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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.
Waylon Jennings
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Waylon Jennings
Age: 64 †
Born: 1937
Born: June 15
Died: 2002
Died: February 13
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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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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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Heaven is laying in my sweet baby's arms, hell is when my baby's not here.
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To me a guitar is kind of like a woman. You don't know why you like 'em but you do.
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Was an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
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They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone.
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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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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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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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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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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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I might be an endangered species.
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The villains have turned into heroes. The heroes have turned into heals.
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Heroes put to the test, keeping a promise, doing their best.
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I could have killed her when we first met and I've been out of jail by now.
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Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
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The only two things in life that make it worth livin' / Is guitars that tune good and firm feelin' women
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