| I just got the news today
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| The record I sent 'em, they threw it away
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| It don’t fit the format, don’t make the list
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| They say I’m too old, won’t even be missed
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| It happened to Jones and even The Hag
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| Waylon and Willie and the great Johnny Cash
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| Kicked 'em right out without even a word
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| But that ain’t the end of the story I heard
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| 'Cause Cash stomped out the footlights
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| And Haggard plumb had a ball
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| Willie and Waylon and Kris toured the nation
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| And Jones never showed up at all
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| They lived what they wrote
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| And they wrote what they sang
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| And getting kicked outta country, didn’t hurt a thing
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| Getting kicked outta country, didn’t hurt a thing
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| I just wrote a new song today
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| Pulled out my old guitar and I started to play
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| Pressing my fingers into the strings
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| I felt the feelings a country song brings
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| I did some Jones and one for The Hag
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| Waylon and Willie and the great Johnny Cash
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| They all got kicked outta country back then
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| But then one day country came calling again
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| And Cash stomped out the footlights
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| And Haggard plumb had a ball
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| And Willie and Waylon and Kris toured the nation
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| And Jones showed up after all
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| They lived what they wrote
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| And they wrote what they sang
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| Getting kicked outta country, didn’t hurt a thing
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| Getting kicked outta country, didn’t hurt a thing
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| Well, it don’t really matter
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| 'Cause I ain’t gonna change
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| So getting kicked outta country
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| Won’t hurt a thing |