Got my Allman Brothers cassettes stacked up on the dash, got some Jack back in the trunk and a tank full of gas.
WAYLON JENNINGSMen commit murder and all sorts of mayhem, in a few years they’re back on the streets.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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Honesty is something you can’t wear out.
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His songs were soon curled on the lips of the world, they had earned him the highest acclaim.
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Those neon light nights, couldn’t stay out of fights, keeps a-haunting me in memories.
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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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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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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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I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don’t want that no more.
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The Hank Williams Syndrome: Come to Nashville, write some good songs, cut some hit records, make money, take all the drugs you can and drink all you can, become a wild man and all of a sudden die.
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This is getting funny, but there ain’t nobody laughing.
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Maybe it’s time we got back to the basics of love.
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They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone.
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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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And 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.
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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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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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