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.
WAYLON JENNINGSI was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don’t want that no more.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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What I did. I’ve listened to it, and I think it was more a west coast rock thing, you know? But it fit. It was country, but it was my own interpretation of country.
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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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If 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 didn’t aim at anything except good music.
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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.
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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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The villains have turned into heroes. The heroes have turned into heals.
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Besides that, I felt guilty. I thought for some reason…
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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.
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I say, Lord, do right be me, I’m tired of being lonesome, on’ry, and mean.
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Honesty is something you can’t wear out.
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But Buddy was an upper. He was happy. He loved music, and he was really happy. I don’t know…
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This world that I live in is empty and cold/the loneliness cuts me and tortures my soul.
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If I could only fly, you see, a lot of my problems would be gone. When you think of just how much I’d save on shoes alone.
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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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