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They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone.
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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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I could have killed her when we first met and I've been out of jail by now.
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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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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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Nobody knows I'm Elvis, nobody knows this is me. After all of my tries, I've got the perfect disguise.
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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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Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.
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