Made just for me.” *sniffles* I’m not crying… you’re crying.Ħ. Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton – “Now I know we had no money, but I was rich as I could be, in my coat of many colors, my momma made for me. They always come back in one form or another.ĥ. The storytelling is so vivid and dreamlike. The Highwaymen – The Highwaymen – I know I’ve said it before, but this was an extraordinary group of artists. Once while Coe was performing this song at the Opry House, he sang the verse “the whole world calls me Hank” and power throughout the Opryland complex went out. Gentry said he even conjured Hank’s ghost in his living room. If you can believe it, writer Gary Gentry claims many strange things happened while researching aspects of Hank Williams’ death for this song. The Ride – David Allen Coe – Who doesn’t love a spine-tingling ghost story?! This is a particularly eerie one. Don’t get me wrong, Wichita Lineman by Glen Campbell is a good song, it just doesn’t have the same meaning as this one.ģ. For as long as I can remember, my dad would always sing this song as “Mamas don’t let your babies grow up to linemen.” I’ve known linemen my whole life and, in many ways, linemen and cowboys are similar. Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys – Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson – This one is very special to me. – “Kaw-Liga just stands there as lonely as can be, and wishes he was still and old pine tree.” Quite possibly the saddest love song ever written.Ģ. Everything about the little town, little house, simple life I grew up with is in these lyrics
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