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I might be an endangered species.
Did ole Hank really do it this way?
Honesty is something you can't wear out.
I didn't aim at anything except good music.
You know, I feel sorry for the young artists.
What bothers me most is that I don't bother you.
I may be crazy, but it keeps me from going insane.
Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love.
Each tomorrow will depend on the love you give today.
Don't you be so nice to me; I fall in love so easily.
There's always one more way to do something-- your way.
This is getting funny, but there ain't nobody laughing.
When you're down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the king.
Was an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
Is your head up your ass so far that you can't pull it out?
Take your tongue out of my mouth, I'm kissing you good-bye.
I sat at a bar having a beer trying to hold down the stool.
Heroes put to the test, keeping a promise, doing their best.
They got me for possession of something that was long, long gone.
Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
I'm just a man, no more or no less. Bad as the worst, good as the best.
The villains have turned into heroes. The heroes have turned into heals.
Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.
If we all could sound like we wanted to, we'd all sound like George Jones.
Heaven is laying in my sweet baby's arms, hell is when my baby's not here.
I say, Lord, do right be me, I'm tired of being lonesome, on'ry, and mean.
I could have killed her when we first met and I've been out of jail by now.
If you have the courage and you have the heart, that hero just might be you.
Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.
I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.
I've always felt that blues, rock 'n' roll and country are just about a beat apart.
To me a guitar is kind of like a woman. You don't know why you like 'em but you do.
This world that I live in is empty and cold/the loneliness cuts me and tortures my soul.
Hitting the bottle again, ever than I've drunker been. Or is it drunker than I've ever been?
But you know, the system almost destroyed itself while it was goin' on trying to destroy us.
The men who could not fight, in a war that didn't seem right. You let them come home, America.
I'm old and crazy, but I still give a damn. And I still think the boys got screwed over in Vietnam.
Country music isn't a guitar, it isn't a banjo, it isn't a melody, it isn't a lyric. It's a feeling.
So I'm not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be.
Nobody knows I'm Elvis, nobody knows this is me. After all of my tries, I've got the perfect disguise.
When I look at you girl, I see a true work of art. So many beautiful things coming in one little heart.
The only two things in life that make it worth livin' / Is guitars that tune good and firm feelin' women
There's always one more way to do things and that's your way, and you have a right to try it at least once.
Lately I've heard rumors that the eagle may be lame. Just because I've been idle, don't mean that I'm tame.
A lot of times they don't want to hear it. But you know, if some good is done to you, you should pass it on.
Got my Allman Brothers cassettes stacked up on the dash, got some Jack back in the trunk and a tank full of gas.
Listening to his songs she heard nothing but bad news, still she made her mind up to try to get him win or lose.
He gave us all a mind to think with and to know what's right or wrong, he is that inner spirit that keeps us strong.
We got a lot of politicians up there on Capital Hill. Ain't it funny how they prosper while the country stands still?
One night of love don't make up for six nights alone. But I'd rather have one than none Lord, cause I'm flesh and bone.