.[10]
Kristofferson signed to Monument Records as a recording artist. In addition to running that label, Fred Foster also served as manager of Combine Music, Kristofferson's songwriting label. His debut album for Monument in 1970 was Kristofferson, which included a few new songs as well as many of his previous hits. Sales were poor, although this debut album would become a success the following year when it was re-released under the title Me & Bobby McGee. Kristofferson's compositions were still in high demand. Ray Price ("For the Good Times"), Waylon Jennings ("The Taker"), Bobby Bare ("Come Sundown"), Johnny Cash ("Sunday Morning Coming Down") and Sammi Smith ("Help Me Make It Through the Night") all recorded successful versions of his songs in the early 1970s. "For the Good Times" (Ray Price) won "Song of the Year" in 1970 from the Academy of Country Music, while "Sunday Morning Coming Down" (Johnny Cash) won the same award from the Academy's rival, the Country Music Association in the same year. This is the only time an individual received the same award from these two organizations in the same year for different songs.
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Kristofferson with Rita Coolidge at Willie Nelson's July 4 Picnic 1972
In 1971, Janis Joplin, who dated Kristofferson for some time until her death, had a number 1 hit with "Me and Bobby McGee" from her posthumous Pearl. When released, it stayed on the number one spot on the charts for weeks. More hits followed from others: Ray Price ("I'd Rather Be Sorry"), Joe Simon ("Help Me Make It Through the Night"), Bobby Bare ("Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends"), O. C. Smith ("Help Me Make It Through the Night") Jerry Lee Lewis ("Me and Bobby McGee"), Patti Page ("I'd Rather Be Sorry") and Peggy Little ("I've Got to Have You"). Kristofferson released his second album, The Silver Tongued Devil and I in 1971; the album was a success and established Kristofferson's career as a recording artist in his own right. Soon after, Kristofferson made his acting debut in The Last Movie (directed by Dennis Hopper) and appeared at the Isle of Wight Festival. In 1971, he acted in Cisco Pike and released his third album, Border Lord; the album was all-new material and sales were sluggish. He also swept the Grammy Awards that year with numerous songs nominated, winning country song of the year for "Help Me Make It Through the Night". Kristofferson's 1972 fourth album, Jesus Was a Capricorn initially had slow sales, but the third single, "Why Me", was a success and significantly increased album sales.
Film[link]
For the next few years, Kristofferson focused on acting. He appeared in Blume in Love (directed by Paul Mazursky) and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (directed by Sam Peckinpah). He continued acting, in Sam Peckinpah's Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, Convoy, (another Sam Peckinpah film which was released in 1978), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Vigilante Force, a film based on the Yukio Mishima novel The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, and A Star Is Born (with Barbra Streisand), for which he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor (and which he noted had been an experience "worse than boot camp") and Flashpoint in 1984 (directed by William Tannen). At the peak of his box-office power, Kristofferson turned down both William Friedkin's Sorcerer (1977), the romantic war film Hanover Street and the first Rambo-installment, First Blood.[11] In spite of his success with Streisand, Kristofferson's solo musical career headed downward with his non-charting ninth album, Shake Hands with the Devil. His next film Freedom Road did not earn a theatrical release in the U.S. Kristofferson's next film was Heaven's Gate, a phenomenal industry-changing failure. In 1986, he starred in The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James with Johnny Cash. In 1989, he was the male lead in the film Millennium with Cheryl Ladd. He earned a supporting role as Charlie Wade, a corrupt South Texas sheriff in John Sayles' Lone Star, a film nominated for an Oscar for Best Screenplay. In 1998, he took a role in the film Blade, playing alongside Wesley Snipes as Blade's mentor Abraham Whistler. He returned to the character in Blade II in 2002 and again in Blade: Trinity in 2004. In 1999, he co-starred with Mel Gibson in Payback. He has also played the title character "Yohan" as an old man in the Norwegian film Yohan-the Children Wanderer. In 2011, he co-starred with Harry Connick, Jr., Ashley Judd, Nathan Gamble in Dolphin Tale.
Mid-career[link]
Also during this time, Kristofferson met singer Rita Coolidge. They married in 1973 and released an album titled Full Moon, another success buoyed by numerous hit singles and Grammy nominations. However, his fifth album, Spooky Lady's Sideshow, released in 1974, was a commercial failure, setting the trend for most of the rest of his career. Artists such as Ronnie Milsap and Johnny Duncan continued to record Kristofferson's material with much success, but his distinctively rough voice and anti-pop sound kept his own audience to a minimum. Meanwhile, more artists took his songs to the top of the charts, including Willie Nelson, whose 1979 LP release of Willie Nelson Sings Kris Kristofferson proved to be a smash success.
In 1979, Kris Kristofferson travelled to Havana, Cuba, to participate in the historic Havana Jam festival that took place between March 2–4, alongside Rita Coolidge, Stephen Stills, the CBS Jazz All-Stars, the Trio of Doom, Fania All-Stars, Billy Swan, Bonnie Bramlett, Mike Finnegan, Weather Report, and Billy Joel, plus an array of Cuban artists such as Irakere, Pacho Alonso, Tata Güines and Orquesta Aragón. His performance is captured on Ernesto Juan Castellanos's documentary Havana Jam '79.
Kristofferson and Coolidge divorced in 1980.
Later work[link]
In 1982, Kristofferson participated (with Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, and Brenda Lee) on The Winning Hand, a double album consisting of remastered and updated performances of recordings the four artists had made for the Monument label during the mid-1960s; the album reached the top-ten on the U.S. country album charts. He married again, to Lisa Meyers, and concentrated on films for a time, appearing in The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck, Flashpoint, and Songwriter. The latter also starred Willie Nelson. Kristofferson was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score. Music from Songwriter (an album of duets between Nelson and Kristofferson) was a massive country success.
Nelson and Kristofferson continued their partnership, and added Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash to form the supergroup The Highwaymen. Their first album, Highwayman was a huge success, and the supergroup continued working together for a time. The single from the Album Highwayman also titled Highwayman was awarded the ACM's single of the year in 1985.[12] In 1985, Kristofferson starred in Trouble in Mind and released Repossessed, a politically aware album that was a country success, particularly "They Killed Him" (also performed by Bob Dylan), a tribute to his heroes, including Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesus, and Mahatma Gandhi. Kristofferson also appeared in Amerika at about the same time; the miniseries was controversial, hypothesizing life under Communist domination.
In spite of the success of Highwayman 2 in 1990, Kristofferson's solo recording career slipped significantly in the early 1990s, though he continued to record successfully with the Highwaymen. Lone Star (1996 film by John Sayles) reinvigorated Kristofferson's acting career, and he soon appeared in Blade, Blade II, Blade: Trinity, A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries, Fire Down Below, Tim Burton's remake of Planet of the Apes, Chelsea Walls, Payback, The Jacket and Fast Food Nation.
The Songwriters Hall of Fame inducted Kristofferson in 1985, as had the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1977. 1999 saw the release of The Austin Sessions, an album on which Kristofferson reworked some of his favorite songs with the help of befriended artists such as Mark Knopfler, Steve Earle and Jackson Browne. In 2003, Broken Freedom Song was released, a live album recorded in San Francisco].
In 2004, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 2006, he received the Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame and released his first album full of new material in 11 years; This Old Road. On April 21, 2007, Kristofferson won CMT's Johnny Cash Visionary Award. Rosanne Cash, Cash's daughter, presented the honor during the April 16 awards show in Nashville. Previous recipients include Cash, Hank Williams, Jr., Loretta Lynn, Reba McEntire and the Dixie Chicks. "John was my hero before he was my friend, and anything with his name on it is really an honor in my eyes," Kristofferson said during a phone interview. "I was thinking back to when I first met him, and if I ever thought that I'd be getting an award with his name on it, it would have carried me through a lot of hard times."[citation needed]
In July 2007, Kristofferson was featured on CMT's "Studio 330 Sessions" where he played many of his hits.
On June 13, 2008, Kristofferson performed an acoustic in the round set with Patty Griffin and Randy Owen (Alabama) for a special taping of a PBS songwriters series to be aired in December. Each performer played 5 songs. Kristofferson's included "The Best of All Possible World's," "Darby's Castle," "Casey's Last Ride," "Me and Bobby McGee," and "Here Comes that Rainbow Again." Taping was done in Nashville.
Kristofferson released a new album of original songs entitled Closer to the Bone on September 29, 2009. It is produced by Don Was on the New West label. Previous to the release, Kristofferson remarked: "I like the intimacy of the new album. It has a general mood of reflecting on where we all are at this time of life."[13]
On November 10, 2009, Kristofferson was honored as a BMI Icon at the 57th annual BMI Country Awards. Throughout his career, Kristofferson's songwriting has garnered 48 BMI Country and Pop Awards.[14] He later remarked that "The great thing about being a songwriter is you can hear your baby interpreted by so many people that have creative talents vocally that I don't have."[15]
In December 2009, it was announced that Kristofferson would be portraying Joe in the upcoming album Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, a collaboration between rock singer John Mellencamp and novelist Stephen King.[16]
On May 11, 2010, Light in the Attic Records is releasing demos that were recorded during Kristofferson's janitorial stint at Columbia. "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends: The Publishing Demos" is the first time these recordings have been released and includes material that would later be featured on other Kristofferson recordings and on the recordings of other prominent artists, such as the original recording of "Me and Bobby McGee".
Personal life[link]
Kristofferson has been married three times and has eight children. In 1960, Kristofferson married his high-school sweetheart Frances (Fran) Beer. They had two children, a daughter, Tracy, and a son, Kris, before divorcing in 1969. Afterwards, Kristofferson dated Janis Joplin, not long before her death, before dating Barbra Streisand. Joan Baez admitted in a 1983 Rolling Stone interview that she and Kristofferson had had a brief fling somewhere around 1970–71. In 1973, he married singer Rita Coolidge and together they had one child, Casey Kristofferson. They divorced in 1980. In 1983, he married Lisa Meyers and together they have five children—son Jesse Turner, son Jody Ray, son Johnny Robert, daughter Kelly Marie and son Blake Cameron. Jody is a professional wrestler, who made an appearance on the August 13, 2010 edition of WWE SmackDown, losing to The Big Show in a 3 on 1 handicap match. WWE commentator Matt Striker made reference to him after a move by saying "There goes the Highway man." Jody also wrestled Brodus Clay on August 9, 2011 in a tryout match. In January 2012, Jody signed a developmental contract with WWE.
He has said that he would like the first three lines of Leonard Cohen's "Bird on the Wire" on his tombstone:
- Like a bird on a wire
- Like a drunk in a midnight choir
- I have tried in my way to be free.
Discography[link]
Main article: Kris Kristofferson discography
Filmography[link]
- The Last Movie (1971)
- Cisco Pike (1972)
- The Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus (1973)
- Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)–(Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer)
- Blume in Love (1973)
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
- The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976)
- Vigilante Force (1976)
- A Star Is Born (1976)–(Won–Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy)
- Semi-Tough (1977)
- Convoy (1978)
- Heaven's Gate (1980)
- Rollover (1981)
- Songwriter (1984)–(Nominated–Academy Award for Original Music Score)
- Flashpoint (1984)
- Trouble in Mind (1985)
- The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (1986)
- Stagecoach (1986)
- Blood & Orchids (1986) (TV)
- Amerika (1987) (TV 7 night mini-series)
- What I've Learned About US Foreign Policy: The war against the Third World. Secrets of the C.I.A., Documentary (1987)
- Big Top Pee-wee (1988)
- The Tracker (1988) (TV)
- Millennium (1989)
- Welcome Home (1989)
- Sandino (1990)
- Night of the Cyclone (1990)
- Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind (1991)
- Original Intent (1992)
- Miracle in the Wilderness (1992) (TV)
- Paper Hearts (1993)
- No Place to Hide (1993)
- Knights (1993)
- Sodbusters (1994)
- Pharaoh's Army (1995)
- Lone Star (1996)
- Blue Rodeo (1996) (TV)
- Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival (1997) (documentary)
- Fire Down Below (1997)
- Dead Man's Gun (narrator) (41 episodes, 1997–1999)
- Girls' Night (1998)
- Blade (1998)
- Dance with Me (1998)
- Two for Texas (TV) (1998)
- A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
- The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock (1998) (voice)
- Payback (1999)
- Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)
- Limbo (1999)
- The Joyriders (1999)
- Outlaw Justice (aka The Long Kill) (1999)
- Perfect Murder, Perfect Town (2000)
- Comanche (2000)
- The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack (2000) (documentary)
- Immaculate Funk (2000) (documentary)
- Planet of the Apes (2001)
- Chelsea Walls (2001)
- Wooly Boys (2001)
- John Ford Goes to War (2002) (documentary) (narrator)
- D-Tox (aka Eye See You) (2002)
- Blade II (2002)
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) (documentary)
- Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)
- Silver City (2004)
- Lives of the Saints (2004) (TV)
- Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of 'Heaven's Gate' (2004) (documentary)
- Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt (2004) (documentary)
- Blade: Trinity (2004)
- Brats: Our Journey Home (2005) (documentary)
- Trudell (2005) (documentary)
- The Jacket (2005)
- The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico (2005)
- The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
- Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah (2005) (documentary)
- Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005)
- GUN (2005) (video game) Voice of Ned
- Disappearances (2006)
- Fast Food Nation (2006)
- I'm Not There (2007) (narrator)
- The Best of The Johnny Cash Show (2007)
- Snow Buddies (2008) (voice)
- Lords of the Street (2008)
- Powder Blue (2009)
- He's Just Not That into You (2009)
- For Sale by Owner (2009)
- The Last Rites of Ransom Pride (2009)
- Yohan: The Child Wanderer (2009)
- Handy Manny's Motorcycle Adventure (2009) (voice)
- Bloodworth (2010)
- Fallout: New Vegas (Voice: Chief Hanlon) (2010)
- Dolphin Tale (2011)
- Joyful Noise (2012)
- Blackbird (2012)
Games[link]
- Kristofferson features in the 2010 Bethesda release Fallout: New Vegas as Chief Hanlon, a grizzled old soldier at the end of his career.
- Also provides the voice of Ned, the player character's adoptive father in the Activison-released GUN[disambiguation needed
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References[link]
- ^ Silverstein, Shel & Kristofferson, Kris (2004). "Once More with Feeling". Files Tube Lyrics. http://lyrics.filestube.com/song/c834334c8fe0c2c303ea,Once-More-with-Feeling.html. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
- ^ Kris Kristofferson Biography (1936–).
- ^ O'Connor, Colleen. "dallasnews.com – Archives". http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D0EC465C64D5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM.
- ^ Acts of Will, Pomona College Magazine, Winter 2004
- ^ Schneider, Jason "Kris Kristofferson: the Pilgrim's Progress" "Exclaim!" October 2009.
- ^ "Oh Boy Records | Kris Kristofferson Bio". Ohboy.com. http://www.ohboy.com/krisbio.html. Retrieved April 10, 2010. [dead link]
- ^ http://ww2.epic-usa.org/Default.aspx?tabid=346
- ^ "Kris Kristofferson's Rock And Rules | Clash Music Exclusive Interview". Clashmusic.com. 2010-07-27. http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/kris-kristoffersons-rock-and-rules. Retrieved 2012-01-05.
- ^ Ron Thibodeaux, "He Made It through the Night," New Orleans Times-Picayune, November 29, 2006.
- ^ Hawke, Ethan (April 16, 2009). "The Last Outlaw Poet". Rolling Stone (1076): 57. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/27113898/the_last_outlaw_poet. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
- ^ Kris Kristofferson (I) – Biography
- ^ "Kris Kristofferson Biography" "CMT" 2004.
- ^ "Kris Kristofferson". newwestrecords.com. http://www.newwestrecords.com/KrisKristofferson. Retrieved August 26, 2009.
- ^ "Kris Kristofferson to be Honored as Icon at 57th Annual BMI Country Awards". bmi.com. http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/538885. Retrieved September 15, 2010.
- ^ 'I never doubted once', country icon says. CNN. November 11, 2009. http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/11/i-never-doubted-once-country-icon-says/. Retrieved November 12, 2009.
- ^ "John Mellencamp Official Site | A Year-End Conversation with John". Mellencamp.com. December 15, 2009. http://www.mellencamp.com/?module=news&news_item_id=527. Retrieved April 10, 2010.
Further reading[link]
- Bernhardt, Jack. (1998). "Kris Kristofferson." In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 286–7.
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| Name | Kristofferson, Kris |
| Alternative names | Kristofferson, Kristoffer (full name) |
| Short description | American country music songwriter, singer and actor. |
| Date of birth | June 22, 1936 |
| Place of birth | Brownsville, Texas, U.S. |
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| Birth name | Randall Hank Williams |
| Born | (1949-05-26) May 26, 1949 (age 63) Shreveport, Louisiana, US |
| Genres | Country, outlaw country, southern rock, country rock |
| Occupations | Musician, singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, upright bass, steel guitar, banjo, keyboards, harmonica, fiddle, saxophone, dobro, drums, piano[1] |
| Years active | 1957–present |
| Labels | MCA, Warner Bros., Curb |
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Randall Hank Williams (born May 26, 1949), better known as Hank Williams, Jr. and Bocephus, is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and traditional country. He is the son of country music pioneer Hank Williams and the father of Hank Williams III, Holly Williams, Hilary Williams, Samuel Williams, and Katie Williams.
Williams began his career by following in his famed father's footsteps; singing his father's songs and imitating his father's style. Williams's own style slowly evolved as he struggled to find his own voice and place within the country music industry. This trend was interrupted by a near fatal fall off the side of Ajax Mountain in Montana on August 8, 1975. After an extended recovery he challenged the country music establishment with a blend of country, rock, and blues. Williams enjoyed much success in the 1980s from which he earned considerable recognition and popularity both inside and outside the country music industry.
As a multi-instrumentalist, Williams's repertoire of skills include guitar, bass guitar, upright bass, steel guitar, banjo, Dobro, piano, keyboards, harmonica, fiddle, and drums.[1]
From 1989 until October 2011,[2] a version of his song "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" was used as the opening for broadcasts of Monday Night Football.[3]
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Biography[link]
Early life and career[link]
Williams was born on May 26, 1949, in Shreveport, Louisiana. His father nicknamed him Bocephus (after Grand Ole Opry comedian Rod Brasfield's ventriloquist dummy). After his father's untimely death in 1953, he was raised by his mother, Audrey Williams. While he was a child, a vast number of contemporary musicians visited his family, who influenced and taught him various music instruments and styles. Among these figures of influence were Johnny Cash, Fats Domino, Earl Scruggs, and Jerry Lee Lewis. Williams first stepped on the stage and sang his father's songs when he was eight years old. In 1964 he made his recording debut with "Long Gone Lonesome Blues", one of his father's many classic songs.
Williams's early career was guided, and to an extent some observers say outright dominated, by his mother who is widely claimed as having been the driving force that led his late father to musical superstar status during the late 1940s and early 1950s[citation needed]. Audrey, in many ways, promoted young Hank Jr. as a Hank Williams impersonator, even to the extent of having stage clothes designed for him that were identical to his father's, and encouraging vocal styles very similar to those of his father.
A change in appearance and musical direction[link]
Although Williams's recordings earned him numerous country hits throughout the 1960s and early 1970s with his role as a "Hank Williams impersonator", he became disillusioned and severed ties with his mother.
By the mid-1970s, Williams began to pursue a musical direction that would, eventually, make him a superstar. While recording a series of moderately successful songs, Williams began a heavy pattern of both drug and alcohol abuse. Upon moving to Alabama, in an attempt to refocus both his creative energy and his troubled personal life, Williams began playing music with Southern rock musicians, among them Jake Lovendahl, Waylon Jennings, Toy Caldwell, Charlie Daniels, and others. Hank Williams, Jr. and Friends, often considered his watershed album, was the product of these then-groundbreaking collaborations. In 1977, Williams recorded and released One Night Stands, The New South, and worked closely with his old friend Waylon Jennings on the album Once and For All.
On August 8, 1975, Williams was nearly killed in a mountain-climbing accident. While he was climbing Ajax Peak in Montana, the snow beneath Williams collapsed and he fell almost 500 feet onto solid rock. He suffered multiple skull and facial fractures—his face was split vertically from chin to hairline, exposing the frontal lobes of his brain and requiring over two years[4] of reconstructive surgeries to rebuild his face. To hide the scars and the disfigurement from the accident, Williams grew a beard and began wearing sunglasses and a cowboy hat. The beard, hat, and sunglasses have since become his signature look and he is rarely seen without them.
Acceptance into the country music establishment[link]
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Williams's career began to hit its peak after the Nashville establishment gradually—and somewhat reluctantly—accepted his new sound. His popularity had risen to levels where he could no longer be overlooked for major industry awards. He was prolific throughout the 1980s, sometimes recording and releasing two albums a year. Family Tradition, Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound, Habits Old and New, Rowdy, The Pressure Is On, High Notes, Strong Stuff, Man of Steel, Major Moves, Five-O, Montana Cafe, and many others resulted in a long string of hits. Between 1979 and 1992, Williams released 21 albums that were all, at least, certified gold by the RIAA. Between 1979 and 1990, Williams enjoyed a string of 30 Top Ten singles on the Billboard Country charts, including 8 #1 singles, for a total of 44 Top Ten singles, including a total of 10 #1 singles, during his career. In 1987 and 1988, Williams was named Entertainer of the Year by the Country Music Association. In 1987, 1988, and 1989, he won the same award from the Academy of Country Music. The pinnacle album of his acceptance and popularity was Born to Boogie. During the 1980s, Williams became a country music superstar known for catchy anthems and hard-edged rock-influenced country. During the late 1970s and into the early to mid 1980s Hank Jr's songs constantly flew into the number one or number two spot. His songs like "Family Tradition", "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound", "Old Habits", "Ain't Misbehavin'", "Born to Boogie", and "My Name Is Bocephus".[clarification needed] The 1987 hit single Wild Streak was co-written by Houston native Terri Sharp, for which Williams and Sharp both earned gold records.
In 1988 he released a Southern pride song, "If The South Woulda Won". The reference is to a Southern victory in the Civil War. The song featured modern Southern holidays, honoring Elvis Presley, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Patsy Cline. Hank Williams Jr. would run for president of the South. He would place the capital in Montgomery, Alabama. Honoring his father, Hank Williams Sr., with his image on the $100 bill.
His 1989 hit "There's a Tear in My Beer" was a duet with his father created using electronic merging technology. The song itself was written by his father, and had been previously recorded with Hank Williams playing the guitar as the sole instrument. The music video for the song combined television footage that had existed of Hank Williams performing, onto which electronic merging technology impressed the recordings of Hank Jr., which then made it appear as if he were actually playing with his father. The video was both a critical and commercial success. It was named Video of the Year by both the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music. Hank Williams Jr. would go on to win a Grammy Award in 1990 for Best Country Vocal Collaboration.
He is well known for his hit "A Country Boy Can Survive" and as the performer of the theme song for Monday Night Football, based on his 1984 hit "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight". In 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994, Williams's opening themes for Monday Night Football earned him four Emmy Awards. In 2001 Hank rewrote his classic hit "A Country Boy Can Survive" after 9/11, renaming it "America Can Survive". In 2004, Williams was featured prominently on CMT Outlaws. In 2006 Williams starred at the Summerfest concert.
He has also made a cameo appearance along with Larry the Cable Guy, Kid Rock, and Charlie Daniels in Gretchen Wilson's music video for the song "All Jacked Up". He and Kid Rock also appeared in Wilson's "Redneck Woman" video. Hank is also in a small part of Kid Rock's video "Only God Knows Why". He is also referenced in numerous songs by modern-day country singers, including Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Gretchen Wilson, Alan Jackson, Justin Moore, Trace Adkins, and Aaron Lewis.
In April 2009, Williams released a new single, "Red, White & Pink-Slip Blues", which charted to number 3 on the country charts. The song was the lead-off single to Williams's album 127 Rose Avenue. The album debuted and peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Also in July 2009, it was announced that 127 Rose Avenue would be his last album for Curb Records.[5]
Notable events[link]
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Williams donated $125,000 to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in Biloxi, Mississippi, on October 14, 2005.[6]
Williams visited with Randal McCloy Jr., the only survivor of the Sago Mine accident, on Wednesday, January 11, 2006, in Morgantown, West Virginia. Williams traveled to the hospital after learning that McCloy was a fan of his music. "It just hit me like a ton of bricks because I had a big mountain fall in the 1970s, and they said I wouldn't live," Williams told Pittsburgh TV station KDKA-TV. "It really, really affected me, and I said, 'I've just got to go there and meet the family.'"
The Tennessee Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling stating that Williams and half-sister Jett have the sole rights to sell their father's old recordings made for a Nashville radio station in the early 1950s. The court rejected claims made by Polygram Records and Legacy Entertainment in releasing recordings Williams made for the Mother's Best Flour Show, a program that originally aired on WSM-AM. The recordings, which Legacy Entertainment acquired in 1997, include live versions of Williams's hits and his cover version of other songs. Polygram contended that Williams's contract with MGM Records, which Polygram now owns, gave them rights to release the radio recordings.
Williams opened for Super Bowl XL on February 5, 2006 on ABC and was in the stands as a Pittsburgh Steelers fan.
On April 10, 2006, CMT honored Williams with the Johnny Cash Visionary Award, presenting it to him at the 2006 CMT Music Awards.
He sold the majority of his compound outside Missoula, Montana, in 2007. He kept a small plot of land and now stays in his guest house when he is in Montana. He also resides in the small town of Paris, Tennessee, and owns a hunting cabin in rural Pike County, Alabama.
In 2008 Williams performed at the first annual BamaJam Music and Arts Festival in Enterprise, Alabama.[7] On January 18, 2009, he performed in front of a sold-out crowd at Heinz Field before the 2009 AFC championship game.
On November 11, 2008, Williams was honored as a BMI Icon at the 56th annual BMI Country Awards. The artists and songwriters named BMI Icons have had "a unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers."[8]
Politics[link]
Williams has been politically involved with the Republican Party. For the 2000 election, he redid his song "We Are Young Country" to "This is Bush–Cheney Country". On October 15, 2008, at a rally in Virginia Beach for Republican presidential nominee John McCain, he performed "McCain–Palin Tradition", a song in support of McCain and his vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.[9] He has made many contributions to federal election campaigns, mostly to Republicans, including Michele Bachmann's 2012 presidential campaign.[10]
In November 2008, Williams explored a run for the 2012 Republican nomination as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee for the seat held by Bob Corker, though his publicist said Williams "has talked about it, but no announcement has been made".[11]
[edit] 2011 Fox and Friends appearance
On October 3, 2011, in a morning interview with Fox News Channel's Fox and Friends, Williams in reference to a June golf game where President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner had teamed against Vice President Joe Biden and Ohio Governor John Kasich, offered the opinion that match was "one of the biggest political mistakes ever".
Asked about why that golf game disturbed him, Williams said, "Come on. That'd be like Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu ... In the country this shape is in ... I mean, in the shape this country is in?" He also stated that the President and Vice President are "the enemy" and compared them to "the Three Stooges". When anchor Gretchen Carlson later said to him, "You used the name of one of the most hated people in all of the world to describe, I think, the president." Williams replied, "Well, that is true. But I'm telling you like it is." As a result of his statements, ESPN dropped Williams' opening musical number from its Monday Night Football broadcast of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers versus the Indianapolis Colts and replaced it with the national anthem.
Later Williams, stated his analogy was "extreme – but it was to make a point", stating that "Some of us have strong opinions and are often misunderstood ... I was simply trying to explain how stupid it seemed to me – how ludicrous that pairing was. They're polar opposites, and it made no sense. They don't see eye-to-eye and never will."
Williams went on to claim he has "always respected the office of the president" despite having called the commander-in-chief "the enemy" and in context continued with, "Every time the media brings up the Tea Party, it's painted as racist and extremists – but there's never a backlash, no outrage to those comparisons ... Working-class people are hurting – and it doesn't seem like anybody cares. When both sides are high-fiving it on the ninth hole when everybody else is without a job – it makes a whole lot of us angry. Something has to change. The policies have to change." ESPN announced later that they were "extremely disappointed" in Williams' comments, and pulled his opening from that night's broadcast.[12]
Three days later, ESPN released a statement announcing Williams and his song would not return to Monday Night Football, ending the use of the song that had been part of the broadcast on both ABC and ESPN since 1991.[13] Williams has further expressed defiance and indifference on his website, and said he was the one who made the decision. "After reading hundreds of e-mails, I have made MY decision," he wrote. "By pulling my opening Oct 3rd, You (ESPN) stepped on the Toes of The First Amendment Freedom of Speech, so therefore Me, My Song, and All My Rowdy Friends are OUT OF HERE. It's been a great run."[14] Williams' son, Hank Williams III, stayed neutral in the debate, telling TMZ.com that most musicians, including his dad, are "not worthy" of a political discussion.[15]
After his song was pulled from Monday Night Football broadcasts permanently, Williams recorded a song criticizing President Obama, ESPN and Fox & Friends titled "Keep the Change". He released the track on iTunes and via free download at his website.[16] The song garnered over 180,000 downloads in two days.[17]
Discography[link]
Main article: Hank Williams, Jr. discography
Awards[link]
| Year | Award | Awards |
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| 2007 | CMT Giants | CMT |
| 2007 | Tennessean of the Year | Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame |
| 2006 | Johnny Cash Visionary Award | CMT Music Awards |
| 2003 | #20 in CMT's 40 Greatest Men of Country Music | CMT |
| 1994 | Composed Theme | Emmy |
| 1993 | Composed Theme | Emmy |
| 1992 | Composed Theme | Emmy |
| 1991 | Composed Theme | Emmy |
| 1990 | Video Of The Year | TNN/Music City News |
| 1990 | Vocal Collaboration Of The Year | TNN/Music City News |
| 1989 | Video Of The Year | Academy of Country Music |
| 1989 | Music Video Of The Year | Country Music Association |
| 1989 | Vocal Event Of The Year | Country Music Association |
| 1989 | Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals | Grammy |
| 1988 | Entertainer Of The Year | Academy of Country Music |
| 1988 | Video Of The Year | Academy of Country Music |
| 1988 | Album Of The Year | Country Music Association |
| 1988 | Entertainer Of The Year | Country Music Association |
| 1987 | Entertainer Of The Year | Academy of Country Music |
| 1987 | Entertainer Of The Year | Country Music Association |
| 1987 | Music Video Of The Year | Country Music Association |
| 1986 | Entertainer Of The Year | Academy of Country Music |
| 1985 | Music Video Of The Year | Country Music Association |
| 1984 | Video Of The Year | Academy of Country Music |
References[link]
- ^ a b Hank Williams Jr. - Official Website[dead link]
- ^ "Hank Williams dropped from Monday Night Football - Richard Deitsch - SI.com". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 2011-10-06. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/richard_deitsch/10/06/hankwilliamsjr.fired/index.html. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
- ^ "ESPN pulls Williams from MNF opening". ESPN.com. October 4, 2011. http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/7056003/espn-pulls-hank-williams-jr-ready-opening-mnf.
- ^ "Hank Williams visits W.Va. mine survivor". USA Today. January 11, 2006. http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-01-11-williams-miner-visit_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA.
- ^ Morris, Edward (2009-07-21). "Hank Williams Jr. says new album is his last for Curb Records". Country Music Television. http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1616664/hank-williams-jr-says-new-album-is-his-last-for-curb-records.jhtml. Retrieved 2009-07-24.
- ^ "Hank Williams Jr To Donate $125,000 To Hurricane Relief Efforts In Biloxi @ Top40-Charts.com - 40 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 25 Countries>". Top40-charts.com. http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=17448&string=Lox. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
- ^ "BamaJam – Artist Line Up". Bamajammusicfestival.com. http://www.bamajammusicfestival.com/artistlineup.html. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
- ^ "Hank Williams, Jr. to be Honored as Icon at 56th Annual BMI Country Awards". bmi.com. http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/537255. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
- ^ "McCain–Palin Tradition"[dead link]
- ^ "NEWSMEAT ▷ Hank Williams, Jr's Federal Campaign Contribution Report". Newsmeat.com. http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Hank_Williams_Jr.php. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
- ^ "Hank Williams Jr. For Senate? - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com". Realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com. 2008-11-25. http://realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com/2008/11/25/hank-williams-jr-for-senate. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
- ^ "ESPN pulls Hank Williams Jr. intro after singer links Obama with Hitler". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com. 2011-10-03. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/nfl/10/03/espn.williams.ap/index.html. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
- ^ "ESPN, Hank Williams Jr. part ways". ESPN.com. October 6, 2010. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7066449/espn-hank-williams-jr-theme-song-return-monday-night-football.
- ^ "ESPN - Hank Williams Jr. theme song won't return to Monday Night Football - ESPN". Espn.go.com. 2011-10-06. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7066449/espn-hank-williams-jr-theme-song-return-monday-night-football. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
- ^ "Hank Williams Jr.'s Son - My Dad Should NOT Talk Politics". TMZ.com. 2011-11-22. http://www.tmz.com/2011/10/04/hank-williams-jr-monday-night-football-son-politics-obama-hitler-fox-news-channel-jello-biafra-green-party-politics/#.TrhcafSXu7s. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
- ^ Weir, Tom (October 10, 2011). "Hank Williams Jr. retaliates with song that slams Fox". USA Today. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2011/10/hank-williams-jr-retaliates-with-song-that-slams-fox/1.
- ^ "Hank Williams Jr. Thrives With Downloads, Media Coverage Surrounding Controversy". CMT News. October 12, 2011. http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1672429/hank-williams-jr-thrives-with-downloads-media-coverage-surrounding-controversy.jhtml.
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| Name | Williams, Hank, Jr. |
| Alternative names | Williams, Randall Hank |
| Short description | American country singer-songwriter |
| Date of birth | May 26, 1949 |
| Place of birth | Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America |
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