Ballad Of Hank Williams
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Don't tell us how it really was when you was working with daddy. [Verse 1] Well, in 1950, I took a little nip along with Mr. Williams on the way to Mississippi. We was stacked 8 deep in a Packard limousine and we met this promoter in the town of New Orleans. [Verse 2] Now, the man told daddy that he had what it took and he liked the way he sang and he liked the way he shook. and we started believing that fat sum bitch. [Verse 3] Daddy told the man: "If you wanna make some dough, take a little money and book me on a show". And we played them dates and we filled the places well but Hank he'd done blowed the profits all to hell. [Chorus 1] 'Cause he'd run through a 10 and he'd run through a 20 and he'd run through a 100 just as fast as it could go. Like a big dose of sauce to a little bitty fella, he'd spend a 1000 dollars on a 100 dollar show. [Verse 4] Hank looked at me with a funny looking grin, said: "I've been to the Opry and I'm going back again". We met the owner in a little office there and a big fat fella with some artificial hair. [Verse 5] He told Hank he wanted half of everything he made or he'd have to tell Audrey 'bout some women Hank had laid. And you told daddy he'd better get smart, get rid of them fellas and make a new start. [Chorus 2] And he fired my ass and he fired Jerry Rivers and he fired everybody just as hard as he could go. He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt and he fired some people that he didn't even know. [Verse 6] Well, every song he made it went to number one, y'all was working like hell and you was having fun. We was riding every day and playing every night and every 20 minutes some of us had a fight. [Verse 7] Now, daddy he was making money hand over fist and y'all was getting screwed but you wasn't getting kissed. Yeah, I told him to pass a little bit around but he said he'd rather send it to his folks in Alabama. [Chorus 3] So, he fired your ass and he fired Jerry Rivers and he fired everybody just as hard as he could go. He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt and he fired some people that he didn't even know. [Verse 8] Now, the owner of the Opry, he's a doing pretty good, he's got a music company that they call Cedarwood. And Hank played nothing but sold out halls and I was pumping gas in greasy overalls. [Chorus 4] 'Cause he fired my ass and he fired Jerry Rivers and he fired everybody just as hard as he could go. He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt and he fired some people that he didn't even know [End-Chorus] Hank run through a 50 and he'd run through a 100 and he'd run through a 1000 just as hard as he could go. Buying Cadillac coots, paying double alimony and he fired some people that he didn't even know.