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The rock and roll spirit. I learned a lot of that because I worked with Buddy Holly. I played bass with him, and he taught me a lot about that.
Waylon Jennings
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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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Heroes put to the test, keeping a promise, doing their best.
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I might be an endangered species.
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I'm old and crazy, but I still give a damn. And I still think the boys got screwed over in Vietnam.
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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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Now, I was on drugs, and that didn't help a whole lot. He hated that. That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.
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If you have the courage and you have the heart, that hero just might be you.
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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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