Did ole Hank really do it this way?
WAYLON JENNINGSIf you see me getting smaller, I’m leaving, don’t be grieving, just gotta get away from here. If you see me getting smaller, don’t worry, and no hurry, I’ve got the right to disappear.
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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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I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I’m really about.
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If we all could sound like we wanted to, we’d all sound like George Jones.
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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.
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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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Heroes put to the test, keeping a promise, doing their best.
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I was alive, and Buddy and those boys were dead, and I didn’t know how, but somehow I’d caused it.
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When you’re down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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I could have killed her when we first met and I’ve been out of jail by now.
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The only problem was I needed to use my own group, and things didn’t happen until I did. It wasn’t a real country sound.
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I’m old and crazy, but I still give a damn. And I still think the boys got screwed over in Vietnam.
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We got a lot of politicians up there on Capital Hill. Ain’t it funny how they prosper while the country stands still?
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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.
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The villains have turned into heroes. The heroes have turned into heals.
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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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The only two things in life that make it worth livin’ / Is guitars that tune good and firm feelin’ women
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The rock and roll spirit. I learned a lot of that because I worked with Buddy Holly. I played bass with him, and he taught me a lot about that.
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When I look at you girl, I see a true work of art. So many beautiful things coming in one little heart.
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That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.
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I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.
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I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don’t want that no more.
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Besides that, I felt guilty. I thought for some reason…
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To me a guitar is kind of like a woman. You don’t know why you like ’em but you do.
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Men commit murder and all sorts of mayhem, in a few years they’re back on the streets.
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Don’t ever try and be like anybody else and don’t be afraid to take risks.
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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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