Ballad Of Hank Williams lyrics

Don tell us how it really was when you was workin with daddy.



Well in 1950 I took a little nip



Along with Mr. Williams on the way to Mississipp'



We was stacked 8 deep in a Packard limousine



And we met this promoter in the town of New Orleans



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



He said pretty soon he'd make us all rich



And we started believin' that fat sumbitch



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











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



Hank looked at me with a funny lookin' grin,



Said "I've been to the Opry and I'm goin' back again"



We met the owner in a little office there



And a big fat fella with some artificial hair



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











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











Well, every song he made it went to number one,



Y'all was workin' like hell and you was havin' fun



We was ridin' every day and playin' every night



And every 20 minutes some of us had a fight



Now, Daddy he was makin' 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 Alabam'











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







Now the owner of the Opry, he's a-doin' pretty good,



He's got a music company that they call Cedarwood



And Hank played nothing but sold out halls



And I was pumpin' gas in greasy overalls







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







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 allimony



And he fired some people that he didn't even know.







Don you know you, know you used to work for me one time



I sure know that come but come to think of it you fired my ass back in 1972



Oh...well it's a family tradition ya know?



Yap yap yap yap...



But I kept Jerry Rivers



Right right..
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