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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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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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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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I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane.
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Now, I was on drugs, and that didn't help a whole lot. He hated that. That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.
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Heroes put to the test, keeping a promise, doing their best.
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Men commit murder and all sorts of mayhem, in a few years they're back on the streets. Highway robbery and white collar crime, and they laugh at the system they beat.
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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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Take your tongue out of my mouth, I'm kissing you good-bye.
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What bothers me most is that I don't bother you.
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