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(Don, tell us how it really was when you was working with daddy) |
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Well, in 1950, I took a little nip |
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Along with Mr Williams on the way to Mississippi |
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We were stacked eight deep in a Packard limousine |
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When we met this promoter in the town of New Orleans |
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Well the man told daddy he had what it took |
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And he liked the way he sang and he liked the way he shook |
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He said pretty soon he'd make us all rich |
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And we started believing that fat sumbitch |
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Now daddy told the man if you wanna make some dough |
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Take a little money and book me on a show |
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And we played them dates and we filled the places well |
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But Hank he done blowed the profit all to hell |
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Cause he'd run through a ten and he'd run through a twenty |
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And he'd run through a hundred just as hard as he could go |
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Like a big (unknown) to a little bitty feller |
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He'd spend a thousand dollars on a hundred dollar show |
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Hank looked at me with a funny looking grin |
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Said I been to the Opry and I'm going back again |
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We met the owner in a little office there |
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A big fat fella with some artificial hair |
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He told Hank he wanted half of everything he made |
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Or he'd have to tell Audrey bout some women Hank had laid |
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And you told daddy he'd better get smart |
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Get rid of them fellas and make a new start |
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Then he fired my ass and he fired Jerry Rivers |
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And he fired every body just as hard as he could go |
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He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt |
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And he fired some people that he didn't even know |
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Well every song he made it went to number one |
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Y'all was workin like hell and you was havin fun |
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We was ridin every day and playin every night |
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And every twenty minutes some of us had a fight |
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Now daddy he was makin money hand over fist |
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And y'all was getting screwed but you wasn't gettin kissed |
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Yeah I told him to pass a liitle bit around |
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But he said he'd rather send it to his folks in Alabama |
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So he fired your ass and he fired Jerry Rivers |
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And he fired everybody just as hard as he could go |
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He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt |
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And he fired some people that he didn't even know |
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Now the owner of the Opry he's doin pretty good |
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He's got a music company that they call Cedarwood |
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And Hank played nothin but sold out halls |
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And I was pumpin gas in greasy overalls |
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Cause he fired my ass and he fired Jerry Rivers |
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And he fired everybody just as hard as he could go |
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He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt |
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And he fired some people that he didn't even know |
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Hank'd run through a fifty and he'd run through a hundred |
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And he'd run through a thousand just as hard as he could go |
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Buying Cadillac coupes paying double alimony |
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And he fired some people that he didn't even know |
