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Lyr Req: Waylon's T-Shirt (Dick Damron)

20 Apr 02 - 08:59 AM (#694283)
Subject: Any one know this one?
From: GUEST,July4thbby

Does anyone know the title and artist to this song??

With my Waylon Jennings T-shirt Willie Nelson haircut and Presley's lyrics runnin' through my brain Too much drink and too much smoke sometimes I don't know who the h*ll I am.

Thanks


20 Apr 02 - 04:39 PM (#694496)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Any one know this one?
From: Sorcha

Genre? Artist? Time period? Clues? Google turned up nada.


21 Apr 02 - 09:17 AM (#694810)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Any one know this one?
From: July4thbby

I help people find music and lyrics. This was all she gave me. Might of been in the 70s.

Thanks


21 Apr 02 - 09:55 AM (#694820)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Any one know this one?
From: khandu

Looking, but not finding. Got any more info?

khandu


24 May 10 - 10:46 PM (#2913619)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Any one know this one?
From: GUEST,macguy

dick damron 1976
the bard of bentley alberta


26 May 10 - 10:53 AM (#2914624)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Any one know this one?
From: Jim Dixon

Dick Damron recorded a single in 1976 titled SUSAN FLOWERS b/w WAYLON'S T-SHIRT (RPA 7621). There was another single released under the name Dick Dameron (sic): WAYLON'S T-SHIRT b/w NORTH COUNTRY BLUES (Condor 133).

That's all I've been able to find about the song.

This information was gleaned from Wikipedia and from web sites that are offering 45-rpm records for sale.


26 May 10 - 06:33 PM (#2914937)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Any one know this one?
From: GUEST,archie optricks

Why not ask The Man?
http://www.myspace.com/dickdamron


17 Sep 12 - 10:59 AM (#3406166)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Waylon's T-Shirt (Dick Damron)
From: GUEST,999 LYRIC ADD (but still needs chord

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVUad-bN5Xk

You can hear him at that link singing the song, "Waylon's T-Shirt".


Diction is clear. (I used to live about 50 miles from him in Alberta. Good voice, and he's written a slew of country hits.)


17 Sep 12 - 10:59 AM (#3406167)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Waylon's T-Shirt (Dick Damron)
From: GUEST,999

Sorry, that is NOT a LYRIC ADD yet.


20 Feb 23 - 11:24 PM (#4165695)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Waylon's T-Shirt (Dick Damron)
From: GUEST,deputyfife

Waylon Jenning's T-shirt by Dick Damron


21 Feb 23 - 09:35 AM (#4165740)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Waylon's T-Shirt (Dick Damron)
From: cnd

999's video of old is now down, but you can listen here. Below is my transcription.

For the uninitiated, the references are to outlaw country stars of the 70s: Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristopherson (mostly known as a songwriter, but also a talented singer in his own right), Jerry Jeff Walker, and David Allan Coe. In the outro he makes references to, among other songs, Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain, She's a Good Hearted Woman, and George Jones (the woops).

WAYLON'S T-SHIRT

CHORUS
With my Waylon Jennings's t-shirt, Willie Nelson haircut
Kris's lyrics running through my brain
Too much drink and too much smoke
Tell your friends -- ain't no joke
Sometimes I don't know who the hell I am

And I'm tired of chasing other people's rainbows
Sick of someone else's dreams and plans
You know it ain't the money, it's the music
But sometimes I don't know who the hell I am

CHORUS

I've sung those songs about Tennessee and Texas
Like Jerry Jeff and David Allan Coe
Lord, I love that funky country music
But I'm tired of singing songs that I don't know

CHORUS

[Mumbles his way through several of their famous song endings at the end]