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I Was With Red Foley (the Night He Passed Away)
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Hank Williams, Jr.
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(There'll be peace in the valley for him how we pray
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I was with Red Foley the night he passed away)
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We was down in Port Wayne Indiana the night the Lord took Red away
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And we had to get there a little early cause we had a matinee
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And when Red first went on stage it seemed that he moved and talked a little slow
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But of course he went on to do his regular great show
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So soon the afternoon show was over with and we all went down the street and ate
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Red said he wasn't very hungry but he came along anyway
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And we got done eaten and came back to the last show
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But the thing just would be Red's very last well who's to know
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And when he went on the stage for his own ten thousandth time
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We was all back to the curtains there just shootin' the lines
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But when he sang Peace In The Valley there was such a quiet still
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I know I'll never forget it and anyone that was there never will
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Well soon the last show was over with
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And I went back to the hotel and Red gave me a call
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I told him to come on over I was just starin' at the four walls
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So he came over to my room he was just next door there
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Lit a cigarette and sat down in the chair
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And he started talkin' bout all the worries that a country music singer has
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I said old Red I reckon it's not that bad
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He said yeah you're workin' a lot now and you'll have 'em some day
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Your dad had 'em and I have 'em I guess it's just meant that way
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Then he got up and these were the last words he said
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I'm awful tired now Hank and I've got to go to bed
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And while I layed there with Red just a few steps away
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The angels came and took him into the last golden stage
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(There'll be peace in the valley for him how we pray
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I was with Red Foley the night he passed away)
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