You know, in the days when I started, if you had Chet Atkins’ name on your record as a producer and it was on RCA, you could work the road. It didn’t have to be a big hit record, it just had to have that on it.
WAYLON JENNINGSI was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don’t want that no more.
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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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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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Those neon light nights, couldn’t stay out of fights, keeps a-haunting me in memories.
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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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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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What bothers me most is that I don’t bother you.
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I ain’t got no reverse. I’ve learned, a little later in life, it works out pretty good to have one every once in a while.
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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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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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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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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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Men commit murder and all sorts of mayhem, in a few years they’re back on the streets.
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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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I mean, I think we’re put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with.
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