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Did ole Hank really do it this way?
Waylon Jennings
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Waylon Jennings
Age: 64 †
Born: 1937
Born: June 15
Died: 2002
Died: February 13
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Country Musician
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Singer-Songwriter
Littlefield
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Waylon Arnold Jennings
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The only problem was I needed to use my own group, and things didn't happen until I did. It wasn't a real country sound, what I did. I've listened to it, and I think it was more a west coast rock thing, you know? But it fit. It was country, but it was my own interpretation of country.
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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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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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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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I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.
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His songs were soon curled on the lips of the world, they had earned him the highest acclaim. 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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It was all devastating. I'd never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn't know where to put it in my life. I was very young then. Buddy taught me so much in such a short time.
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I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He's the biggest. He's like an Elvis in this business, but no, he's never been the rebel.
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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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Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.
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Listening to his songs she heard nothing but bad news, still she made her mind up to try to get him win or lose.
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What bothers me most is that I don't bother you.
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Those neon light nights, couldn't stay out of fights, keeps a-haunting me in memories. There is one in every crowd, for crying out loud, why was is always turning out to be me?
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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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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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The villains have turned into heroes. The heroes have turned into heals.
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