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I could have killed her when we first met and I've been out of jail by now.
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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Littlefield
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Waylon Arnold Jennings
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I mean, I think we're put here on earth to make your own destiny, to begin with. I don't think there's anything you can do this way or that way to change anything.
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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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Each tomorrow will depend on the love you give today.
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When you're down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
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They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone.
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Ladies love outlaws, like babies love stray dogs. Ladies touch babies like a banker touches gold, outlaws touch ladies somewhere deep down in their soul.
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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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I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don't want that no more. I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I'm really about.
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I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.
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I've always felt that blues, rock 'n' roll and country are just about a beat apart.
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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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Hitting the bottle again, ever than I've drunker been. Or is it drunker than I've ever been?
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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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But Buddy was an upper. He was happy. He loved music, and he was really happy. I don't know... I don't believe in reincarnation at all, but if all that stuff is true, then he might have been on his last time around.
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I'm just a man, no more or no less. Bad as the worst, good as the best.
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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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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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I sat at a bar having a beer trying to hold down the stool.
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