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So I'm not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be.
Waylon Jennings
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Waylon Jennings
Age: 64 †
Born: 1937
Born: June 15
Died: 2002
Died: February 13
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Littlefield
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Waylon Arnold Jennings
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Hitting the bottle again, ever than I've drunker been. Or is it drunker than I've ever been?
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If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones.
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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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Heaven is laying in my sweet baby's arms, hell is when my baby's not here.
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The men who could not fight, in a war that didn't seem right. You let them come home, America.
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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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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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