Lately I’ve heard rumors that the eagle may be lame. Just because I’ve been idle, don’t mean that I’m tame.
WAYLON JENNINGSLately I’ve heard rumors that the eagle may be lame. Just because I’ve been idle, don’t mean that I’m tame.
WAYLON JENNINGSAnd 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.
WAYLON JENNINGSThere’s always one more way to do something– your way.
WAYLON JENNINGSTo me a guitar is kind of like a woman. You don’t know why you like ’em but you do.
WAYLON JENNINGSThere is one in every crowd, for crying out loud, why was is always turning out to be me?
WAYLON JENNINGSHeroes put to the test, keeping a promise, doing their best.
WAYLON JENNINGSBesides that, I felt guilty. I thought for some reason…
WAYLON JENNINGSWhen I look at you girl, I see a true work of art. So many beautiful things coming in one little heart.
WAYLON JENNINGSThis world that I live in is empty and cold/the loneliness cuts me and tortures my soul.
WAYLON JENNINGSWe got a lot of politicians up there on Capital Hill. Ain’t it funny how they prosper while the country stands still?
WAYLON JENNINGSHis songs were soon curled on the lips of the world, they had earned him the highest acclaim.
WAYLON JENNINGSLadies love outlaws, like babies love stray dogs.
WAYLON JENNINGSAnd you’d sure better not be doing it because it’s a way to make a living, ’cause that ain’t always going to be easy. You got to believe it, believe in the music. You got to mean it.
WAYLON JENNINGSI’m old and crazy, but I still give a damn. And I still think the boys got screwed over in Vietnam.
WAYLON JENNINGSI 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 JENNINGSWe did an album one time called White Mansions, about the civil war, but it was written by a guy from England.
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