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If you have the courage and you have the heart, that hero just might be you.
Waylon Jennings
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Waylon Jennings
Age: 64 †
Born: 1937
Born: June 15
Died: 2002
Died: February 13
Actor
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Country Musician
Guitarist
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Singer-Songwriter
Littlefield
Texas
Waylon Arnold Jennings
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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.
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Honesty is something you can't wear out.
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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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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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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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If I could only fly, you see, a lot of my problems would be gone. When you think of just how much I'd save on shoes alone.
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One night of love don't make up for six nights alone. But I'd rather have one than none Lord, cause I'm flesh and bone.
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They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone.
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He gave us all a mind to think with and to know what's right or wrong, he is that inner spirit that keeps us strong.
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