I say, Lord, do right be me, I’m tired of being lonesome, on’ry, and mean.
WAYLON JENNINGSI could have killed her when we first met and I’ve been out of jail by now.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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Country music isn’t a guitar, it isn’t a banjo, it isn’t a melody, it isn’t a lyric. It’s a feeling.
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There’s always one more way to do things and that’s your way, and you have a right to try it at least once.
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Got my Allman Brothers cassettes stacked up on the dash, got some Jack back in the trunk and a tank full of gas.
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Now, I was on drugs, and that didn’t help a whole lot. He hated that.
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Nobody knows I’m Elvis, nobody knows this is me. After all of my tries, I’ve got the perfect disguise.
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But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened.
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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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There is one in every crowd, for crying out loud, why was is always turning out to be me?
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So I’m not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be.
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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.
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I can’t walk, so I can’t go home. No need to talk, cause I’m all alone. If I stay here they’re gonna lock me in, hitting the bottle again.
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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.
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Heaven is laying in my sweet baby’s arms, hell is when my baby’s not here.
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And yet his greatest desire was the simple warmth of love’s fire, cause it’s cold on the dark side of fame.
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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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