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Musician: Hank Williams

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 9:35 am
by Tommy Alpha_Archive
If you've ever drunk yourself to sleep with tear stung eyes and a broken hand, you can't help but love him.

Not Crap.

Musician: Hank Williams

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:55 pm
by Brett Eugene Ralph_Archive
He went down three times, but he only came up twice.

Not crap. Arguably the finest lyricist American soil has produced.

Musician: Hank Williams

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:24 pm
by jimmy spako_Archive
got me through my darkest days with his double shot of pathos & humor.

i like listening to him & imagining how my namesake grandpap (who i never got to meet) listened to him too.

no matter how i struggle & strive, i'll never get out of this world alive: universal as the buddha.

Musician: Hank Williams

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:27 pm
by Steve V_Archive
Tommy Alpha wrote:If you've ever drunk yourself to sleep with tear stung eyes and a broken hand, you can't help but love him.

Not Crap.


There is something strangely cinematic about this.

Musician: Hank Williams

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:35 pm
by jimmy spako_Archive
i'm sorry, i gotta post the full lyrics now. just reading them again made me smile
& almost tear up & chased all my stupid money worries away.

hank wrote:Now you're lookin' at a man that's gettin' kinda mad
I had lots of luck but it's all been bad
No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive.

My fishin' pole's brok,e the creek is full of sand
My woman run away with another man
No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive.

A distant uncle passed away and left me quite a batch
And I was livin' high until that fatal day
A lawyer proved I wasn't born
I was only hatched.

Ev'rything's agin' me and it's got me down
If I jumped in the river I would prob'ly drown
No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive.

These shabby shoes I'm wearin' all the time
Are full of holes and nails
And brother if I stepped on a worn out dime
I bet a nickel I could tell you if it was heads or tails.

I'm not gonna worry wrinkles in my brow
'Cause nothin's ever gonna be alright nohow
No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive.

I could buy a Sunday suit and it would leave me broke
If it had two pair of pants I would burn the coat
No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive.

If it was rainin' gold I wouldn't stand a chance
I wouldn't have a pocket in my patched up pants
No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive.

Musician: Hank Williams

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:39 pm
by kerble_Archive
etch wrote:RIP, Noah.

Musician: Hank Williams

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:24 pm
by TRIFECTA_Archive
Hank Williams is the fucking shit!

Why would you even have to ask this.

Hank jr is a douche

hank the 3rd is awesome

Musician: Hank Williams

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 5:03 pm
by Red Square_Archive
i love Hank Williams...i need to upload that double CD set i have onto itunes...so much character in his songs...

Musician: Hank Williams

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:23 am
by Tommy Alpha_Archive

Musician: Hank Williams

Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:39 am
by Tommy Alpha_Archive
This had me in stitches.