Mike Johnson - The Day Hank Williams Died

The Day Hank Williams Died

{Mike Johnson - BMI - Pata del Lobo Music Publishing}

All instruments except Fiddle played by James Adelsberger

Fiddle by Michael Romans

Master Sound Tracks created by James Adelsberger

released 15 November 2014

Roughshod Records RCD50 "Doggone It I've Written a Sad Song Again"

UPC:061946000264 - ISRC:QM87Q1400014

In the back seat of his cadillac, hank laid down to nap
And he died there, in his sleep, alone, but free at last.

And country music cried, the day hank williams died
He grand ole opry shivered, the new year tried to hide
Steel guitars and fiddles, flats lost their twang
Cause the soul of country music, almost left with hank.

Just a simple boy from alabam, he sang about the land
Of life, of love, of giving, of the good, and of the bad
He reached into our hearts, and he touched us one and all
He filled our void of loneliness, with a lonely of his own.

And country music cried, the day hank williams died
The grand ole opry shivered, the new year tried to hide
Steel guitars and fiddles, flats lost their twang
Cause the soul of country music, almost left with hank.

His life was always up and down, he rode it like a bronc
One day riding high, the next day falling off
But always he'd come back, he knew no other way
Dead drunk or dead sober, hank williams always gave.

And country music cried, the day hank williams died
The grand ole opry shivered, the new year tried to hide
Steel guitars and fiddles, flats lost their twang
Cause the soul of country music, almost left with hank.

Another legend called above, another tale to tell
This man called luke the drifter, we all knew him well
His songs they told our story, and they told it well
And as long as someone sings'em, old hank's alive and well.

In the back seat of his cadillac, hank laid down to nap
And he died there, in his sleep, alone, but free at last.
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