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Ballad Of Hank Williams
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Hank Williams Jr.
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Don, tell us how it really was
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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 was stacked 8 deep in a Packard limousine
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And we met this promoter in the town of New Orleans
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Now the man told daddy that 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 sum bitch
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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'd done blowed the profits all to hell
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'Cause he'd run through a 10 and he'd run through a 20
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And he'd run through a 100 just as fast as it could go
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Like a big dose of salts to a little bitty fella
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He'd spend a 1000 dollars on a 100 dollar show
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Hank looked at me with a funny looking grin
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Said, "I've 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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And 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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And 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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Well, every song he made it went to number one
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Y'all was working like hell and you was having fun
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We was riding every day and playing every night
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And every 20 minutes some of us had a fight
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Now, daddy he was making money hand over fist
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And y'all was getting screwed but you wasn't getting kissed
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Yeah, I told him to pass a little 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 a doing pretty good
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He's got a music company that they call Cedarwood
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And Hank played nothing but sold out halls
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And I was pumping 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 run through a 50 and he'd run through a 100
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And he'd run through a 1000 just as hard as he could go
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Buying Cadillac coots, paying double alimony
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And he fired some people that he didn't even know
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Don you know, you know
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You used to work for me one time?
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I sure know that come but come to think of it
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You fired my ass back in 1972
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Oh, well it's a family tradition ya know?
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Yap, yap, yap, yap
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But I kept Jerry Rivers
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Right, right
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